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Minutes to be Approved by the Board at the July 21, 1993 Meeting.
FORT COLLINS ELECTRIC BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
June 11, 1993, 5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Dane Brandt, Mark Fidrych, Barbara Rutstein, Richard Smart and Larry Walsh.
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
John Allum and William Orendorff.
STAFF PRESENT:
Ellen Alward, Don Botteron, Allen Boushee, Delynn Coldiron, John DeHaes, Ron
King, Bob Kost, Bob Nastan, Dennis Sumner and Bill Switzer.
OTHERS PRESENT:
One guest.
BOARD LIAISONS:
Council Liaison -- Alan Apt
Staff Liaison -- Don Botteron
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
There were no additions or corrections to the May 19, 1993 Minutes and the
Minutes were approved as submitted.
2. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT:
Dennis Sumner gave a presentation on the environmental activities the
Utility is involved in. He provided copies of a draft Light & Power
Utility Environmental Plan which explains these environmental activities
and the economic investment associated with each activity. This Plan also
provides an introduction to the requirements of the EPAct. The Plan may
be part of a future presentation to City Council, and staff would
appreciate any feedback Board Members may have related to these
activities.
Board Members had no questions or suggested changes following the
presentation. Board Member feedback was that the presentation was done
very well and was informative.
3. BUDGET:
Don Botteron provided an update on the budget. He mentioned that several
adjustments will be made to budget figures in accordance with Council's
decision to revise the pay plan. Don also mentioned that the commitment
to .the Service Center remodel was reduced by approximately $466,000.
(Parking area was minimized; commitment to improvements on 620 Wood Street
were reduced and commitment to improvements on Elm Street were eliminated;
garage additions were restaged and downsized). The Board reviewed the
productivity, efficiency, quality and workload indicators for each budget
program.
Board Members' suggestions:
Capital Program Indicators:
Separate the percentage of the system that is underground due
to growth/new development from the work Light & Power has done
to convert existing systems to underground.
Under Quality, change the descriptor to Minutes Per Customer
Who Experienced an Outage.
General Operation Indicators:
Under Productivity, change the title to read Customers (000)
per Management Employee.
Under Efficiency, if the rate decreases were related to the
ability of management to effectively and efficiently run the
Utility, make Council aware of this.
It was recommended that the Electric Rate Comparisons chart be
changed to bar graph format and used as the indicator
comparing rates against the other Northern Colorado Utilities.
A copy of the 1994 Preliminary Light & Power Budget was provided to Board
Members.
Staff mentioned that there are write-ups on each of the programs attached
to the indicator charts and requested that Board Members review these and
contact staff if they have suggested changes or need clarification.
4. STAFF REPORTS:
1. Undergrounding/Streetlighting:
These two items were included in the City Council Policy Agenda.
Staff prepared two status reports, which were included in Board
packets, to bring Council current on these items.
2. Platte River Work Session:
There was a question on how Platte River had absorbed Western Area
Power Administration (Western's) rate increases in the past? This
is because Western's rate started at under a cent per kilowatt hour.
Even though percentages were big, the total dollar amounts were a
small part of total power supply costs so there is less overall
impact.
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3. Analysis of Public Service Low -Income Compact Fluorescent Lighting
Program:
Dennis Sumner provided a summary of the analysis that was done on
the Public Service program to distribute free compact fluorescent
lights to low income customers as a part of weatherization services
provided by Larimer County. Bottom line was that this program could
not be justified based on savings to the Utility. It would result
in higher costs to Utility customers who did not benefit as targeted
participants.
5. OTHER BUSINESS:
One of Council's goals is to have a presentation by the Rocky Mountain
Institute. Staff asked Board Members to think about how broad this
presentation should be, whether or not the Utility should sponsor it,
whether or not it should be open to the public, whether or not the
Electric Board should participate and, if so, at what level, etc.
CRITIQUE MEETING/NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA:
Agenda:
- Budget (FYI)
- IRP
- Rocky Mountain Institute Presentation
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
Col diron,
ary
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