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Minutes to be approved by the Board at the April 21, 1993 meeting.
FORT COLLINS ELECTRIC BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
April 21, 1993, 5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
John Allum, Mark Fidrych, William Orendorff, Barbara Rutstein, Richard Smart and
Larry Walsh.
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
Dane Brandt.
STAFF PRESENT:
Ellen Alward, Don Botteron, Allen Boushee, Delynn Coldiron, John DeHaes, Bob
Hover, Ron King, Bob Kost, Bob Nastan, Tim Sagen, and Dennis Sumner.
OTHERS PRESENT:
None.
BOARD LIAISONS:
Council Liaison - Alan Apt
Staff Liaison Don Botteron
CALL TO ORDER:
Barbara Rutstein called the meeting to order.
AGENDA:
1) Approval of Minutes
2) Rules & Regulations -- Line Extension Policy
3) Staff Reports
- Follow Up on Charter Amendment 1
- Budget Information
4) Other Business
5) Critique Meeting/Next Meeting's Agenda
DISCUSSION TOPICS:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
There were no additions or corrections to the March 24, 1993 Minutes and
the Minutes were unanimously approved as submitted.
2. RULES & REGULATIONS -- LINE EXTENSION POLICY
Al Boushee gave a short presentation on the Line Extension Policy. The
Policy is part of the Utility's Rules & Regulations and ties in with the
Cost of Development report which was prepared for City Council. Al
reviewed the Rules & Regulations pertinent to the Line Extension Policy,
the guidelines used in allocating costs and how these costs are
implemented, how the estimating guideline is developed and applied to
typical developments, and the Line Extension Policy Comparison showing the
differences between Light & Power and other utilities.
STAFF REPORTS:
Follow Up on Charter Amendment 1:
Bob Kost reported that Charter Amendment 1 passed. The passage of this
Amendment allows Council to set up the Utility as an enterprise fund -- it
did not automatically make the Utility an enterprise fund. Budget
preparation is being done based on the assumption that the Utility is an
enterprise fund; however, the Amendment 1 growth + inflation test will be
used throughout the process to monitor where the Utility stands in
relation to the Amendment 1 guidelines.
Budget Information:
Ellen Alward provided Board Members with introductory background
information on the budget. Staff gave brief presentations on specific
Capital and Operations & Maintenance budget programs. Discussion
followed.
Don Botteron mentioned that the final submittal deadline for the budget is
June 24th and suggested that the next two meetings concentrate primarily
on budget issues. A draft budget will be provided to the Board on May
19th. A final budget, incorporating input from Board Members, will be
provided to the Board on June 16th.
OTHER BUSINESS:
A. IRP Process:
Dennis Sumner mentioned that the Electric Board may be asked to give
assistance with the public hearing requirement of this process. Details
have not yet been determined. Estimated timetables are somewhere in the
neighborhood of June -August of 1994.
Public Service Company Program:
Board Member Rutstein asked if the Utility had evaluated the Public
Service Company program which, among other things, is implementing
fluorescent lights. Staff responded that this had not yet been done and
will try to have this done by next month's meeting.
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5. CRITIQUE MEETING/NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA:
Budget
Staff Reports
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The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Coldiron, Board
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