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Draft Minutes for final approval by the Board at the January 15, 1992 meeting.
FORT COLLINS ELECTRIC BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 18, 1991, 5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
John Allum, Dane Brandt, Mark Fidrych, William Orendorff, Barbara Rutstein,
Richard Smart, and Larry Walsh.
STAFF PRESENT:
Don Botteron, Allen Boushee, Delynn Coldiron, John DeHaes, Ron King, Bob Kost,
Bob Nastan, Tim Sagen, Rich Shannon, and Dennis Sumner.
CALL TO ORDER:
Rich Shannon called the meeting to order.
AGENDA:
1) Re-Introductions/Approval of Minutes
2) Follow-up discussion on work books and Expectation Summary
3) Electric System Overview
4) Work Plan
5) Critique meeting/Next meeting's agenda
6) Set regular meeting dates and times
DISCUSSION TOPICS:
1. RE-INTRODUCTIONS/APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Re -introductions were made by Board Members and Staff. Minutes from the
November 20, 1991 meeting were approved.
2. FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION ON WORK BOOKS AND EXPECTATION SUMMARY:
Information found in the work books was comprehensive and helpful to Board
Members.
Board Member Brandt was somewhat concerned that the area of dealing with
customer complaints and acting as an arbitration board had not been
adequately addressed in the Expectation Summary. He would like to see
some kind of process developed for this.
- Rich Shannon gave the Board some background information on this issue.
The purpose of the Board is to act as a body to hear appeals on initial
rulings made by staff (Board will not be looking at electric bill
complaints). Rich mentioned that, for purposes of the Work Plan, he
would rate this relatively low -- there is no real need for this now;
volume of complaints is very low.
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(Discussion on Work Books and Expectation Summary cant.)
Board Member Walsh wanted to see Council Expectations added to the list
and asked whether or not Council wanted the Board to work on the rate
increase first thing. Rich Shannon answered with a brief status report on
the rate issue.
Decisions:
The following will be added to the Expectation Summary:
1) Customer complaints/appeals process
2) Council Expectations
Note: See draft Work Plan.
3. ELECTRIC SYSTEM OVERVIEW:
This presentation was made by Allen Boushee and Dennis Sumner. The
presentation included: Electric system overview, source of power, source
of power issues, statistical information on Light & Power, and items of
notable current interest. Rich Shannon concluded this part of the meeting
by asking if any of the Board Members needed any additional information
about the electric system, were interested in studying maps, touring the
facility, etc. Board Member Rutstein expressed an interest in taking a
tour of the Rawhide plant.
4. DRAFT WORK PLAN:
Staff presented the Board with an outline of possible topics which could
be included in the Work Plan:
a) Electric Rate Adjustment
b) Undergrounding Program
c) Comprehensive Energy Plan
d) Fiscal Considerations
e) EMF
Board Members and Staff discussed these issues. A couple of additional
potential work plan items were suggested: 1) Developing by-laws,
including grievance/appeal process; 2) Budget.
Tasks•
Staff will present a 30 minute rate and financial overview at the next
board meeting.
Staff will prepare a draft Work Plan for the Board's review.
Staff will provide sample by-laws and a copy of the 1992 budget to Board
Members for review.
Staff is preparing a written report on the current status of the
undergrounding program and will have this available for the February, 1992
board meeting.
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5. CRITIQUE MEETING/NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA:
Board Members were very pleased with the presentation, felt a lot was
accomplished at the meeting, and felt that having an outline of Work Plan
items, prepared by Staff, was very helpful.
There was one addition to next meeting's agenda: Election of officers.
6. SET REGULAR MEETING DATES AND TIMES:
Board Members did not come to closure on a permanent meeting schedule.
The Board did, however, decide to meet on the third Wednesday of the month
for both January and February.
ecision•
January and February meeting dates are as follows:
January 15, 1992, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
February 19, 1992, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
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