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Commission Meeting Agenda

A G E N D A
GRANT COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
30 C Street SW – Commission Meeting Room
Ephrata, Washington
COMMISSION WORK SESSION
Monday, March 22, 2010


An Executive Session may be called at any time for purposes authorized
by the Open Public Meetings Act

8:30 a.m.         Commission Convenes
Review and Approve Payment of Vouchers

9:00 a.m.         Reports from Staff

12:00 Noon     Lunch

1:00 p.m.        Pledge of Allegiance
Attendance
Public requests to discuss agenda items/non-agenda items
Correspondence
Business Meeting

  • Consent Agenda

 

Approval of Vouchers

Meeting minutes of March 8 and March 15, 2010

8463 – Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of Performance of Contract No. 130-2837H, Peninsula Substation Line Up 2 Construction.

Travel:  (2861)

  • Approval to send one Commissioner and two employees to Bond Pricing meetings in New York, New York on March 28 – 31, 2010. 
  • Approval to send two employees to the Large Public Power Council (LPPC) Spring CEO Meeting in Denver, Colorado on May 14 – 17, 2010.
  • Approval to send one employee to the Northwest Public Power Association’s (NWPPA) 70th Annual Conference & Membership Meeting in Sacramento, California on May 25 – 27, 2010.
  • Approval to send one employee to Hydropower meetings with congressional offices in Washington DC on March 22 – 25, 2010 and the National Hydropower Association (NHA) Annual Conference and Board of Directors Meeting in Washington DC on April 24 – 28, 2010.
  • Approval to send Power Management staff to North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) and Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) meetings in various locations throughout the United States during the second quarter, 2010.
  • Approval to send one employee to Electrical Utility Contracts for Non-Lawyers training in San Francisco, California on May 6 – 7, 2010.
  • Approval to send one employee to the NERC Standards Committee Communications and Planning Sub-Committee Meeting in Tampa, Florida on April 15 – 17, 2010. 
  • Approval for various Cultural Resources staff to attend the National Hydropower Association (NHA) Annual Conference in Washington DC on April 25 – 29, 2010 and the American Association of Museums Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California on May 22 – 27, 2010.
  • Approval to send up to ten employees to the IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, one week each of the months of May, June, and July 2010.   
  • Approval to send one employee to the Northwest Public Power Association’s (NWPPA) 70th Annual Conference & Membership Meeting, by invitation of the Association to make a presentation of a case study involving an industrial energy efficient project at National Frozen Foods, in Sacramento, California on May 25 – 26, 2010.
  • Regular Agenda

 

8464 – Resolution Accepting a Bid and Awarding Contract No. 270-2965, for Supplying Heavy Duty Side Bar Power Transmission Roller Chain Sections.

Motion authorizing the District to enter into a contract with BPA for sufficient BPA transmission to deliver a maximum of 12 MW of power from the Nine Canyon generation facility for the remaining term of the contract for Nine Canyon output with Energy Northwest, subject to legal and audit approval of any documents for signature.  (2862)

Motion authorizing the Manager, on behalf of the District, to execute Professional Services Contract 130-2914B, with USKH, Inc., in an amount not-to-exceed $1,100,000.00 and with a contract completion date of December 31, 2012.  (2863)

Motion authorizing the Manager, on behalf of the District, to execute Professional Services Contract 130-2817B with HDR Engineering, Inc., in an amount not-to-exceed $3,000,000.00 and with a contract completion date of December 31, 2015.  (2864)

Motion authorizing District staff to grant an exception to the existing Rate Schedule 3 horse power limit of 2,500 hp and allow service to the Mario Segale proposed 3,600 hp main pumping plant at the Potholes Reservoir under Rate Schedule 3 for Irrigation.  (2865)

Motion to approve the preliminary official statement for the District's proposed Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project Revenue and Refunding Bonds, 2010 Series A, B, L and Z, substantially in the form provided to the Commissioners at this meeting.  For purposes of Rule 15c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the preliminary official statement is deemed final as of its date except for the omission of information dependent upon the pricing of the bonds and the completion of the purchase contract.  The Commission authorizes Citigroup Global Markets Inc, as lead underwriter for the bonds, to distribute the preliminary official statement in connection with the offering of the bonds for sale.  The General Manager and Treasurer/Controller are authorized to approve the final official statement for the bonds on behalf of the District.  (2866)

2:00 p.m.        TEFRA Hearing (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act)

  • Review Items For Next Week

 

  • Calendar Items
  • Continuation of Reports

 

  • Future Planning
  • Other Business

 

  • Adjournment





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