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Friday, April 19, 2019

April 23, 2019 Glasgow EPB Regular Meeting

6:02 PM | Posted by Billy Ray | | Edit Post
Glasgow EPB is committed to publishing its Tentative Agenda, along with some information about that agenda, as we have done for several months after agreeing with City of Glasgow to do so. A problem has arisen in that the customary Tentative Agenda, developed by EPB Superintendent, is presently subject to editing by Board Chairperson Froedge, and that suggested agenda is subject to further suggested changes at the beginning of the meeting, making it virtually impossible for us to publish a dependable agenda in advance. The following agendas represent the two versions proposed for the upcoming April 23 meeting. The first Tentative Agenda is the one customarily proposed by the Superintendent, the second is proposed by Chairperson Froedge and is provided verbatim. We are confident that the Board will correct this confusion at the April Meeting*:


TENTATIVE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
GLASGOW ELECTRIC PLANT BOARD 
APRIL 23, 2019, 6:00 PM

   
1. SWEAR IN NEW BOARD MEMBER?
2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. CONSIDER MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
4. CONSIDER ADVICE OF COUNSEL REGARDING ERRORS AND OMISSIONS IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS
5. SUPERINTENDENT’S OPERATING REPORT
6. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF BOARD COUNSEL
7. CONSIDER PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT


8. CONSIDER GDT COMPLAINT AND AG RULING
9. REPORTS 

 A. BARREN COUNTY PROGRESS MATTER

 B. BID OPENINGS

 C. RETIREMENTS, NEW HIRES, AND THE EPB PERSONNEL CHART

10. ADJOURN


TENTATIVE AGENDA #2

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA GLASGOW ELECTRIC PLANT BOARD
APRIL 23, 2019
1. SWEAR IN NEW BOARD MEMBER?

 2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND ADDTIONS

 3. CONSIDER MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 19, 2019 MEETING
           (The Chairman would like to consider adding an item that was 
           presented, but left out)

 3. CONSIDER MINUTES OF MARCH 25, 2019 MEETING

 4. RE-CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF BOARD COUNSEL. CONSIDER APPOINTING RON HAMPTION AS CO-COUNCIL TO WORK WITH JEFF HERBERT UNTIL HE RETIRES IN JUNE

 5. SUPERINTENDENT'S OPERATING REPORT

 7. CONSIDER PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT

 9. REPORTS

             A. BID OPENINGS
            B. RETIREMENTS, NEW HIRES, AND THE EPB PERSONNEL CHART

 10. ADJOURN

 From:
DT Froedge
Chairman GEPB

 *It should also be noted that a Board member asked that this agenda, proposed by Chairman Froedge, be modified to include the item: "1. Consider advice of counsel regarding errors and omissions of previous meetings", and he further asked that "item should be at the top of the agenda under new business due to the fact that any action taken may have an impact on other agenda items moving forward."
MEMORANDUM
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                               
                                                                                     
TO:                       Members of Glasgow Electric Plant Board                 
                                                                                               
FROM:                  William J. Ray, PE                 
                                                                                               
DATE:                  4/18/2019    
                                                                                                                  
SUBJECT:            Board Meeting Information                                          


                                     
April Main Topics

Ø  Peak prediction accurate in March
Ø  Consider AG response to open meetings violation appeal by Melinda Overstreet
Ø  Errors and Omissions in March meeting
Ø  Appointment of Board Counsel Selection Committee
Ø  Consider Programming Committee appointments
Ø  Reports

Action Items
May 1 FCA
Ø  The May 2019 TVA FCA will decrease to 1.658 cents per kWh. This is the fourth consecutive small decrease in the FCA. These decreases are afforded by the copious rainfall over the last few months, which is allowing TVA to make more low-cost power from hydroelectric facilities.  
Ø  On May 1, the energy component of our retail rates will adjust to reflect this anticipated decrease to the wholesale cost of energy.
        
Errors and Omissions
Ø  This agenda item is needed to allow the Board Attorney to review items in the last meeting that were apparently intended by the Board, but not technically carried out.
Ø  After the report on errors and omissions, the board might desire to correct the problems by considering certain items, from the last meeting, again.

Appointment of Board Attorney Selection Committee
Ø  Another omission during the last meeting, was the selection of Board members to serve on the Attorney Selection Committee that the Board created.
Ø  Solicitation of interested attorneys was conducted, by sending a letter to each member of the Barren County Bar Association.
Ø  Copies of the responses are included with this narrative.

Cable Television Programming Committee Appointments
Ø  The Programming Committee acts independently of EPB to consider what programming is appropriate for the EPB Cable Television system. The committee makes these determinations and recommends same to the EPB.
Ø  The committee was purposely created to isolate EPB from any potential violation relative to the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Ø  The committee consists of six members, with staggered terms, in addition to the Superintendent, who acts as Chairperson and liaison between the committee and EPB.
Ø  The terms of Mary Genice Burchett-Bower and Karl Napier expired at the end of 2018. Ms. Burchett-Bower has served two terms and Mr. Napier has served one term.
Ø  The Board acted to reappoint Karl Napier last month. I have contacted Melanie Asriel about her interest in serving on the committee, and she has consented to have you consider her for an appointment to the committee.   
GDT Complaint and AG Ruling
Ø  Although not certain, the Kentucky AG might rule on GDT’s appeal before our meeting. Their appeal to the AG is based on EPB’s failure to properly respond to GDT, as required by law.
Ø  At the last meeting, the Board decided to submit our statements to the AG instead of responding to the GDT complaint directly.
Ø  At the meeting, if we have the AG ruling, you will likely want to take some action in response to the ruling.


Reports
Ø  Since the last meeting, wherein I was directed to demand a retraction of the article in Barren County Progress, that drastically misrepresented our retail electric rates, as compared to those of Kentucky Utilities, there has been no retraction published. I will await further direction from you as to how to pursue this matter.
Ø  We recently opened bids for HVAC maintenance, and I will have a report on these. We solicited bids for landscape maintenance, but got no bids, so we are in the process of repeating that process. We will be soliciting bids soon for some office renovations that are related to the ongoing process of dealing with retirements of EPB team members, hiring replacements, and reconfiguring our organizational structure to match the changing demands of our business and the expectations of our customers. I should be ready to recommend a vendor for these upgrades at the May meeting.
Ø  Windstream bankruptcy filing and potential impact on EPB.


Conclusion


Please let me know if you have any questions before the meeting. 


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