Village of Freeburg Electric Committee met June 14.
Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:
The meeting of the Electric Committee was called to order at 5:32 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 by Chairman Matt Trout. Committee members present were Chairman Matt Trout, Trustee Denise Albers, Trustee Mike Blaies, Trustee Lisa Meehling (absent), Mayor Seth Speiser, Village Clerk Jerry Menard, Trustee Ray Matchett, Trustee Dean Pruett, Public Works Director John Tolan, Head Lineman Shane Krauss, Village Administrator Tony Funderburg and Office Manager Julie Polson. Guest present: Janet Baechle.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Approval of May 10, 2017 Minutes: Trustee Mike Blaies motioned to approve the May 10, 2O17 minutes and Trustee Denise Albers seconded the motion, All voting yea, the motion carried.
2. Surplus Equipment: Head Lineman Shane Krauss advised he has nothing new on this.
3. New Electric Customers: Shane has the list of 13 residents and will send out a letter to gauge their interest in Switching over to Freeburg electric.
4. Customer Issues: John advised one of Our Solar customers pushed out 2,058 kilowatts and used 718, so he will get a credit, and further stated the process is working.
5. Electric Infrastructure for New Subdivisions: John stated Shane has looked at what other communities do. Their consensus is that we would like for the customer to pay for the cost of materials and don't charge for the labor. Shane said we've never really passed on our labor costs. Our current code states a line extension is subject to labor and materials. Tony said We will put together a clearer version of what we would like to do and bring that back to committee.
6. Black Start Handbook: John confirmed we have given BHM&G the approval to move forward with this. Shane would like the manual to be as detailed as possible.
7. Urge Testing: We conducted our urge testing on Monday and it went very well. It was very hot out, so it was a true test of our generators. Shane confirmed this is what IMEA bases the credits we receive from them on.
B. NEW BUSINESS: John advised we received a hot weather alert from IMEA that we could be peak shaving. He also stated the gentleman that is proposing the senior living development is looking at putting Solar energy in to keep the utility costs down. John asked for an executive session to discuss litigation.
Trustee Mike Blaies motioned to enter into Executive Session citing litigation, 5 ILCS 12O/2-(c)(11) and Trustee Denise Albers seconded the motion. All voting aye, the motion carried.
C. GENERAL CONCERNS: None,
D. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: NOlne.
E. ADJOURN: Trustee Denise Albers motioned to adjourn at 5:56 p.m. and Trustee Mike Blaies seconded the motion. All voting yea, the motion carried.
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