UAB 080921M
Mountain Iron Utility Advisory Board
Minutes
9 AUGUST 2021
Meeting was called to order 4:07 p.m. by Chairperson Renzaglia
Members present: Reynold Renzaglia, Sue Tuomela, Bret Renzaglia, Jacob Osell Others present: Tim Satrang, Public Works Director, Joe Prebeg, council liason, and Lisa Stevens, Accounting Technician. Absent member: Paul Jacobsen and Jacob Osell.
Moved by Sue Tuomela supported by Reynold Renzaglia to approve the Consent Agenda including the 29 June 2021 Minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Communications: None
Public Forum: None
Reports:
Electrical: No major electrical outages at this time.
Water: No major breaks at this time.
Old Business:
Voltage upgrade: MN Power is willing to help the City become a whole sale purchaser and not be dependent on the Virginia Public Utilities. They suggested placing a power pole at the east end of Enterprise Drive North and run across the highway to the YMCA field. We are proposing to put this up on 65ft poles and crossing silver creek and the highway; which involves permitting with MNDot and would have to go into a land agreement with the YMCA. Then with this there were 2 cost proposals; one with a switch and one without. For safety reasons, Tim recommends that the 3 phase switch added as the better option at the price $48,900. Discussion took place about whether other options could be more cost effective and was deemed that this is the best option. Tim wanted this to be recommended to be brought to the first August city council meeting so that MN Power could get it started right away.
The second proposal needing approval is moving the transformer to the west side of the railroad and significantly smaller line and would provide secondary power; this $21,500.
Third item; new substation behind Walmart; throw a switch in at Nichols; for $15,000. Our savings will be a 7.5% per KWH upcharge that VPUC charges. This will also provide a reliable electricity than what’s there now.
Moved by Sue Tuomela supported by Bret Renzaglia that UAB approves bringing the recommendation of all 3 projects totally $84,500 using MN Power to the city council. Motion carried unanimously.
New Business:
Large Trash: There was a summary provided of the large trash program and had positive feedback by the community once again. It was another successful program; only change for next year is that this is a taxable service and per MN revenue department we will have to adjust the price to include tax.
Open discussion: Bret Renzaglia requested an update on how the audit went and where the enterprise funds sit for the next meeting.
Announcements: The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 4:00pm.
Meeting Adjourned at 5:00 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Stevens
Accounting Technician
