HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Special - 11/14/2017 (3) CITY OF LUBBOCK
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
November 14, 2017
9:00 A.M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock,Texas met in special session on the 14th of November,
2017,at Lubbock Power& Light(LP&L), 1301 Broadway-2nd Floor Conference Room,Lubbock,
Texas at 9:00 a.m.
10:05 A.M.CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
Lubbock Power& Light(LP&L), 1301 Broadway-2nd Floor Conference
Room,Lubbock,Texas
Present: Mayer Daniel M. Pope; Mayor Pro Tem Latrelle Joy; Council Member Juan A.
Chadis; Council Member Karen Gibson; Council Member Jeff Griffith; City
Secretary Rebecca Garza; City Attorney Chad Weaver; Assistant City Manager
Mark Yearwood
Absent; Council Member Steve Massengale; Council Member Shelia Patterson Harris
This was a meeting of the Electric Utility Board.A quorum of Council Members attended and
participated in discussions during the meeting in which the board considered the following topics as
i shown below.
Note: The Electric Utility Board addressed agenda Items in the fallowing order:
"Executive Session
"No quorum, of the City Council, was present for all other items.
1. MINUTES
1. 1. The Board will approve the minutes from the Regular Electric Utility Board Meeting on October
24,2017.
*This item was deleted.
2. EXECUTIVE SESSION
The meeting was called into a closed session at 10.05 a.m. under the provisions of Section
551,Texas Government Code.The meeting was called back into a public session at 11:08
a.m.
2. 1. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code §551.086 on the
following competitive matters of Lubbock Power& Light:
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2. 1. 1. Discuss and deliberate generation unit specific and portfolio fixed and variable costs,
including forecasts of those costs,capital improvement plans for generation units,and
generation unit operating characteristics and outage scheduling.
2. 1.2. Discuss and deliberate proposals and strategies related to plans, studies, and analyses for
system improvements,generation additions,or sales (other than transmission and
distribution system improvements inside the service area for which LP&L is the sole
certificated retail provider).
2. 1-3. Discuss and deliberate bidding and pricing information for purchased power, generation and
fuel,purchased power agreements, and related services and strategies.
2. 1.4. Discuss and deliberate customer billing, contract,and usage information, electric power
pricing infort-nation,system load characteristics, and electric power marketing analyses and
strategies.
2.2. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code §551.071 seeking the
advice of its legal counsel about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers and hold a
consultation with the attorney on a matter in which the duty of the attorney under the Texas
Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas conflicts with Chapter 551 of
the Texas Government Code((i)Application of the City of Lubbock through Lubbock Power&
Light for Authority to Connect a Portion of its System with the Electric Reliability Council of
Texas, Public Utility Commission Docket No.47576;(ii)Kansas City Power and Light,FERC
Docket No.ELI 8-20; (iii) FERC/Southwestern Public Service Depreciation Rate filing and (iv)
Power Purchase Agreements).
2.3. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code §551.074 to deliberate
the appointment of a public officer or employee and to conduct interviews with Robert Rodriguez,
Owen Stafford and Charlie Needham,and any other potential Electric Utility Board Candidates.
(Electric Utility Board).
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - This period, of up to thirty minutes, is dedicated to citizen comments.
Each citizen will have three minutes to speak. All comments must be limited to only those items
posted on the Electric Utility Board agenda.Any citizen wishing to speak shall sign up on the
citizen comment sheet on the day of the Electric Utility Board Meeting. The Electric Utility Board
shall follow the order of citizens wishing to speak as listed on the sign-up sheet. If everyone who
signed up to speak has been given an opportunity to speak and the thirty minutes designated for
citizen comment has not been exhausted,the Electric Utility Board may, at its discretion,open the
floor to anyone else wishing to address the Electric Utility Board,subject to all the same
procedures and guidelines.
*This item was deleted.
4. REGULAR SESSION
4. 1. Presentation and discussion of the update/report by the Director of Electric Utilities,or his
designee,regarding customer service, business center practices,procedures and policies,customer
concerns and complaints, billing forms and procedures and LP&L staffing and performance.
*This item was deleted.
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4.2. Presentation and discussion Offinancial and capital statements, financing options, audits, and
financial policies of Lubbock Power& Light relating to debt issuance issues, reserve account
funding, cost allocation, revenue and expense projections, purchased power cost recovery factor,
and customer metering, billing and service issues.
*This item was deleted.
4. 3. The Board will consider a resolution recommending to the City Council two (2) appointments to
the Electric Utility Board, in accordance with Section 2.03.415(e) of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Lubbock, Texas.
*This item was deleted.
5. CONSENT AGENDA
5. 1. The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Purchasing Manager to execute a purchase
order, R17P# 7142-17-EUA, (i) as concerns line items I & 3 to Altec Industries, Inc. ; (ii) as
concerns line item 2 to Lubbock Truck Sales Inc.; (iii) as concerns line items 4 to Terex Utilities,
Inc., for LP&L Fleet Aerial Devices, Utility Derrick Truck, Pressure Digger and Chassis.
*This item was deleted.
5. 2. The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities to execute a
public works contract, RFP# 7143-1 7-ELD, with Interstate Electrical Conti-actors Inc., for LP&L
Chalker Substation 115 kV Ring BLIS Construction.
*This item was deleted.
11:08 A.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, the meeting was adjourned.
The November 14, 2017 Special City Council Meeting minutes were approved by the City Council on
the 25th day ofJanuary, 2018.
DANIEL M. POPE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Rei3ec t Garza, City Secretary U
*This item was discussed, by the Board, without a quorum of Council Members present,