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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
May 29, 2018
1.00 P.M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock,Texas met in special session on the 29th of May,2018,
at Lubbock Power& Light(LP&L), 1301 Broadway Avenue,2nd Floor Conference Room,
Lubbock,Texas at 1:00 p.m.
1:02 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
Lubbock Power&Light(LP&L), 1301 Broadway Avenue,2nd Floor Conference
Room,Lubbock,Texas
Present: Mayor Pro Tern Latrelle Joy; Council Member Juan A. Chadis; Council Member
Karen Gibson; Council Member Jeff Griffith; Council Member Steve Massengale;
City Manager W. Jarrett Atkinson; City Attorney Chad Weaver; Deputy City
Secretary Courtney Paz
Absent: Mayor Daniel M. Pope; 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
shown below.
!Vote: City Council addressed agenda items in rhe following order:
•F.xeculive Session;Public Comments,' and 3.1-3.4.
1. EXECUTIVE SESSION
This meeting was called into a closed session at 1:02 p.m. under the provisions of Section 551,
Texas Government Code. The meeting was called back into a public session at 1:35 p.m.
1. 1. 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 to the Electric Utility
Board under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas
conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (legal issues concerning,metering,
related agreements.)
2. 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
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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.
2. 1. Sign-ups:
•Burley Owens appeared before the Electric Utility Board to speak in opposition of items 3.1
(Itron, Inc.); 3.2 (Oracle America, Inc.); 3.3 (Group Seven Consulting); and 3.4(TMG Utility
Advisory Services, Inc.). Mr. Owens also handed out information on medical
studies regarding health hazards of Smart Meters.
3. REGULAR SESSION
Items 3.1-3.4 were taken into consideration at the same time by the Electric Utility Board.
3. 1. EUB Resolution No. 201 S-RO04 1, an EUB Resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities
to execute a Master Sales Agreement, RFP#7123-17-EUA, by and bctween Itron, Inc. and the City
of Lubbock, Texas,acting by and through the Electric Utility Board and the City Council of the
City of Lubbock,to provide and install a complete Advanced Metering Infrastructure Solution
("AMI Solution")and to manage and maintain the AMI Solution.
3.2. EUB Resolution No. 2018-110042, an EUB Resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities
to execute a Public Sector Agreement for Oracle Cloud Services, RFP#7124-17-EUA, by and
between Oracle America, Inc. and the City of Lubbock, Texas,acting by and through the Electric
Utility Board, to provide and install a complete Customer Information System and Meter Data
Management Solution(collectively, the "CIS Solution"), On-Going Software as a Service for the
CIS Solution,and Oracle Field Service Mobile Workforce Management Solution.
3.3. EUB Resolution No. 2018-R0043, an EUB Resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities
to execute a Software Support Services Agreement, RFP 47124-17-EUA, by and between Group
Seven Consulting and the City of Lubbock,Texas,acting by and through the Electric Utility Board,
for a Mobile Workforce Management Solution.
3.4. EUB Resolution No. 2018-80044, an EUB Resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities
to execute a Professional Services Agreement, by and between TMG Utility Advisory Services, Inc.
and the City of Lubbock,acting by and through the Electric Utility Board and the City Council of
the City of Lubbock, to provide Program Management,Test Management, Solutions Development,
and Organizational Change Management for the new Customer Information System and Meter
Data Management System, the Mobile Workforce Management Solution, the Advanced Metering
Infrastructure Solution, and the On-Going Software as a Service Solution.
Andy Burcham,Assistant Director of Electric Utilities, gave a prescritation and answered questions
from the Board.
Debra Ardoline,with TMG Consulting, Inc.;Todd Stocker,with TMG Consulting, Inc.; Michelle
Cook, Collection and Field Services Manager for LP&L; and Jamie Cook, Customer Service&
Billing Manager for LP&L,gave comments and answered questions from the Board.
Motion by Jerry Bell, seconded by Gwen Stafford to approve items 3.1-3.4 as presented.
Vote: 5 - 0 Motion carried by the Board
Other: Don Boatman (ABSENT)
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Jane Flciiry (ABSI-NT)
Kevin McMahon (ABSENT)
Robert Rodriguez(ABSENT)
3:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, the meeting was adjourned.
The May 29, 2018 Special City Council Meeting; rnillUtCS were approved by the City Coujicil on the 12th
day Of.11.11y, 2018.
DANIEL. M. POI)E, MAYOR
ArrEST:Rebtca Garza, City Secrti)