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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
March 24, 2015
2:00 P. M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock,Texas met in special session on the 24th of March,2015,
at Lubbock Power& Light(LP&L), 1301 Broadway-Basement Conference Room A,Lubbock,
Texas at 2:00 p.m.
2:19 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
Lubbock Power&Light(LP&L), 1301 Broadway»Basement Conference Room
A,Lubbock,Texas
Present: Mayor Pro Tem Jim Gerlt; Council Member Karen Gibson; Council Member Jeff
Griffith;Council Member Victor Hernandez; City Manager James Loomis; City
Secretary Rebecca Garza; City Attorney Chad Weaver
Absent: Mayor Glen C.Robertson; Council Member Latrelle Joy; Council Member Floyd
Price
This was a meeting of the Electric Utility Board.A quorum of Council Members attended and
participated in discussions during the meeting which the board considered the following topics as
shown below.
Nate: The Electric Utility Board addressed agenda items in the following order.
•Executive Session
•No quorum:was present for all other items.
1. MINUTES
1. 1. The Board will approve the minutes from the regular Electric Utility Board Meeting on
February 17,2015,and the special Electric Utility Board Meeting on March 9,2015.
*This item was deleted.
2. EXECUTIVE SESSION
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:
�- 2. 1. 1. Discuss generation unit specific fixed and variable casts, 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,deliberate and the Board will take action regarding bidding and pricing
information for purchased power,generation and fuel;purchased power agreements;
risk management information and related services and strategies.
2. 1. 3. 1. Discuss and the Board will take action on a contract related to fuel management.
2. 1. 4. Discuss and deliberate customer billing,contract, and usage information,electric
power pricing information,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(fuel agreements, purchase power agreements
and downtown redevelopment).
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 AGENDA
4. 1. Update/report by the Director of Electric Utilities regarding customer service,business
center practices,procedures and policies, billing procedures,and LP&L staffing and
performance.
*This item was deleted.
4. 2. Discuss financial and capital statements, financing options,audits,and financial policies of
Lubbock Power&Light relating to debt issuance issues,reserve account funding,cost
allocation,and revenue and expense projections of Lubbock Power&Light.
*This item was deleted.
5. CONSENT AGENDA
5. 1. Consider a resolution by the Electric Utility Board authorizing the Director of dectric
Utilities to execute a contract, 1'FB# 7115-1 54"lY, by and between the City of Lubbock, by
and through Lubbock Power and Light, and Airgas USA, LLC, for chlorine supply.
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*This item was deleted.
3:08 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further bLI.Sil)CSS to come before Council, the meeting was adjourned.
Gr.r--TX-,(7. ROBERTSON. MAYOR
ATTEST:
Reb4ca Garza, City Secretary
*This item was discussed, by the Board, without a quorum ot'Council Members present.