HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Special - 2/12/2024CITY OF LUBBOCK
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
February 12, 2024
11:00 A.M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas met in special session on the 12th of February, 2024, at
the Overton Hotel & Conference Center, 2322 Mac Uavis Ln, 2nd Floor, Horizon Ballroom B,
Lubbock, Texas at 11:00 a.m.
11:05 A.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
Overton Hotel & Conference Center, 2322 Mac Davis Ln, 2nd Floor, Horizon Ballroom B,
Lubbock, Texas
Present: Mayor Tray Payne; Mayor Pro Tem Shelia Patterson Harris; Council Member Latrelle Joy;
Council Member Christy Martinez-Garcia; Council Member Steve Massengale; Council
Member Mark W. McBrayer; City Manager W. Jarrett Atkinson; City Secretary Courtney Paz;
City Attorney Chad Weaver
Absent: Councit Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson
Note: City Council addressed agenda items in the follo��irrg order:
• Public Comment 1; and 2.1-2.1.10.
I. PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment is an opportunity for the public to make comments and express a position on
agenda items. This period, of up to thirty minutes, is dedicated to public comment. Each member of
the public will have three minutes to speak. Any member of the public that requires the assistance
of a translator will have six minutes to speak. Comments must be limited to only those items posted
on the Electric Utility Board agenda. Any member of the public wishing to speak shall sign up on
the public comment sheet on the day of the Electric Utility Board meeting. The Electric Utility
Board shall follow the order of persons 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
public 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.
No one appeared to speak.
�. REGULAR SESSION
Special City Council Meeting
February 12, 2024
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2. 1. Presentation and discussion by the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, regarding strategic
planning for Lubbock Power & Light before, during, and after its transition to competitive retail
choice, covering all aspects and facets of the utility, including but not limited to, organizational and
resource needs and changes, rate structure modifcations, strategic goals for transmission and
distribution service in the competitive market, occupational, performance, and safety metric goals,
and other needs and changes of the electric utility as it exists today, and as it transitions to and after
operates in the competitive retail market. Topics included in the foregoing discussion may include,
but are not limited to, the following:
2. 1. 1.
2. 1. 2.
2. 1. 3.
2. 1. 4.
2. 1. 5.
2. 1. 6.
2. 1. 7.
2. 1. 8.
2. 1. 9.
2. 1. 10.
Director of Electric Utilities strategic goals and objectives
Marketing and public relations
Key performance indicators, accountability standards, and goals related thereto
Community involvement and engagement
LP&L's goals for its budget during and after it transitions to retail competition
Education and training of staff during and after the transition to retail competition
Interaction with and customer service for Retail Electric Providers
Goals for outages and response times as part of the planning process
Other opportunities to increase LP&L's value
Next steps related to Strategic Planning
Joel Ivy, director of electric utilities; Harvey Hall, chief financial offcer for LP&L; Carolyn
Shellman, interim general counsel for LP&L; Blaire McGinnis, chief operating officer for
LP&L; Clint Gardner, chief customer offcer for LP&L; Matt Rose, public affairs and
government relations manager for LP&L; and Chris Sims, chief performance officer for
LP&L, gave presentations and answered questions from the Board:
Blu Kostelich, chief fnancial officer for the City of Lubbock; and Luke Miller, engineering
manager for LP&L, gave comments and answered questions from the Board.
11:00 a.m. -Approximately - The Electric Utility Board will convene in operr session to discuss the iterns
/isted above in item 2. It is anticipated that the open session will begin and then the Electric Utility Board will
break at approximately 12: 00 p.m. to the stairN�ell located in the Overton Convention Center for a photo then
reconvene into open session. No public business will be discussed during this break. It is anticipated that the
Electric Utility Board will reconvene in open session at approximately 12:30 p.m. to corrtinue the topics listed
above irr item 2. However, this is an approximation and the Board may begin the open session earlier or later
depending on when the break is complete.
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Special City Council Meeting
February 12, 2024
1:21 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, the meeting was adjourned.
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The February 12, 2024 Special City Council Meeting minutes were approved by the City Council on the 26th
day of March, 2024.
ATTEST:
Courtney Paz, City Secretary J