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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
,June 30, 2015
12:00 P. M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas met in special session on the 30th of June, 2015,
at Lubbock Power & Light(LP&L), 1301 Broadway- Basement Conference Room A, Lubbock,
Texas at 12:00 p.m.
12:01 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L), 1.301 Broadway - Basement Conference
Room A,Lubbock,Texas
Present: Mayor Glen C. Robertson; Mayor Pro Tem Jim Ger1t; Council Member Karen
Gibson; Council Member Jeff Griffith; City Manager James Loomis; City Secretary
Rebecca Garza; City Attorney Chad Weaver
Absent: Council Member Victor Hernandez; 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.
JNTote.- The Electric Utility Board addressed agenda items in the jbilolving order:
a ExecutiveSussion; 2.1; and 3.1-3.2,
1. EXECUTIVE SESSION
The meeting was called into a closed session at 12:02 p.m. under the provisions of
Section 551, Texas Government Code. The meeting was called back into a public
session at 1:37 p.m.
1. 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:
1. 1. 1. Discuss 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.
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1. 2. Discuss, deliberate and the Board will take action regarding 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); and discuss,
deliberate and the Board will take action regarding bidding and pricing information for
purchased power, generation and fuel; purchased power agreements, and related
services and strategies.
1. 1. 2. 1. Discuss and the Board will take action on a contract for engineering services
regarding purchased power strategies and system improvements.
1. 1. 3. Discuss and deliberate Customer billing, contract, and usage information, electric
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power pricing information, system load characteristics, and electric power inarketing
analyses and strategies.
1. 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 (West Texas Municipal Power Agency).
1. 3. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code §551.074 to
deliberate the duties of a public officer or employee (West Texas Municipal Power Agency
Board of Directors).
2. REGULAR AGENDA
2. 1. Discuss and the Board will take minuted action regarding recommendations to the City
Council of the City of Lubbock, related to West Texas Municipal Power Agency
("WTMPA"), and (i) the purposes of WTMPA; (ii) the benefits of WTMPA to its member
cities; (iii) the risks of WTMPA; (iv) the potential dissolution of WTMPA; and (v) the City
of Lubbock's membership in WTMPA.
Burley Owen, Lubbock citizen, gave comments. This item was not discussed by City
Council or the Board.
3. CONSENT AGENDA
Motion by Clayton Isom, seconded by Don Boatman to approve items 3.1-3.2.
Vote: 9 - 0 Motion carried by the Board
3. 1. The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Purchasing Manager to execute a
purchase order, ITB# 7125-15-ELD,to SANPEC Inc. for Steel Transmission Poles for Coop
to Slaton Il5kV Transmission Line,
3. 2. The Board will consider a resolution authorizinga' the Purchasing Manager to execute a
purchase order, ITB41 7127-15-ELD, to ALSTOM Grid Inc. for 115 kV SF6 Circuit Breakers.
1:43 P.M. CITE.' COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to cone before Council, the meeting was adjourned.
GLEN 1; 6'Bk' ''=SON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Reb cca Garza, City Secretary