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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
July 21, 2015
2:00 P. M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas met in special session on the 21st of July, 2015,
at Lubbock Power& Light (LP&L), 1301 Broadway -2nd Floor Conference Room, Lubbock,
Texas at 2:00 p.m.
2:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
Lubbock Power & Light(LP&L), 1.301 Broadway -2nd Floor Conference Room,
Lubbock,Texas
Present: Mayor Glen C. Robertson; Mayor Pro Tern Jim Gerlt; Council Member Karen
Gibson; Council Member Latrelle Joy; City Manager James Loomis; City Secretary
Rebecca Garza; City Attorney Chad Weaver
Absent: Council Member Jeff Griflith; Council Member Victor Hernandez; 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.
Note: The Electric Uldit) Board athiressed agenda items in theJbIlowing order:
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• I.I,- and E xecuth7e&ssion.
•No quorion, of the Crit};Council, nuc s present.1br all other items.
1. MINUTES
The Board will approve the minutes from the regular Electric Utility Board Meeting on June
16, 2015 and Special Electric Utility Board Meeting on June 30, 2015.
Motion by Charles Dunn, seconded by Jerry Bell to approve the minutes of June 16, 2015
and June 30, 2015.
Vote: 5 - 0 Motion carried by the Board
Other: James Conwright (ABSENT)
Stephanie Hill (ABSENT)
Clayton Isom (ABSENT)
James Tucker (ABSENT)
James Conwright, Electric Utility Board member, arrived in Executive Session.
2. EXECUTIVE SESSION
The meeting was called into a closed session at 2:15 p.m. under the provisions of Section
551, Texas Government Code,
2. 1. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.-F.C.A. Government Code §551.086 on the
following competitive matters of Lubbock Power & Light:
2. 1. 1. Discuss, deliberate and the Board will take action regarding '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 OLIta--,e scheduling; and discuss, deliberate and 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 irnprovernents
inside the service area for which LP&L is the sole certificated retail provider).
2. 1. 1. 1. Discuss and the Board will take action regarding RFP# 7128-15 ELP for Cooke
Station GT2 engine replacement.
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2. 1. 2. Discuss and deliberate bidding and pricing information for purchased power,
generation and fuel; purchased power agreements, risk management information and
related services and strategies.
2. 1. 3. Discuss and deliberate customer billing, contract, and usage
ge information, electric
power pricing information, system load characteristics,and electric power marketing
analyses and strategies,
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2. 2. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code 5551.074 to
deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment and duties ofa public
officer or employee (Director of Electric Utilities and General Counsel).
3. TUBLIC 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-LIP sheet. If everyone who signed up to speak has been given ,in 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 sante procedures and guidelines.
"This item was deleted.
4. REGULAR AGENDA
4. 1. Update/report by the Director of Electric Utilities reglardincy Customer service, business center
procedureI
practices, procedures and policies, billingZ:1 C
s,. 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.
4. 3. The Board will consider, and the Council may discuss, a resolution authorizing the
Purchasing Manager to execute a purchase order, ITB4 7129-1 5-ELD, (i) as concerns line
items I and 3 through 6, to Texas Electric Cooperatives. Inc.; (ii) as concerns line item 2, to
Wesco Distribution, Inc.; and (iii) as concerns line 'item 7, to HD Supply Power LTD
solutions, all for LP&L Three Phase Distribution Transformers.
*This item was deleted.
3:20 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, the meeting was a
djourned.
GLEN cA6BERf SON, MAYOR
ArrEST:
R&c t, Garza, City Secretary U
*This item was discussed, by the Board, without a qL10rurn of Council Members present.