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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
July 19, 2016
11:30 A. M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock,Texas met in special session on the 19th of July,2016,at
Lubbock Power& Light(LP&L), 1301 Broadway-2nd Floor Conference Room,Lubbock,Texas
at 11:30 a.m.
11:40 A.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
Lubbock Power& Light(LP&L), 1301 Broadway-2nd Floor Conference
Room,Lubbock,Texas
Present: Mayor Daniel M. Pope; Council Member Juan A. Chadis; Council Member Karen
Gibson; Council Member Jeff Griffith; Council Member Shelia Patterson Harris;
City Manager James Loomis; City Attorney Chad Weaver; Deputy City Secretary
Teresa Grimaldo
Absent: Mayor Pro Tem Latrelle Joy; Council Member Steve Massengale
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: City Council addressed agenda items in the following order,
1.1 and Executive Session
No quorum, of the City Council, was present for all other items.
1. MINUTES
1. 1. The Board will approve the minutes from the Regular Electric Utility Board Meeting of June 21,
2016.
Motion by brew Tucker,seconded by Don Boatman to approve the minutes of the June 21,2016
Regular Electric Utility Board meeting.
Vote: 8 -0 Motion carried by the Board
Other: Clayton Isom (ABSENT)
2. EXECUTIVE SESSION
The meeting was called into a closed session at 11:42 a.m. under the provisions of Section
551,Texas Government Code.
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:
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2. 1. 1. Discuss and deliberate 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. I
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. 1.2. 1. Discuss and the Board will take action on a contract regarding purchased power
strategies and system improvements.
2. 1.3. Discuss and deliberate bidding and pricing information for purchased power, generation
and fuel,purchased power agreements,and related services and strategies.
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 ((i)Southwestern Public Service Company/Xcel Energy
Operating Companies,Joint Open Access Tariff/FERC Docket No. ER 16-1772; (ii)Application
of Southwestern Public Service Company to Amend a CCN for a Proposed 345-KV Transmission
Line within Hale, Lubbock,Terry and Yoakum Counties, Public Utility Commission Docket No.
46042; and (iii)Joseph Wisdom v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Isom SP, LLC.,and
Lubbock Power& Light, Cause No. 2016-519,190, 72nd District Court, Lubbock County,
Texas).
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
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4. 1. Presentation and discussion of the update/report by the Director of Electric Utilities, or his
designee,regarding customer service, business center practices, procedures and policies, billing
procedures, and LP&L staffing and performance.
*This item was deleted.
4.2. Presentation and discussion of 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. The Board will consider a resolution recommending to the City Council of the City of Lubbock
that it award RFP 16-12660-MA, respecting renovations of the Lubbock Power& Light
Transmission & Distribution offices,402 Municipal Drive, Lubbock Texas, to Tommy Klein
Construction, Inc.
*This item was deleted.
5.2. The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities to execute that
certain First Amendment to Professional Services Contract, by and between the City of Lubbock,
acting by and through Lubbock Power& Light and SGS Engineering, LLC, related to
engineering services for substation and transmission and distribution issues.
*This item was deleted.
5.3. The Board will consider a resolution approving a form Pole Attachment License Agreement
("License"), to be executed by certificated telecommunications providers that desire to attach to
poles owned by Lubbock Power& Light, and authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities,or his
designee,to execute the various Licenses for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, acting by and
through Lubbock Power& Light.
*This item was deleted.
5.4. The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities to execute that
certain Contract for Services, by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through
Lubbock Power& Light and Fleet Analytics, LLC, RFP#7147-15-EUA, for LP&L Vehicle
Tracking System-Annual Pricing.
*This item was deleted.
12:50 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council,the meeting was adjourned.
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