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COMMISSION MEETING

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P U D ’s C h e h a l i s A u d i t o r i u m

AGENDA

Public Utility District No. 1 of Lewis County

Date | Time 7/9/2019 10:00 AM | Meeting called by Commissioner Kostick

Location 345 NW Pacific Avenue, Chehalis, WA 98532

Item # Item Owner

1 Call to Order President

2 Changes/Additions to Agenda President

3 Public Comments (Limit to 3 minutes per person) Public

4 Approval of Consent Agenda

(All matters listed within the Consent Agenda have been distributed to each member of the Commission for reading and study, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the Commission with no separate discussion. If separate discussion is desired by any member of the Commission, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Business Agenda by request.)

a) Minutes of July 2, 2019 commission meeting; and b) Cowlitz Falls Project and Electric System vouchers

Davis

5 Business Agenda

6 Other Business

Break (5 Minutes)

7 Management Report

8 Meeting Reports

9 Adjournment

***9:00 a.m. Workshop Agenda

The Board may meet in Executive Session for the purpose of discussing matters as authorized by RCW 42.30.110(1) such as, but not limited to: the sale or acquisition of real estate, reviewing negotiations on the performance of a publicly bid contract, receiving and evaluating complaints or charges against an officer or employee, evaluating the qualifications of an applicant or performance of an employee, and/or consulting with legal counsel on litigation or potential litigation.

Announcement of Executive Session

The regular meeting will recess so that the Commissioners, _____and _____ enter into an Executive Session for ____ (____) minutes until _____ a.m. as authorized by RCW 42.30.110(1) section _____:

(a) To consider matters affecting national security;

(b) To consider the selection of a site or the acquisition of real estate by lease or purchase when public knowledge regarding such consideration would cause a likelihood of increased price;

(c) To consider the minimum price at which real estate will be offered for sale or lease when public knowledge regarding such consideration would cause a likelihood of decreased price. However, final action selling or leasing public property shall be taken in a meeting open to the public;

(d) To review negotiations on the performance of publicly bid contracts when public knowledge regarding such consideration would cause a likelihood of increased costs;

(e) To consider, in the case of an export trading company, financial and commercial information supplied by private persons to the export trading company;

(f) To receive and evaluate complaints or charges brought against a public officer or employee. However, upon the request of such officer or employee, a public hearing or a meeting open to the public shall be conducted upon such complaint or charge;

(g) To evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the performance of a public employee. However, subject to RCW42.30.140(4), discussion by a governing body of salaries, wages, and other conditions of employment to be generally applied within the agency shall occur in a meeting open to the public, and when a governing body elects to take final action hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of employees, or discharging or disciplining an employee, that action shall be taken in a meeting open to the public;

(h) To evaluate the qualifications of a candidate for appointment to elective office. However, any interview of such candidate and final action appointing a candidate to elective office shall be in a meeting open to the public;

(i) To discuss with legal counsel representing the agency matters relating to agency enforcement actions, or to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency litigation or potential litigation to which the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official capacity is, or is likely to become, a party, when public knowledge regarding the discussion is likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence to the agency.

This subsection (1)(i) does not permit a governing body to hold an executive session solely because an attorney representing the agency is present. For purposes of this subsection (1)(i), "potential litigation" means matters protected by RPC 1.6 or RCW 5.60.060(2)(a) concerning:

(i) Litigation that has been specifically threatened to which the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official capacity is, or is likely to become, a party;

(ii) Litigation that the agency reasonably believes may be commenced by or against the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official capacity; or

(iii) Litigation or legal risks of a proposed action or current practice that the agency has identified when public discussion of the litigation or legal risks is likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence to the agency.

http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=42.30.140

http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=5.60.060

CALENDAR OF MEETINGSJ u l y 9 , 2 0 1 9 - N o v e m b e r 2 9 , 2 0 1 9

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1 7/2/2019 11:19 AMStacy Davis

July 8, 2019 Monday11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Chamber Meeting -- O'Blarney's in Centralia

July 9, 2019 Tuesday9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Copy: COMM: Commission Workshop -- 1st Tuesday at Morton, all others at Chehalis

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Copy: COMM: Commission Meeting -- Auditorium

July 10, 2019 Wednesday9:00 AM - 3:00 PM WDFW Cowlitz River Annual Project Review and Fisheries Science Conference -- Veterans Memorial

Museum (100 SW Veterans Way, Chehalis)Please note that the presentations will be technical, science‐focused, and data‐heavy. At this meeting we’ll be focusing on the science that will help guide our annual program review; this is the first step in determining what our annual programs will be for 2020. The agenda is forthcoming.

Coffee, snacks, and lunch will be provided.

Please RSVP by calling me at (253) 502‐8636.

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM PPC Members Forum -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

July 11, 2019 Thursday8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PPC Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

July 12, 2019 Friday8:30 AM - 11:00 AM PNUCC Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport






July 24, 2019 Wednesday12:00 AM - 12:00 AM ENW Executive Board Meetings -- Tri Cities

All Day ENW Board of Directors Meeting -- Tri Cities

July 25, 2019 Thursday12:00 AM - 12:00 AM ENW Executive Board Meetings -- Tri Cities

Please See Above

July 27, 2019 SaturdayAll Day Lineman Rodeo -- Gresham, OR

All Day PUD Family Picnic -- Harmony Lakeside RV Park

August 6, 2019 Tuesday9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Copy: COMM: Commission Workshop -- 1st Tuesday at Morton, all others at Chehalis


August 7, 2019 Wednesday3:00 PM - 5:00 PM PPC Members Forum -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

August 8, 2019 Thursday8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PPC Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

August 9, 2019 Friday8:30 AM - 11:00 AM PNUCC Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport


August 10, 2019 SaturdayAll Day Morton Logger's Jubilee Parade -- Morton

Parade begins at 11:30

August 12, 2019 Monday11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Chamber Meeting -- O'Blarney's in Centralia

August 13, 2019 Tuesday12:00 AM - 12:00 AM SWW Fair -- Fairground, Chehalis

August 14, 2019 WednesdayAll Day SWW Fair -- Fairground, Chehalis

Please See Above

August 15, 2019 ThursdayAll Day SWW Fair -- Fairground, Chehalis

Please See Above

August 16, 2019 FridayAll Day SWW Fair -- Fairground, Chehalis

Please See Above

August 17, 2019 SaturdayAll Day SWW Fair -- Fairground, Chehalis

Please See Above

August 18, 2019 Sunday12:00 AM - 12:00 AM SWW Fair -- Fairground, Chehalis

Please See Above

August 20, 2019 Tuesday9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Copy: COMM: Commission Workshop -- 1st Tuesday at Morton, all others at Chehalis



August 21, 2019 Wednesday12:00 AM - 12:00 AM ENW Executive Board Meetings -- Lake Chelan

workshop

August 22, 2019 ThursdayAll Day ENW Executive Board Meetings -- Lake Chelan

Please See Above

August 23, 2019 Friday12:00 AM - 12:00 AM ENW Executive Board Meetings -- Lake Chelan

Please See Above

September 2, 2019 MondayAll Day Labor Day -- United States

September 3, 2019 Tuesday9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Copy: Commission Workshop -- PUD's Chehalis Auditorium

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Copy: Commission Meeting -- PUD's Chehalis Auditorium

September 4, 2019 Wednesday3:00 PM - 5:00 PM PPC Members Forum -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

September 5, 2019 Thursday8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PPC Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

September 6, 2019 Friday8:30 AM - 11:00 AM PNUCC Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

September 9, 2019 Monday11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Chamber Meeting -- O'Blarney's in Centralia


September 14, 2019 SaturdayAll Day PUD Golf Tournament -- Newaukum Valley Golf Course

September 17, 2019 TuesdayAll Day National IT Professionals Day

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Copy: COMM: Commission Workshop -- 1st Tuesday at Morton, all others at Chehalis


September 26, 2019 ThursdayAll Day ENW Executive Board Meeting -- TBD

If needed

October 1, 2019 Tuesday9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Copy: COMM: Commission Workshop -- 1st Tuesday at Morton, all others at Chehalis


October 2, 2019 Wednesday3:00 PM - 5:00 PM PPC Members Forum -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

October 3, 2019 Thursday8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PPC Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

October 4, 2019 Friday8:30 AM - 11:00 AM PNUCC Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

October 14, 2019 MondayAll Day Columbus Day -- United States


October 14, 2019 Continued Monday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Employee Day-Offices Closed

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Chamber Meeting -- O'Blarney's in Centralia

October 15, 2019 Tuesday9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Copy: Commission Workshop -- Chehalis Auditorium

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Copy: Commission Meeting -- Chehalis Auditorium

October 16, 2019 WednesdayAll Day National Bosses Day

October 30, 2019 Wednesday12:00 AM - 12:00 AM ENW Executive Board Meetings -- Tri Cities

All Day ENW Board of Directors Meetings -- Tri Cities

October 31, 2019 Thursday12:00 AM - 12:00 AM ENW Executive Board Meetings -- Tri Cities

Please See Above

All Day ENW Participants Review Board Meetings -- Tri Cities

All Day Halloween -- United States

November 5, 2019 TuesdayAll Day Election Day -- United States

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Copy: COMM: Commission Workshop -- Chehalis Auditorium

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Copy: COMM: Commission Meeting -- Chehalis Auditorium


November 11, 2019 MondayAll Day Veteran's Day -- United States

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Chamber Meeting -- O'Blarney's in Centralia

November 14, 2019 Thursday8:30 AM - 1:30 PM PPC Annual Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

November 15, 2019 Friday8:30 AM - 11:00 AM PNUCC Meeting -- Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport

November 19, 2019 Tuesday9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Copy: COMM: Commission Workshop -- Chehalis Auditorium

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Copy: COMM: Commission Meeting -- Chehalis Auditorium

November 28, 2019 ThursdayAll Day Thanksgiving Day -- United States

November 29, 2019 FridayAll Day Office Closed

CHANGES/ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA

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PUBLIC COMMENTM e m b e r s o f t h e p u b l i c w i l l h a v e a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o s p e a k d u r i n g t h e o p e n p u b l i c m e e t i n g . P l e a s e l i m i t i n d i v i d u a l t o a m a x i m u m o f t h r e e ( 3 ) m i n u t e s .

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CONSENT AGENDA

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CONSENT AGENDA

All matters listed within the Consent Agenda have been distributed to each member of the Commission for reading and study, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the Commission with no separate discussion. If separate discussion is desired by any member of the Commission, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Business Agenda by request.

a) Minutes of July 2, 2019 Meeting

b) CF and ES vouchers

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Approval of Minutes• Recommendation to approve the Minutes of the July

2, 2019 meeting.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS

July 2, 2019

The regular meeting of the Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Lewis

County was held in the Morton Office of the District on the above date at 10:00 a.m.

Those present were Ben Kostick, President; Tim Cournyer, Vice President; and Dean

Dahlin, Secretary. Also present were Chris Roden, General Manager; Brad Ford, CFO/Auditor;

and Stacy Davis, Executive Assistant. Additional attendees included: Jeff Baine, IS and

Telecommunications Manager; Matt Samuelson, Power Supply Manager; and Travis Kinney,

System Engineer.

Commissioner Cournyer moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. The

motion was seconded by Commissioner Dahlin. The Consent Agenda consisted of:

a) Minutes of the June 25, 2019 Commission meeting;

b) Electric Service vouchers numbered 181616 to and including 181723 totaling

$1,091,769.66 and Cowlitz Falls Project vouchers numbered 32829 to and including

32863 totaling $136,547.10; and

c) Resolution No. 2845, a resolution charging off uncollectible accounts totaling

$19,010.27.

Commissioner Kostick supported the motion and it carried unanimously.

Mr. Roden discussed the upcoming Washington Public Utility Districts Association

(WPUDA) meeting. Mr. Roden noted that staff continues to work on the 2020 budget.

Mr. Baine announced that the District was awarded a Records Retention Grant through

the State of Washington for approximately $26,600, the grant funds will be used to scan certain

documents located at the Cowlitz Falls Project.

Commissioner Dahlin reported on the Western Public Agency Group (WPAG) meeting

that he attended last week. The main focus of the meeting concerned Bonneville Power

Administration’s (BPA) look into joining the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).

Commissioner Dahlin provided a weather forecast.

There being no further business, Commissioner Cournyer moved to adjourn. The motion

was seconded by Commissioner Dahlin. Commissioner Kostick supported the motion and it

carried unanimously.

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Ben M. Kostick, President

ATTEST:

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Tim Cournyer, Vice President

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Dean L. Dahlin, Secretary

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Approval of Vouchers• Recommendation to approve the Electric System and

Cowlitz Falls Vouchers

BUSINESS AGENDA

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OTHER BUSINESS

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MANAGEMENT REPORTS

MEETING REPORTSC o m m i s s i o n e r s , M a n a g e r , a n d / o r M a n a g e m e n t T e a m w i l l p r o v i d e r e p o r t s o f m e e t i n g s t h a t t h e y p a r t i c i p a t e d i n o r a r e p e r t i n e n t t o t h e o p e r a t i o n o f t h e D i s t r i c t .

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Thank You.Chris Roden, General Manager

800 562-5612

[email protected]

www.lcpud.org

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