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Collinsville, Oklahoma

City Commission Meeting August 1, 2005 Gas Franchise For $1.5 or $3.3 Million?

The Collinsville City Commission met Monday, Aug. 1st at 7pm (at the City Hall Annex, 1126 West Main) for a regular meeting of the City Commission.

City Commission:

II. Roll Call: Mayor Stan Sallee, Vice Mayor Gail Rogers, Commissioner Pam Porter, Commissioner Melodie Bateman and Commissioner Brad Overholt. -- all present

III. CONSENT: All matters under "Consent" are considered by the City Commission to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. Any Commissioner may, however, remove an item from consent by request.
1. Approval of Minutes of the Collinsville City Commission Regular Meeting of July 18, 2005 and Work Session of July 13, 2005.
2. Approval of disbursements and payroll.
3. Cemetery Deeds: James R. Ritz
-- Approved (with a correction to the July 18th minutes by Pam Porter that the hybrid vehicle was not necessarily tied to the Code Enforcement Dept. but would be available to departments as determined by the City Manager).

IV. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Consideration and possible action to accept Certificate of Substantial Completetion of Fire/EMS Facility. --Approved (with one year to identify any issues that arise under warranty. Landscaping was 1 item still in progress). When asked her opinion of the building EMS Director Elizabeth Sullivan said, "it is a nice facility, we are very fortunate."

2. Discussion concerning ONG Gas Distribution System Evaluations. -- no action taken ... just discussion.

Kevin Degenstein (of EN-Engineering) gave the details of ONG's valuation of the Collinsville gas system and the components of the $3.342 million total price set by ONG.

I have a several sets of charts which former Mayor Gerald Carlburg presented to show the City could still make money even if ONG's full valuation had to be financed. I will try to summarize at right and put more of the charts on another page. The "separation cost" of approximately $400,000 in ONG's valuation was the most questioned cost in the numbers presented by Kevin Degenstein. That cost is what ONG says it would cost for them to isolate the new Collinsville system from their existing system. ONG's appraisal engineer said he had assumed it was more appropriate for Collinsville to pay that cost than all the remaining ONG customers. -- Ted

VI. NEW BUSINESS

1. Consideration of any new business, which can be considered an emergency, to come before the City Commission not known about or which could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time of posting this agenda. -- none

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Municipal Authority :

IV. CONSENT: All matters under "Consent" are considered by the Authority to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. Any Trustee may, however, remove an item from consent by request.
a) Approval of Minutes of the Collinsville Municipal Authority Regular Meeting of July 18, 2005
b) Approval of disbursements and payroll.
-- approved

V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. City Manager Report. -- Pam Polk had just a few comments in her first report to the CMA trustees.

VI. Consideration of any new business, which can be considered an emergency, to come before the Authority not
known about or which could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time of posting this agenda. -- None

VII. Adjournment. TIME:

POSTED 7/28/05, Karen Randell-Clark, City Clerk

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Estimated Operational Numbers For Gas System Operated by City

With a price of $2,978,655 (ONG's full price with the "separation costs" excluded) ; the recent $5.75 ONG rate increase included in revenue; an inflation rate of 2%; and 30 year funding at 4.5%; the following first year numbers were projected: $679,000 revenue ---------- $106,000 salaries and benefits expense $200,000 capital improvements expense $181,109 debt repayment expense ---------- $191,891 profit after expenses With a price of $1,500,000 (City's price tag) ; the recent $5.75 ONG rate increase included in revenue; an inflation rate of 2%; and 30 year funding at 4.5%; the following first year numbers were projected: $679,000 revenue ---------- $106,000 salaries and benefits expense $200,000 capital improvements expense $ 91,203 debt repayment expense ---------- $281,797 profit after expenses

(More City Gas Projections)