Natural Gas Board Minutes
The Humboldt Natural Gas Board met in regular session on
The minutes of the June meeting were reviewed. A motion was made by Griepp and seconded by Schmeichel to approve the minutes. The motion carried.
The financials for June and July were reviewed. A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Shumaker to approve the financials. The motion carried.
Jeff McKinney was present to discuss the current rates for
locking in for the winter. The current
price is $9.50 per dekatherm. This does
not include transportation. Historical data from 1997 thru 2005 was reviewed. Jeff
indicated the market has increased substantially in the past week due to issues
in
The stick on Calendars were reviewed on the internet. A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded
by Griepp to order 300 stick on calendar from Goebel Printing in
New service hook ups were discussed. When the Natural Gas utility was established
it was agreed upon that the Gas Utility would contribute $430.00 toward the
installation of new services. This did
not include residents who were present for the initial and secondary hookups
and declined the hookup. The finance
officer questioned how to handle the situation if the property is sold and the
new person wants to hookup. Jim
suggested contacting other gas companies to see how they handle new
hookups. A motion was made by Schmeichel
and seconded by Griepp to table the new service hook up issue until the
The MMUA meeting on
With no further business, a motion was made by Shumaker and
seconded by Schmeichel to adjourn the meeting at
ATTEST: KRISTIE ELLIS
FINANCE OFFICER