The Sanborn Electric and Telecommunications Board met in regular session at Sanborn City Hall on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. This meeting was rescheduled from the original date of September 25, 2024.

Board members present: Jeff Kuehl, Rick Maranell, and Josh Rydberg.
Board members absent: none.
Others present: Jim Zeutenhorst.

Motion Maranell, seconded by Kuehl to adopt the agenda. Motion carried 3-0.

Motion Kuehl, seconded by Maranell to approve the minutes of the September 4, 2024,
Board Meeting. Motion carried 3-0.

Motion Kuehl, seconded by Maranell to approve the following bills for payment:
Motion carried 3-0.

Bill List – Sanborn Municipal Light Plant
Meeting Date – September 25, 2024 (held October 2, 2024)

GENERAL FUND:
Amount

610 Depot Plant maintenance
$511.46

Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. Legal – RE: electric transmission line franchise
$31.00

Canadian Pacific Railway Underground crossing $150.00

Cannon Technologies Load management control boxes (60)
$12,987.00

City of Sanborn City Hall bills split for August 2024 $10,775.82

DGR Engineering Electric franchise update $254.00

EFTPS – 941 FICA, Medicare & Federal taxes $6,802.97

Fred’s Plumbing & Heating Plant maint. – AC repairs at Substation
$317.23

Iowa Department of Revenue
Sales Tax for August 2024
$8,567.55

Iowa State Bank H.S.A. contrib. by employees $200.00

IPERS August 2024 wages
$4,330.87

Marcus News Publications – meeting minutes $88.23

Missouri River Energy Purchased power $128,258.22

Sanborn Daycare Association
Donation $425.00

Sanborn Municipal Utilities Utilities – warehouse, plant, substation
$222.11

Sanborn Savings Bank H.S.A. Contrib. by employees $653.84

T.P. Anderson & Company, P.C.
Completion of audit work for year ended 12/31/2023 $1,000.00

The Community Agency Phone/Internet/Cable $292.08

VISA Plant maint., meeting expense $510.03

WAPA Purchased power
$26,951.28
$203,328.69
MISC.

Meter Deposit Refunds Four refunds $690.00
$690.00
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT FUND:

Aflac Aflac – August payroll deductions $48.12

Delta Dental Dental Ins. October coverage $110.04

Equitable Financial Life Insurance
Life/AD&D, LTD/STD – October 2024 $204.30

Iowa State Bank HSA Contrib. for September 2024 $200.00

Sanborn Savings Bank HSA Contrib. for September 2024 $434.00

Wellmark Health Ins. October 2024 coverage $4,885.06
$5,881.52

Checks issued prior to meeting.
TOTAL ALL FUNDS: $209,900.21
Month Ending Ausust 31, 2024:
Revenue: $256,234.94
Expense: $237,615.74
Motion Kuehl, seconded by Maranell to approve the following August 2024 reports:
Financial Report, Purchased Power Report, and Sales and Revenue Report. Motion carried 3-0.
The Board next discussed the four generator options provided to them from a study conducted by DGR Engineering. The Board discussed rate increases associated with each option. Zeutenhorst presented pictures from a trip to three towns: Laurens, West Bend, and Coon Rapids. Each town has generation, but each town houses the generators in a different way. The three different options are a modular self-contained unit, a cement block building and a metal building. At this time, the Board tabled the discussion and will continue at next month’s meeting.
There being no further business, motion Kuehl, seconded by Maranell to adjourn at 1:00 p.m.
The next regular meeting of the Board is scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 12:00 noon at Sanborn City Hall.
Josh Rydberg, President of Board
Prepared by Michelle Vos, Utility Clerk
Published in the Sanborn Pioneer on November 21.