08/19/2021 Grand Haven Board of Light & Power Meeting
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Excuse Absent Members
2. Approve Meeting Agenda (including consent agenda and other agenda items, and any
additions or deletions)
3. Consent Agenda
A. Approve Minutes of the July 15, 2021 Board Work Session, Board Meeting, and Special Joint
Board/City Council Work Session (including closed session minutes for July 15 Board Work
Session and Special Joint Work Session)
B. Receive and File July 2021 Financial Statements and Power Supply and Sales Dashboard
C. Approve Payment of Bills ($3,048,490.44 in total)
1. In the amount of $2,850,831.02 from the Operation & Maintenance Fund
2. In the amount of $197,659.42 from the Renewal & Replacement Fund
D. Confirm Purchase Orders ($142,627 in total)
1. PO #20888-22 and 23, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, $35,716 (Sims site environmental legal fees)
2. PO #21454-13, Ottawa County Farms Landfill, $43,546 (Landfill disposal fees for Sims site
waste materials)
3. PO #21477-11, Cordes, Inc., $19,250 (Trucking waste materials to landfill)
4. PO #21831, HIS Workplace Compliance Solutions, $5,400 (FY 2021 safety training)
5. PO #21895, Utility Locating LLC, $5,750 (Onsite underground utility locating training)
6. PO #21924, Landis & Gyr Technology, Inc., $25,200 (Annual subscription fee associated
metering software and support for AMI)
7. PO #21927, Precision Trenching, LLC, $7,765 (Directional boring on West Spring Lake Road)
4. Public Comment Period
5. General Manager’s Report
A. Purchase Orders ($184,373 in total)
1. PO #21897, CDW Computer Government, $12,043 (5 laptop computers and docking stations)
2. PO #21915, Irby Utilities, $25,065 (5 x 25 kVA and 5 x 50 kVA pad-mount transformers)
3. PO # 21916, Power Line Supply Company, $32,100 (6 x 25 kVA, 6 x 50 kVA, and 6 x 75 kVA
pole-mount transformers)
4. PO #21917, Power Line Supply Company, $23,377 (72 wood power poles)
5. PO #21918, Landis & Gyr Technology, Inc., $64,989 (Deployment and annual subscription fee
associated with grid analytic software and support for AMI)
6. PO #21928, Irby Utilities, $11,160 (2 x 3 phase 200 Amp primary fused sectionalizing
pedestals)
7. PO #21935, Power Line Supply Company, $15,639 (Ferrysburg voltage upgrade project
materials)
B. Other Board Actions and Discussion Items
1. Discussion of Required Steps to Redefine Bonded “Project”
• Removal of local CHP generation component (and fill resource adequacy requirements)
• Evaluate alternatives for Operations and Technical Center facilities
• Revise Bond Notice of Intent (NOI) accordingly
2. Authorize MPPA to Execute 5-Year Approximate 15 MW Capacity Purchase for Planning Years
2024-2028 Under Terms Not-to Exceed Those Contained in the Letter of Authorization
6. Other Business
7. Adjourn