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08-06-24 Board Agenda

AGENDA
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
ROOSEVELT OPERATIONS CENTER
TRAINING ROOM 

4200 ROOSEVELT BLVD, EUGENE

August 6, 2024

The August board meeting will be held in-person and offer a live stream of the event in real time.  Customers and the general public are welcome and encouraged to attend in-person or view the live stream.  Visit the Public Meetings page for the Live Event link.

Members of the public wishing to provide input are invited to do so virtually or in-person.  Please note that start times for agenda items are approximate.  Attendees wishing to provide testimony during public input, or a public hearing are encouraged to be present when the meeting is called to order.

Public Input

In-Person (at the EWEB Roosevelt Operations Center located at 4200 Roosevelt Blvd.) - No advance sign-up necessary. Sign-up forms available upon arrival.
By Telephone - Complete the Sign up to Speak web form. Requests to speak by phone can be submitted any time, but not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the board meeting.  Speakers will be contacted with instructions for calling in to the meeting.

Testimony will be included in the meeting's audio/video recording and noted in the meeting minutes. Both are made available on eweb.org following the meeting.

Watch the Meeting

To watch the meeting, click on the link above to access the meeting link.  You may receive one or two pop-up windows after clicking the link.  If prompted:

The first pop-up will ask if you would like to "Open Microsoft Teams".  Click "Cancel".
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If the meeting has started, you will join the live event automatically.  If it has not yet begun, you will get a message indicating the live event has not yet started.  You will automatically join the meeting once it begins.  

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The live stream will also be available on YouTube by the end of board meeting week.  Visit eweb.org to access the link.


REGULAR SESSION
Call to Order: 5:30 p.m.

Topic

Objective
Start
Time

Length
1.

Agenda Check

5:30 --
2.

Items from Board Members and General Manager

Information 5:30 10
3.

Correspondence (PDF)
Frank Lawson, General Manager

Review 5:40 10
4.

Public Input: In-person or by Telephone
Members of the public wishing to provide input are invited to do so virtually or in-person.  Speakers will have up to
three minutes to speak. Please give your name, and your ward if known.
In-Person: No advance sign-up necessary.
By Telephone: Sign up to speak - Requests to speak by phone can be submitted any time, but not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the board meeting. Speakers will be contacted with instructions for calling in to the meeting.
All testimony will be summarized in the meeting minutes.

Public Input 5:50 30
BOARD ACTION ITEMS
5.

Approval of Consent Calendar - A (PDF)
(Minutes and Routine Contracts)

Action 6:20 5
6.

Approval of Consent Calendar - B (PDF)
(Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items)

Action 6:25 5
7.

Items removed from Consent Calendar

Action 6:30 5
GENERAL BUSINESS ITEMS
8.

City of Eugene Liaison Update (No background memorandum included)
Matt McRae, Board President
John Barofsky, Board Vice President
Frank Lawson, General Manager

Information 6:35 15
9.

Rate Design Directional Discussion (PDF)
Frank Lawson, General Manager
Deborah Hart, Assistant General Manager and Chief Financial Officer
Adam Rue, Rates Manager

Direction 6:50 45
10.

Customer Service Policy - Power Purchase Rate Schedule (Resolution No. 2411) (PDF)
Deborah Hart, Assistant General Manager and Chief Financial Officer
Rodney Price, Assistant General Manager

Brian Booth, Chief Energy Resources Officer

Direction/Action 7:35 15
11.

Break

7:50 10
12.

EWEB Enterprise Systems (EES) Update (No background memorandum included)
Deborah Hart, Assistant General Manager and Chief Financial Officer
Julie McGaughey, Chief Customer Officer
Travis Knabe, Chief Information Officer

Information 8:00 30
13.

Annual Strategic Plan Review – Commissioner Perspectives (PDF)
Frank Lawson, General Manager

Discussion 8:30 15
14.

Quarterly Strategic & Operational Report for Q2 (PDF)
Frank Lawson, General Manager

Information 8:45 20
15.

Future Board Agendas (PDF)
Frank Lawson, General Manager

Review 9:05 5
16.

Board Wrap Up
EWEB Board of Commissioners

Review 9:10 10
17.

Adjourn

9:20 --

CONSENT CALENDAR "A" - Minutes and Routine Contracts
MINUTES
1.

July 9, 2024 Regular Session (PDF)

CONSENT CALENDAR "B" - Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items
2.

CONTRACTS

Pacific Excavation, Inc. (PDF) – for construction services to complete the Kennedy Middle School well improvement site work. $416,000 based on Formal Invitation to Bid.
Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Mike Masters 541-685-7549


CORRESPONDENCE
 
  • 2024-2029 Lane County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
  • Trail Bridge: BPA Exhibit A Updates
  • EWEB Board of Commissioners reserves the right to add or delete items as needed, change the order of the agenda, and discuss any other business deemed necessary. Action items that do not require a public hearing may be moved up earlier in the meeting.

    This meeting location is wheelchair-accessible. An interpreter can be provided with 48 hours' notice prior to the meeting. To arrange for this service, call 541-685-7000.