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EMERALD PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AGENDA

33733 Seavey Loop Meeting Time – 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Eugene OR 97405

1. CONVENE BUSINESS MEETING ‐ CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL – INTRODUCTIONS

2. AGENDA TIMELINE – Requests for Additions or Deletions

3. DEFERRED ITEMS 4. PUBLIC COMMENT

PLEASE NOTE: Statements from the public are limited to 5 minutes per speaker and are a comment period only on utility business, time permitting. The Board will not engage or respond to comments unless it is to correct inaccurate information or statements from the public. Interaction with the Board will be allowed if a member of the public has previously submitted a request to be added to the Agenda.

PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS 5. FINANCE/TREASURER REPORT

6. GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT

7. GENERAL MANAGER’S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

ITEMS FOR ACTION Items placed on Consent Agenda are of a routine nature. Board will vote on the Consent Agenda without discussion. Items requested by any Board Member for discussion will be acted on separately. 8. CONSENT AGENDA Minutes of Board Meeting – April 14, 2015 Minutes of Board Work Session – April 28, 2015 Minutes of Board Executive Session – April 28, 2015 Approval of Claims 9. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

INFORMATION AND PLANNING ITEMS

10. REVIEW OF MOTIONS

11. PUBLIC COMMENT – Open Comment Period (if time permits)

12. SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS

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13. UPCOMING MEETINGS/EVENTS Tuesday, May 12 Creswell Chamber ........................................... varies ................................................... Noon Friday, May 15 OPUDA Board Meeting.................................... SDAO ‐ Salem ...................................... 9:30 am‐1 pm May 17‐20 NWPPA Annual Conference ............................ Anchorage, AK .................................... full days Wednesday, May 20 Coburg Chamber ............................................. Countryside Fellowship ...................... Noon Thursday, May 21 Tri‐County Chamber Luncheon ....................... varies ................................................... Noon Thursday, May 21 Cottage Grove Business After Hours ............... varies ................................................... 5:30 pm Tuesday, May 26 EPUD Board Work Session ............................ EPUD ................................................ 5:30 pm May 29‐30 NWEC Conference ........................................... Boise, ID .............................................. full days Wednesday, June 3 PPC Members Forum ...................................... Sheraton – Portland Airport ............... 3‐5:00 pm Thursday, June 4 PPC Executive Committee ............................... Sheraton – Portland Airport ............... 8:00 am‐noon Friday, June 5 PNUCC ............................................................. Sheraton – Portland Airport ............... 8:30 am June 5‐10 APPA Annual Conference ................................ Minneapolis, MN ................................ full days THURSDAY, June 11 EPUD Board Business Meeting ..................... EPUD ................................................ 5:30 pm WEDNESDAY, June 24 EPUD Board Strategic Planning Meeting ...... TBD ................................................... TBD 14. DIRECTORS’ CONCLUDING COMMENTS 15. ADJOURN MEETING

EMERALD PEOPLE'S UTILITY DISTRICT Board of Directors' Meeting April 14, 2015 Minutes Convene President Davis convened the meeting at 5:29 pm at the Emerald offices, 33733

Seavey Loop Road in Eugene. Attendance and Introductions

Directors: Ron Davis, Penny Jordan, Lee Kelley, Kevin Parrish, and Katherine Schacht. Staff: Doug Barab, Sara Cline, Scott Coe, Ron Dubbs, Brian Johnson, Kyle Roadman, Alice Schroeder, and Beth Matthews. Guests: Julie Desimone and Scott Simpson – Auditors with Moss Adams.

Agenda Timeline There were no deletions from the agenda. Director Schacht inquired about a

potential addition to the agenda to discuss Board meeting minutes. Coe indicated

he had spoken with Director Davis about adding this as a future Work Session

item. Director Davis indicated that in the agenda discussion item on the OPUDA

Representatives, the Board should also talk about representatives to NWEC and

NWPPA.

Director Parrish asked to convene an Executive Session to talk about personnel

issues and to review the status. This will be added as a Work Session item for the

April 28 meeting.

Public Comment None.

Deferred Items None.

Audit Presentation – Moss Adams

Julie Desimone distributed and overview of the Auditor’s Report. Additionally, the Audit Report had been sent previously to the Board and was made available to staff. Desimone said that at the conclusion of her presentation, she would also distribute an additional document which contains Appendix A and Appendix B which cover prior year deficiencies. Desimone said that the results of the audit process this year were contained in the unmodified opinion to your financial statements. She said that in the state of Oregon, we are also required to have some additional procedures done--primarily in procurement and contracting as well as cash management. She said their firm has noted significant improvements this year. Desimone said she was pleased to report that Emerald had no non-compliance with Oregon state laws this year. Desimone said that due to the February 2014 storm, we received $1.3 million from FEMA which resulted in a separate audit. She expected that this portion should be done in the next day or so.

Emerald PUD Minutes – April 14, 2015

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Overall, Desimone said, Emerald is in a solid financial condition and operating margins are looking good. She said the increase in net position of $7.8 million in current year is often called owner's equity. Director Schacht asked about information appearing in the Financial Highlights segment of the findings. Cline and Desimone reviewed these in a bit of detail: --Net utility plant increased $4.3 million. --Current assets (described as liquid, readily available assets, or easily quantified as cash) increased $1.2. --Net long-term debt decreased $3.1 million, due to the utility paying down/ refinancing 2013 bonds. --Net position increased $7.8 million—this shows an increase in the value of the company overall. --Generated an operating income of $6.3 million. --Purchases of power increased $5.8 million—a significant portion was related to the power sales agreement with the Halsey mill. Desimone talked briefly about unbilled revenue as well as audit adjustments and passed adjustments. She said there were no audit adjustments for this year. She also explained that there are two levels of adjustments--things that would have to be posted for their firm to give a clean opinion. She said that even if an adjustment is small, they still have to accumulate it and they are required to let us know what those adjustments are. Desimone said that when their team came in, the books were very clean and recommended changes/important items from last year had already been implemented or taken care of. Continuing the presentation, Desimone indicated that no significant difficulties were encountered nor were there any disagreements with management. They required no consultation with other auditors. The letter issued at the end of the audit is to make sure we're all understanding things the same way. In 2013, two significant material weaknesses were found but nothing was found this year. Desimone said her team had no significant deficiencies to report. She reported on the partially resolved issues from last year—purchasing and compliance with Oregon Minimum Standards (OMS) as well as payroll. Moss Adams had made a number of recommendations to Emerald staff around payroll last year. Desimone said the major recommendation moving forward is the cost of living adjustments made in the system, which is a work in progress for next year. She also indicated that approving time cards has gotten much better and documentation is improving but somewhat limited by the system. She said it was light years between last year and where it is today. Director Jordan asked about when it's appropriate for the Board to be informed on payroll issues or employee movement. Desimone said this is usually done in the budgeting process but this may be done differently for other boards, depending on what they have requested. Directors Parrish and Jordan suggested that a policy be established if the Board felt one is needed.

The monitoring and close-out of work orders is very close to being resolved while the contributions in aid of construction has been resolved along with the updating of inventory systems. Desimone said she has been impressed with the continual


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refinement of the processes throughout the year. She said she appreciated being kept in the loop as the year went along. Desimone said staff did a tremendous amount of extra procedures last year and she was very impressed by the tremendous amount of work that was done since last year’s audit. She talked about Process Improvement Team (PIT Crew), which is made up of staff organization-wide, with key stakeholders involved on how to improve/implement processes. As a result, the audit team saw a continual amount of refinement in processes. Director Davis asked about what changes might be seen next year. Although Emerald is not a PERS employer and this will not affect the utility, there is a new pension reform next year for GASB. This will be a net pension liability which will affect PERS employers. Director Parrish asked about the Cadillac provisions on health care plans and when that would be effective. Desimone said it will be 2018 but that things may change by then. If it remains the same as it stands today, it could have a significant impact on the utility. She said she is unsure if it is time to react to it yet and there will also be a new administration by then. Coe said our penalty tax would be about $140,000 per year if it stood today. Coe said that in addition to the PIT Crew, we also have an internal Benefits Committee which would voice an opinion and work on ways to reduce these costs as necessary.

Finance/ Treasurer’s Report

The Accounts Payable Check Register for the period from March 1-31, 2015 was reviewed and discussed. Staff clarified several expenditures for the Board and will research several other items.

General Manager’s Report

Coe distributed his General Manager’s report for review and discussion. He talked about the vehicle wash program and how the weekly amount we pay will be raised. Each weekend, 25-40 vehicles are washed, taking an average of 3 hours, depending on the size of the group and the age of the participants. The RFP for the Compensation Survey has been awarded to HR Answers, Inc. Coe said there will be information presented to the Board when the results are received. Coe said he hopes to have this available as part of the strategic planning discussion in June. If is not completed by then, Coe anticipates additional discussion on the strategic planning after June, so it still will be discussed but just a bit later in the year. BitCoins was the next item. Roadman explained that BitCoins is described as virtual currency and you can buy them or find them. This would have some similarities to a country's currency but without the country. There are ways to convert bit coins to US dollars. The current exchange rate is $250-270 per bit coin currently. There is discussion about what would it mean to accept BitCoins for payment on a utility bill. By revenue, Coe said the company in our service district involved with BitCoins is actually our third or fourth largest company. Coe indicated that staff will talk with that customer further about their request to pay their bill in this currency, and our attorneys and Moss Adams and will certainly come back in to bring information to the Board as it becomes available.


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Coe indicated that he and Directors Davis and Kelley went to OPUDA Lobby Day in Salem last Thursday. They met with Lee Beyer, Nancy Nathanson's aid, Floyd Prozanski, Chris Edwards' advisor, Governor Kate Brown, Paul Holvey's staff, Val Hoyle, and John Lively. They had one issue to talk about--HB2599--which is a fairly important issue for us. He said he thought it was a good day and that it went really well. Coe attached a letter regarding Energy Supplier Assessment (ESA) to his General Manager’s report. There was a brief discussion about the Oregon Department of Energy and the transparency in the money they collect. Coe talked a bit more about the HB2599 legislation being proposed by House Representative Buckley. As this legislation has rolled down the hill, he said, it has grown from just IOUs to a number of other agencies. At this point Coe said the vote is set for Thursday, April 16 in the Consumer Affairs Committee. Friday is dead day for bills so if it's not moved out of the committee by Friday, it will die. Coe encouraged the Board to contact any of the following legislators—John Lively, Val Hoyle, Phil Barnhart, Paul Holvey or Nancy Nathanson--if they have time and have a relationship with them to encourage them to take any additional comments/concerns to take to the committee. Director Schacht offered to call Representative Hoyle. Regarding the 2014 Financials, Coe again mentioned the Process Improvement Team (PIT Crew), which is the internal team put together last year to determine what controls or processes should we put into place. Coe indicated there could be more discussion on budget vs. actuals in a Work Session if needed. Coe said he hoped the Board had had time to look that over and then he briefly reviewed the packet of information on the Year End Budget Reports. Roadman briefly spoke about being a Slice customer, especially during 2014. He said he and his team are still working on analysis and will bring that into the strategic planning process. Roadman said the outcome is not necessarily the same for each customer, but our load shape is working well for us. Coe said some of what appears in this packet is luck and some is skill. There are just some factors you can't control, he said. Coe talked about the current Board Policy on Financial Parameters, and how this is another item he would like to get in front of the Board. Since we've been a Slice customer for four years, some of this may not make sense now. Coe said he thought it would be helpful to have some discussion around this. There is a very solid story of what has happened in this utility over the 31 years we’ve been in business. He said he would want to have a discussion about the Board's goals. Director Jordan suggested that the RREPUD group hear this information from Coe. Coe said he could look into that. Debt Service Coverage is in good shape but perhaps there should be a stronger statement on the rate goal now than what was stated when EPUD was formed. Coe gave the Board an update on the fitness trail progress. There is now some work being done for the Corps of Engineers to gain final approval. The Board took a brief break prior to reconvening at 7:23 pm.


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OPUDA Representatives

Directors Kelley and Parrish were designated as the voting members for OPUDA. Coe indicated he will communicate with the OPUDA President on this designation. Director Davis asked whether there was an exemption allowed by law for three or more directors to be able to carpool together. Coe said he is planning to put together a list of questions for Cable Huston, so will include this one on the list for the April 28 Work Session. Director Schacht said she resigned her position of Secretary with NWEC. The group meets twice a year and have a phone conference once per month. Director Jordan commented that Emerald is the only utility left in the organization. It is not necessary to go to the NWPPA conference in Alaska in order to vote on the resolutions. Director Jordan said that in past years, the proposed resolutions were discussed as a group and though that someone from the utility should currently be receiving the resolutions. Director Parrish was the delegate last year but doesn't intend to travel to the conference this year.

John Reynolds Sustainability Symposium

Director Davis spoke briefly about the upcoming John Reynolds Sustainability Symposium. Reynolds teaches at the U of O and worked with the architectural team that built the Emerald facility. Director Davis thought he might be interested in attending but now he's undecided. However, he said he would encourage staff and the rest of the Board to consider this.

June Board Business Meeting Date/Time Motion Vote

Directors Schacht and Kelley will be attending the APPA Conference in June and will not be here for June 9 business meeting. Director Kelly/Director Schacht moved to approve rescheduling the June 9 Board business meeting to June 11 at 5:30 pm. Unanimously approved.

Consent Agenda Motion Vote

Director Schacht/Director Davis moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Unanimously approved.

Action Item 15-08 Short Mountain REC Sale Agreement Motion Vote

Director Schacht/Director Parrish moved to approve Action Item 15-08 - Short Mountain REC Sale Agreement. Unanimously approved. Scott reminded the Board that staff is still working on the White Creek REC sale and will bring that back in to the Board once legal has finished their review.


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Action Item 15-09 Rate Schedule 70 Adjustment Motion Vote

Roadman explained the proposed rate schedule adjustment to move the handful of customers in this mid-range schedule from large General Service to a small General Service. He said this would be more fair and equitable to these customers. Director Parrish said this is good timing, and a good plan, as he has recently heard from a customer on this. Roadman said this will also be a topic during the strategic planning session. He said it’s currently a mismatch because even though many of the General Service customers are under 50 kW, we're charging them the over 50kW basic rate. Roadman said he would be happy to come in with more information if the Board would like. Director Jordan/Director Parrish moved to approve Action Item 15-09 - Rate Schedule 70 Adjustment. Unanimously approved.

Action Item 15-10, Resolution 2015-04 – New Industrial Rate Schedule (48N3) Motion Vote

Director Schacht/Director Parrish moved approval of Action Item 15-10, Resolution 2015-04 - New Industrial Rate Schedule (48N3). Unanimously approved.

Review of Motions The motions made during the meeting were reviewed for accuracy.

Public Comment None.

Suggested Items for Future Meetings

Director Parrish had asked earlier in the meeting for an Executive Session. Coe discussed topics for upcoming workshops on April 28 and May 26 which he had listed in his General Manager’s report. Director Jordan had previously asked for a list of items that were expended but not included in the budget and asked if that can be included in the next meeting.

Upcoming Meetings/Events

A list of upcoming meetings and events was included on the Board agenda.

Directors’ Concluding Comments

None.

Adjournment

President Davis adjourned the Board meeting at 7:51 pm. Minutes prepared by Beth Matthews, Executive Assistant.

EMERALD PEOPLE'S UTILITY DISTRICT Board of Directors' Meeting April 28, 2015 Minutes Convene President Davis convened the meeting at 5:30 pm at the Emerald offices, 33733

Seavey Loop Road in Eugene. Attendance and Introductions

Directors: Ron Davis, Lee Kelley, Kevin Parrish, and Katherine Schacht. Penny Jordan participated by telephone. Staff: Scott Coe, Doug Barab, Sara Cline, Rob Currier, Ron Dubbs, John Norrena, Kyle Roadman, Alice Schroeder, and Beth Matthews. Guests: Richard Lorenz and Chad Stokes – representing the legal firm of Cable Huston; Jeff Jones – customer. John Norrena was introduced. Noreena was recently hired as a Staking Engineer. Barab talked about this being an opportunity for succession planning.

Agenda Timeline There were no additions to or deletions from the agenda.

Introduction of Legal Counsel

Coe introduced attorneys Chad Stokes and Richard Lorenz. He said that a Request For Proposals for legal counsel was recently completed and the firm of Cable Huston was selected. Chad Stokes said their firm is an energy and public utility law firm. The firm has actually worked with Emerald for some time now working on the arbitration with Lakeview Light and Power and helping with energy-specific issues. Director Schacht asked about their specific experience working with utilities, focusing on green power and conservation. Stokes said he had clerked at Bonneville and has been doing energy law since he started as an attorney. He said he has worked extensively with green power transactions, worked with the PUC, worked with IOUs, and intervening in rate cases. Some of the utilities he has worked with include EWEB, Tillamook, Clatskanie, Umatilla, and the City of Hermiston. He has worked with most consumer owned utilities in Oregon and Washington. The work comes and goes depending on their needs. Richard Lorenz said he worked for the PUC in 2010. Lorenz said that was good experience and he got to know a number of utilities through that work. Stokes also talked about dealing with public information issues. Director Parrish asked how their firm would deal with employment law issues. Stokes said he would recommend that Emerald continue with their existing employment law attorneys, keeping the energy work separate. Their firm has done employment law, however. Stokes said he feels it's better to have that separation. He said he has not done union/labor negotiations, but that is not a concern here. Both Lorenz and Stokes became attorneys in 2000. Roadman said that Lorenz actually helped us review our risk policy when we first went to Slice.


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Stokes addressed the question on noticing Executive Sessions. They would recommend not having the standing line item regarding Executive Sessions on each agenda, but rather, use it when appropriate. This is intended to give notice to the press and the public. He said you can still hold an Executive Session on short notice if you need it. The ORS does give the presiding officer the ability to call an Executive Session. Richard says there is a case PGE v. BOLI where the whole statute would need to be read, not just a section and that's why they are making this recommendation. Lorenz wanted to make it clear they want to be available to the Board and said they could come down once a month for no cost, if needed, but not necessarily as a standing visit unless we need them. They could also dial in by phone if needed.

Public Comment Emerald customer Jeff Jones spoke to the Board on a list of items, which are summarized below: --On several occasions, Jones has asked EPUD to remove trees in the right of way. --He bought property in 1994 and asked EPUD to remove trees around the lines but they only removed one. They have previously had engineers on their property to engineer a relocation of two poles and wires which were too close to a house that he was going to burn down. Another pole was rotten and EPUD replaced it on the property line. --On 2/13/2014 Jones said he left a voice mail for Customer Service Supervisor Alicia Burgess, subsequently speaking to her about possible legal action toward EPUD. --Jones subsequently spoke to Operations Supervisor Chris Miles. --Right of Way Supervisor Jim White came to his home today. Jim acknowledged one issue with one tree; however, Jones said another tree is leaning toward his house as well as a number of trees in that same situation. Jones claimed that Jim said EPUD would not touch any of these trees and that he had spoken to him in a rash and unprofessional tone. --Jones said he had previously talked to tree crews working on Cottage Grove Lorane Highway and said his next step was to file a complaint with the PUC. --Jones had left a voice mail message for Director Davis, but then saw the notice for the Board meeting, which he decided to attend. --Jones talked about how these trees get strong winds on the hill and that the roots are ten feet above street level. He said that if any trees land on their house and kill him and his wife, his children will sue for wrongful death. Jones provided his documentation to Director Davis which included photographs of the stated problems.

Customer Payment Arrangements

Coe and Roadman discussed a particular customer’s payment arrangement request. This is frin a customer in Coburg North who presented us with a request which would allow an intermediary to allow them to pay their bill with bitcoins. Roadman talked about how bitcoins were established in 2009. There is no hard currency--it's a true digital currency with no centralized banking authority. With bitcoin, Roadman said, it’s truly a bilateral arrangement with no intermediary.


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You can buy and sell bitcoins for other currency and can also do bitcoin mining, using high level computers to do math calculations. Directors Davis and Kelley both expressed concern about the mining aspect. Roadman said it is meant to mimic gold mining but this type of mining does require significant energy use. They are now in our top three or four customers on energy usage. He said he also expects them to have some additional load growth in the future. Their load is a nice one, running 24/7, which helps flatten the load over the wintertime. Roadman said this customer came to us to ask about the possibility of starting to pay us with bitcoins, using a third party payment processor such as PayPal or BitPay as an intermediary. BitPay is a service that does this and is the one being proposed. Coe talked about what the customer needs from us for this to work. Autopay is essentially the same type of payment option, but Coe said he is not supportive of giving bank account information out. He said that we want to make sure that if something happens during the transaction, we're not on the hook for it. He said we want to make it very clear where the line of demarcation is in the process. Coe said our staff put a request in to the APPA "chat room" to see if other utilities are accepting this type of payment. It appears this would be unique in the industry. Roadman said Grant County is a hotbed for other bitcoin mining so we'll be in touch with them as well. Coe has spoken with our legal firm and there's still some information that needs to be fleshed out. Roadman said we're not proposing this immediately but are just exploring the option currently. Mostly, said Coe, we wanted to keep the Board up to date and continue to have an open dialog.

Flame Retardant (FR) Clothing Allowance

Coe indicated that Dubbs has been more engaged with this although Coe talked about the new OSHA rules which require Flame Retardant (FR) clothing for our crews. We knew these rules were coming and put $10,000 in the budget for 2015, since this is required, and not just an option. There are a couple ways we could achieve this: --hire a laundry service to pick up, launder and deliver the FR gear back. We had explored that as an option but the company was not able to provide enough sizes, did not carry all brands/styles, and then additional upcharges started to be added in, which did not make this option as attractive as originally thought. --treat this like the current boot allowance - give employees the specifications and then they purchase what they want and launder the clothing themselves. Dubbs said he has done some research and is trying to balance what the cost effective approach is and still meet the employees’ needs. Employees currently already wear FR clothing on top. Winter time would likely require rain gear and a bomber jacket, although he said most the employees already have rain gear and the coats would be purchased probably just every other year. Director Schacht asked why OSHA is requiring this. Dubbs said this has been in the works for about 10 years. He said he thinks a lot of this comes from mill accidents. Coe said we are trying to find the most economical way to cover it. Dubbs also commented that this new rule does not apply to the tree crews, even though they do work around high voltage. He said he will continue to do some more research on this and bring it back in to the Board.


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The Board took a brief break prior to reconvening at 6:31pm.

General Manager Annual Review

Director Davis said he thought the rating criteria looked appropriate. Coe asked if anyone wanted more information on this or other topics. Director Parrish requested information on costs associated with employment issues, including legal costs, over the past year.

Discussion on Board Meeting Minutes Motion Vote

Director Schacht asked if there is a better use of Matthews’ time, rather than duplicating something that already exists on a recording. Director Parrish said he had run across information from SDAO trainer George Dunkel who had said that it's better to have more detailed minutes. Matthews talked briefly about the value of being able to research prior printed minutes when necessary. Director Jordan spoke briefly about the level of minutes and how is helpful to have clarification. She said she believes it is critical for the level of printed minutes to continue on as they are currently presented. Director Davis admitted that he had trouble listening to the recorded minutes for a recent meeting when he was trying to gather information. Director Jordan said that if there are written minutes, you can at least find the approximate location on the recording if you wish to listen to the full conversation. Without that, it would be difficult to locate or to even know what the topics of conversation during the meeting had been. Director Jordan commented that she was surprised that we were considering leaning the direction of paring down or eliminating written minutes since the Board Directors want transparency. Director Schacht stated that she would be interested in finding out what other entities do. Director Parrish said he would like to keep the same amount of specificity. We have chosen to do the minutes the way they are. Nothing is broken, so there is no reason to fix it. Director Kelley concurred. Directors Jordan/Parrish moved to retain the minutes the way they are and as thorough as they are. Yes: Directors Davis, Jordan, Kelley, Parrish: No: Director Schacht. Director Jordan stated her concern about having this topic come up every meeting and wanted to memorialize the discussion.

Board Reports Director Parrish said he had nothing to report. Director Schacht discussed her attendance to the April 2 PPC meeting and the topics discussed, which included sea lions taking a toll on the spring run as well as ocean conditions affecting the runs. Additional topics of discussion included the 7th Power Plan and SCED / EIM. Director Schacht said there was conversation about transmission issues which include aging assets, costs, and future increases in the future. She indicated that Richard Shaheen, Vice President of Transmission at BPA was a guest speaker.


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Director Kelley said he had nothing to report. Director Davis said he had a copy of a very vague press release from the Public Utility Commissioner in California to customers, which Davis passed along to Coe. There was a brief discussion on the California PUC. Director Davis said he thought it was intriguing. Coe asked if Director Davis could get a copy of this person's utility bill for study by our staff. Director Schacht offered to get one from Spokane. Coe said Roadman and his staff are always interested in seeing the actual data from bills.

Adjournment and Reconvening of Meeting

The Board meeting was adjourned at 6:56 pm in order to convene the Executive Session. The Executive Session was convened at 7:02 pm pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(h) – Legal Rights. That session was adjourned at 7:41 pm and the Board meeting was reconvened. Present in the meeting at that point were Board Directors Davis, Kelley, Parrish, and Schacht and staff members Scott Coe, Doug Barab, and Beth Matthews.

Adjournment

There were no concluding statements and Board President Davis adjourned the meeting at 7:42 pm. Minutes prepared by Beth Matthews, Executive Assistant.

EMERALD PEOPLE'S UTILITY DISTRICT Board of Directors' Executive Session April 28, 2015 Minutes Convene At 7:02 pm, President Davis convened the Executive Session pursuant to ORS

192.660 (2)(h) at the Emerald office, 33733 Seavey Loop Road in Eugene. Attendance Directors: Ron Davis, Lee Kelley, Kevin Parrish, and Katherine Schacht. Penny

Jordan participated by telephone. Staff: Scott Coe. Guest: Attorney Kathy Peck participated by telephone.

The Executive Session was convened pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(h).

The Board met to discuss legal rights.

Adjournment At 7:40 pm, President Davis adjourned the Executive Session.

Minutes prepared by Scott Coe, General Manager.

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