Board of Public Utilities

Municipal Building, Council Chambers

Agenda — 35 items

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2. 2 PUBLIC COMMENT: Oral comments are accepted during the two periods identified on the agenda and after initial board discussion on a business item, prior to accepting a main motion on an item. Public comments are limited to four minutes per person. For those participating over Zoom, please use the raise hand function. If you are participating by phone enter *9 to raise your hand. Please submit written comments to the board at bpu@lacnm.us.
3. 1. CALL TO ORDER acknowledged
4. 2. PUBLIC COMMENT acknowledged
5. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA approval
6. 4. BOARD BUSINESS
7. 4.a. Chair's Report presented
8. 7 RECESS 5:26 - 5:45 pm
9. (1.) Recognition of Steve Tobin, Board Member 18903-24
10. 4.b. Board Member's Reports acknowledged
11. 4.c. Utilities Manager's Report presented
12. 4.d. County Manager's Report presented
13. 4.e. Council Liaison's Report presented
14. 4.f. Environmental Sustainability Board Liaison's Report presented
15. 4.g. General Board Business
16. (1.) Final Review of the Board of Public Utilities Annual Presentation to County Council 18771-24b approval
17. 4.h. Board Expenses acknowledged
18. 5. PUBLIC HEARING(S)
19. 5.a. Approval and Recommendation of Incorporated County of Los Alamos Code Ordinance No. 02-359; An Ordinance Amending Chapter 40, Article III, Sections 40-151 and 40-152 of the Code of the Incorporated County of Los Alamos Relating to Gas Rate Schedules CO0693-24.2 approval
20. 5.b. Approval and Recommendation of Incorporated County of Los Alamos Ordinance No. 734; An Ordinance Authorizing the Incorporated County of Los Alamos (Borrower) to Enter Into a Loan Agreement with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) for the Purpose of Obtaining Project Loan Funds in the Principal Amount of $1,500,000, Plus 1% Accrued Interest and Loan Subsidy Grant Funds in the Amount of $500,000; for a Total Funded Amount of $2,000,000; Designating the Use of the Funds for the Purpose Defined in the Most Current Project Description Form as Approved by NMED; Declaring the Necessity for the Loan; Providing that the Loan will be Payable and Collectible Solely from the Borrower’s Pledged Revenues Defined; Prescribing Other Details Concerning the Loan and the Security for that Purpose OR1025-24a approval
21. 5.c. Approval and Recommendation of Incorporated County of Los Alamos Resolution No. 24-13 Assigning Signatory for Administration of Rural Infrastructure Loan and Grant Agreement RIP-00059 for the Water Production Wells Mechanical and Electrical Upgrades Project RE0601-24a approval
22. 6. CONSENT AGENDA
23. 22 ~ CONSENT MOTION ~
24. 6.a. Approval of Board of Public Utilities Meeting Minutes - May 2024
25. 6.b. Approval of Services Agreement No. AGR24-63 with Transmission & Distribution Services, LLC in the amount of $104,985.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of Designing a New Electric Distribution Line to Replace the Existing EA4 Feeder Line. AGR1053-24
26. 7. DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
27. 7.a. Quarterly Conservation Program Update FY24/Q4 18576-24 presented
28. 8. STATUS REPORTS
29. 8.a. Status Reports presented
30. 9. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS
31. 9.a. Tickler File for the Next Three Months discussed
32. 10. PUBLIC COMMENT acknowledged
33. 31 ATTACHMENTS
34. 11. ADJOURNMENT adjourned
35. 34 If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact Human Resources at 505-662-8040 as soon as possible. Complete Board of Public Utilities agenda packets, past agendas, videos, legislation and minutes can be found online at https://losalamos.legistar.com. Learn more about the Board of Public Utilities at https://ladpu.com/BPU.