The city council met in adjourned session from the meeting of October 18, 2007 with the following present: Mayor Jack E. Rowden: Councilmen Mike Eshbaugh, Greg Gill, and Kim Harper. Absent: Councilmen Gary Baughman and Bob Mason.

Others present were Outside Utilities Supervisor Dean Banker, City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks, Chief of Police Steve Lewis, City Inspector Tony Martin, Electric System Supervisor Gary Rowden, and Ruthie Winget.

A quorum was seated at 5:18 p.m., and Mayor Jack E. Rowden presided.

The minutes of the meetings of October 9, 2007 and October 18, 2007 were approved as mailed.

Each member of the governing body was provided a copy of Municipal Judge Sherri Leonard’s report for the month of October, showing 27 new cases brought before the court and $2,662.00 remitted to the city.

City Inspector Tony Martin provided a monthly activities report.

Sunflower Electric Power Corporation has requested a price adjustment to Section 3 of Service Schedule B to the Electric Interconnection and Power Supply Agreement. The change would reduce the off-peak charge from $32.00 to $31.00 per MWh and increase the non-summer, on-peak and weekend-peak from $59.00 and $41.00 to $65.00 and $48.00 per MWh, respectively. City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks reported he has requested billing data from Sunflower Electric and Pioneer Electric to determine how much the adjustment will increase the city’s power supply costs. Any increase will have to be passed on to the city’s electric customers.

The city clerk pointed out to the city council the dramatic increase in the fuel-to- generate/electricity-purchased costs during the brief period the city generated in the past summer. The cost went up by over 3 cents per kWh billed. Also, it was noted the city’s sales of natural gas from the municipal wells are down by 21% in both volume and dollar amount since the switch from Oneok to Anadarko.

The city clerk reported the average cost for energy purchased from Pioneer Electric during the summer of 2007 (June through August) was 5.9735 cents per kWh compared to 6.2357 cents per kWh in the summer of 2006.

Motion by Greg Gill, seconded by Mike Eshbaugh, to accept a contract with Hay – Rice and Associates for an amount not to exceed $9,020.00 for the audit of the 2007 city records. Motion carried.

A bid of $132,696.00 was presented from Peterbilt of Garden City for the purchase of a 2008 Peterbilt cab and chassis and Impac compactor body. A trade-in allowance of $8,500.00 would be allowed for the city’s 1999 Chevrolet truck. Motion by Kim Harper, seconded by Greg Gill, to accept the bid of $124,196.00 for a new trash truck. Motion carried.

Bids were opened to concrete two sections of Public Road on the northwest part of town where railroad tracks are being abandoned that currently serve the Halliburton plant and the United Prairie Ag elevators.

Halliburton United Prairie Ag

G & M Construction $13,325.00 $ 9,135.00

McBride Construction, Inc. $ 9,620.00 8,270.00

No action was taken. A meeting will be set up with the city, the railroad, Halliburton, and United Prairie Ag to determine cost sharing on the concrete replacement.

Claims against the city were presented and audited. Motion by Eshbaugh, seconded by Gill, that Appropriation Ordinances No. 1849 and 1850 be passed. Motion carried.

Motion by Harper, seconded by Gill, to authorize the outside utilities supervisor to get bids on a new pickup for his use. Motion carried.

Chief of Police Steve Lewis appealed to the governing body to increase the starting pay for police officers.

Motion by Harper, seconded by Eshbaugh, that the meeting be adjourned to December 10, 2007 at 5:15 p.m. Motion carried.