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Draft Copy CITY of LAKE ELMO MAINTENANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of January 25, 2006 Present: Chuck Stanley, Dick Gustafson, Bud Talcott, Mike Bouthilet, Guests: Steve Gurney. Absent: George Dege The meeting was called to order at 6:35pm at the City Hall by Bud Talcott. The Minutes of January 11t" were reviewed and there were no changes. A Motion was made by Chuck S. and seconded by Bud T. to accept the minutes as written. The motion passed. Mike Bouthilet presented information for the standby generator for the new maintenance building. This is a Genrac unit North St. Paul has had for 4 years and is looking to sell for $10,000.00. It has never really been used but North St Paul starts it on a scheduled basis and maintains it well. It is a 155KW unit to operate 208V/120V, but our need is for 480v/120v. Mike said he was told it will cost approximately $6,200.00 to have it modified. Mike said North St. Paul will be willing to store this unit until our building is ready. The question of size was discussed as to what we actually require. Bud T. said he had talked to someone he knew at Cummins/Onan and the rule of thumb is to have the generator at approximately 50%-75% of the main incoming building power. Our new building will have a 400-amp service. This 155kw will give us about 320 amps which fits within the size we require. Bud said that while they were talking he asked if Onan had any used units of this size. He was told not right now but in about 30 days they would have one. It is a 175kw unit about 14 years old. When asked about price, they said it would be in the area of about $25,000.00. The building electrical specification drawings were reviewed to see where 480v is required and it became apparent most all motors will be operating at this voltage; the lighting will be 277v, which is the single phase voltage for any two of the three phase legs of the 480 volts. The 120v will most likely be from a transformer, and will be only requiring it for the wall outlets. Mike said he is having TKDA confirm the price to modify this Genrac unit and is also is having the electrical contractor Mendota Electric check on it for price comparison.