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Lamar Utilities Board meeting of October 14 includes 2026 budget report
The Lamar Utilities Board met Tuesday, Oct. 14 for a regular bi-weekly meeting. Minutes from the September 23, 2025 meeting were approved, as were purchase orders 2025-00383 through 2025-01005. Of the $1,130,099.08 in purchase orders, $1,104,685.80 needed board approval. Large purchase orders for this period of time included $96,484.02 to ARPA for estimated September power […]
Lamar Utility Board meeting of September 23, 2025
The board approved minutes from the September 9 meeting as well as purchase orders 2025-00050 through 2025-00582. There was an unusually large number of purchase orders to approve due to the recent Tyler software conversion for the City of Lamar. Purchase orders totaled $1,226,408.58, of which $1,192,806.28 needed board approval. The largest purchase order was […]
ARPA Business Operations for September 2025 – reviews preliminary 2026 budget
ARPA Board Reviews Preliminary 2026 Budget: A preliminary budget was presented to the Board of Directors at the August 28 meeting. The budget does not include any adjustments to ARPA’s wholesale rate. The proposed budget projects total revenues of $28.5 million and a 2% decrease in the Total Operating Costs of $17.7 million. The budget hearing and […]
Lamar Utility Board meeting of September 9, 2025
All board members were present for the meeting. Minutes from the August 26, 2025 meeting were approved unanimously. Purchase orders totaled $1,069,831.48, of which $1,063,225.94 needed board approval, which was unanimous. Power for July purchased from ARPA came to $1,053,726.86. An annual service contract with Digitcom Electronics Inc. amounted to $9,499.08. The remaining purchase orders […]
Lamar Utilities Board Meeting of August 26, 2025
Chairman Doug Thrall attended the meeting by phone, so Vice Chairman Jay Brooke chaired the meeting. Minutes from the August 12, 2025 meeting were approved. Due to the City of Lamar’s Tyler Systems Conversion, there were no purchase orders, payment of bills or report on the July financials available for the meeting. The department had […]
Lamar Utility Board meeting of August 12, 2025
Minutes from the July 29, 2025 meeting were approved. Also approved were purchase orders 631042 through 631078 totaling $1, 043,774.35, of which $1,023,884.36 needed Board approval. The July electricity estimate was $917,997.27 of this amount. Purchase of ductile iron poles was $87,170.40. Generator brushes ($5,931.52) substation fuses ($2,840.79), and line materials ($9,944.38) made up the […]
Lamar Utility Board meeting of July 29, 2025
Vice-Chairman Jay Brooke chaired the meeting while Chairman Doug Thrall participated by phone. Absent was Mayor Crespin. Minutes from the July 15 meeting were approved, as were Purchase Orders 631011 through 631041 which totaled $240,612.55, of which $230,555.75 needed board approval. Transformer hot oil cleaning was the largest of these, at $105,059 to SD Myers, […]
City of Lamar Utility Report 2025 – month of June
City of Lamar Utility Report 2025 – Month of June Monthly June 2025 June 2024 % Electricity $1,219,107.12 $1,276,774.84 -4.52% Water $218,332.71 $225,551.20 -3.20% Sewer $61,979.62 $50,621.45 22.44% Trash $154,145.46 $148,534.37 3.78% Monthly Total $1,653,564.91 $1,701,481.86 -2.82% Utility Report Year to Date YTD 2025 YTD 2024 % Electricity $6,287,513.03 $6,319,241.32 -0.50% Water $916,952.51 […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting July 15, 2025
At the July 15, 2025 meeting, the Lamar Utilities Board approved purchase orders 630961 through 631010. June’s electricity estimate to ARPA was in the amount of $635,214.53. Third quarter property insurance to CIRSA was $78,237.58. Payments to La Junta ($14,780.62), Holly ($5,382.00), and Las Animas ($18,932.79) for mutual aid during storms were approved. Total for […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting June 24, 2025
All board members were present for the meeting with the exception of Elmer Grett. Approved unanimously were the meeting minutes from June 10 with a correction regarding a board member being marked as absent when he wasn’t. Purchase Orders 630941-630960, and the payment of bills were also approved. Purchase orders totaled $17,721.54 and included $4,645.05 […]
ARPA Board of Directors meeting summary from May 29, 2025
Seven Students Receive Scholarship Funding from ARPA and its Member Municipalities: In 2000, ARPA and its Member communities established a College Scholarship Program that awards a $1,400 scholarship to one high school senior in each of the high schools served by ARPA members. The Program is administered through the member municipalities of Holly, La Junta, Lamar, […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of June 10, 2025
The Lamar Utilities board met for a regularly-scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 10. All board members were present for the meeting. Minutes from the May 27 meeting were approved as were Purchase orders 630909 through 630940 and payment of bills. The purchase orders totaled $716,151.13, including three large items – $567,658.17 for May electricity (estimate) […]
Lower Arkansas Valley Communities Unite Against Colorado Springs Annexations
(ROCKY FORD, CO – May 27, 2025) – Communities throughout the Lower Arkansas Valley are uniting in opposition to new annexations by the City of Colorado Springs that would exacerbate the city’s already projected 34,000 acre-feet annual water supply gap to support build out of land already within its city limits. New annexations, such as for […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of May 27, 2025
Board President Doug Thrall was not present for the May 27 meeting, nor was board member Elmer Grett. In Thrall’s absence, Vice-Chairman Jay Brooke was in charge of the meeting. Purchase orders 630878 through 630908 were approved unanimously. Total cost of all purchase orders was $16,520.67. The largest purchase order was for $3,180.45 to BSI […]
Lamar Utilities Superintendent Houssin Hourieh receives ARPA award at May 13, 2025 meeting
All board members except Jill Bellomy were present for the May 13 meeting. Minutes from the April 29, 2015 meeting were approved, as were Purchase Orders 630835 through 630877. The total amount of purchase orders was $602,259.67. Purchase of electricity (estimated) from ARPA was as usual the largest of these, amounting to $560,076.35. Annual dues […]
