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Page 4 Regular meeting of the Ells River Municipal Utilities Commission April 13, 2010 were represent'at'ives from CMMPA, two othor municipal utilities, anothee public power joint action agency representing approxhnatcly 15 muricipal utilities, and. a representative for tluee small investor owned uWities QOU). At the time of Phis meeting, there was no commitment from any of the groups do participate, but rather gather infrnmation to take back to their governing bodies. 'Troy Adams discussed the offering of the proposed powet~ supply coalition. The process for participation in this coalition in Phase 1 is a rate study performed by R. W. Beck. EItMU ctmently has the one year associate membership with CMMPA that was part of the process of exploring the BSII project. This agreomcntruns thrnugh May 26`h ofthis year. This could betermhrated with funrre fees going to dre power coalition pro~am. John Dietz said he thought it would be a good idea to do a rate study whit R.W. Beck but to get a eonh'act with phases so ERMU could back out at atry time. Jerry Qiumphrcy moved to terminate associate membership with CMNTPA nn Apri126, 2014. 'naryl'i~hompson seconded the motion. 1Vdotion carried 3-0. Jerry Gumphrey moved to authorize Troy Adams fo proceed with phase 1 of the power supply coalition, not to exceed 520,000. IDaryN Thompson seconded the motion. N9otion carried 3-0. 6.1 Staff Undates Txoy Adams handed out a recent newspaper article regu~ding secondary faults. The article talks about the secondary elecn~ic service and who is responsible when it fails. Troy wanted to make sure it was understood that ERMU repairs secondary Faults and considers it part of the maintenance cost of ptnviding electricity to customers. Thorc was discussion regarding the water and wastewater mte forgiveness foe fire flushing of filters at the wastewater heatment plant and the backwashivg for the water towers. Troy Adams also updated the Commissioners on the Connexas board meeting he rccentiy attended. John Dietz asked "fheresa Slwninski about the dental insurance mte uzcrease. "fheresa Slominski responded that a meeting has been set up for Wednesday, April 14~h for her and Troy Adams to meet with the insw~ance agent and an update will be given at next month's meeting. 1"heresa Slominski wanted Lo give commissioners a heads up regarding die shut-offs drat will be ocow~ring on Apri120'" and 21s`. 'Troy Adams said IJHG will be conducting an emexgoncy training on Apri123`a and will be shutting down power and rturnhrg their engines. Lori Jolu~son said staff has been notified. Jerry Gumphrey asked if the homeowners in the area have been notified Troy Adams will work with Lori Johnson and UHG to notify them. Jeny Gumplrrey said he has received a lot of complaints on the envelopes. "Theresa Slominski said they aee working on improvurg the glue on the envelope. David Berg brought up the need for a policy or ordinance regarding new private wells. lliscussion followed. Lori Johnson stated Peter Beck has spent considerable time looking into tlils. Jerry Gumphrey moved to ask the Cily to look into a policy to prevent any ncryv private rvolls inside City Nimite. TDaryl Thompson seconded the motion. 1Viotion carried 3-0.