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Page 3 Regulaz meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission June 8, 2010 5.3 Review Annual URGE Test Results ERMU operates and maintains four diesel generation units at its power plant. These units are contracted to GRE through a Power Transaction Agreement at the current price of $2.75/kw/month based upon the proven capacity from the annual URGE test. The current contract expired October 31, 2005 but was extended on an "evergreen" basis. This allows the contract to extend the termination date on an annual basis unless notice is given by either ERMU or GRE no later than April 1 s` of that year. Discussion followed regarding the past URGE tests compared to this yeaz. Over the past years, the URGE test results have steadily increased. This is due to the maintenance, training, and familiarity with the plant. ERMU staff did a great job performing this URGE test. The capacity results from this test will result in $352,440 in annual payments from GRE. John Dietz stated he would like to commend the employees involved in the operation and maintenance of the diesel generation units. 6.1 Staff Uadates Troy Adams stated the City of Elk River is looking at visioning and goals. The department heads would like to hire a third party to come in and help facilitate this process. Troy asked Commissioners for approval to participate in this at an estimated cost of azound $2000. Consensus of the Commissioners was this was a good idea and to proceed with the City of Elk River. Troy Adams also gave an update on the LFG plant and the status of Connexus territory acquisitions. Theresa Slominski reported the credit cazd system called Paymentus is fmally up and Winning. David Berg stated the water meter replacement program is going so well the budgeted amount has been depleted. The In and 2"d Street project budgeted $60,000 for 2010 and this has been put off. He asked Commissioners approval to move the $60,000 over to the water meter account. Daryl Thompson moved to approve moving the $60,000 budgeted for the 19` and 2"d Street project to the water meter account. Jerry Gumphrey seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. John Dietz asked about the status of future replacement for the special projects that consultant Vance Zehringer oversees now. Troy Adams said he would like to hire someone for Vance to train, but stated he would like to hire them as an ERMU employee and not a consultant. Troy stated this would be a full time job. Commission directed staffto compile a list of duties and bring back to a future meeting for review. Daryl Thompson commended ERMU staff on a great clean-up job on the Watson Street project. John Dietz wanted to commend staff on how well they work with the City of Elk River. Mazk Fuchs said they have been helping each other out and Phil Hals has helped out a lot. Lori Johnson informed Commissioners of the upcoming assessments for the Main Street Improvement project. 6.2 Set Date for Next Meetin¢ The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission will be Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at 3:30 p.m.