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Elk River ^-~ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />TO: FROM: <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette. -Superintendent of Technical <br />John Dietz, Chair Services <br />Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair <br />Daryl Thom son, Trustee <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />October 12, 2010 6.1 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Updates - Su erintendent of Technical Services <br />DISCUSSION: <br />The following is a summary of projects and/or updates over [he past several weeks: <br />This month the Locating Department had a total of two hundred thirty-five locate tickets. Sixteen of <br />those tickets were "appointments required", eleven were "updated" tickets and one was an "emergency" <br />locates. <br />The Metering Department continues with weekly and monthly substation checks, and doing the monthly <br />power bill. They performed oil testing on the substation transformers this past month. The meter change- <br />out program is still continuing as time permits. <br />Some staff are attending the weekly meetings for the Home Energy Audit program. <br />The Security Systems Department had a total of fifty phone contacts, eight personal visits, eight systems <br />quoted, eight sales made, eleven installs completed and twenty-nine service calls for the month of <br />September. <br />Lori Franz did a fantastic analysis of the Security advertising expenditures. <br />Power Plant staff had to send away six fuel injectors for repair for engine #2, so that engine is down <br />temporarily. <br />The Lake Orono dam has had to be continually monitored and adjusted because of the high water volume <br />in the lake. <br />