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ElkRiver --- Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 Elk River, MN 5 5 3 30-0430 UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING Phone: 763.441.2020 Fax: 763.441.8099 TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. - Director of Operations John Dietz, Chair Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair Daz I Thom son, Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: December 14, 2010 6.1 SUBJECT: Staff U dates -Director of O erations DISCUSSION: Staff has conducted interviews and made an offer to fill the recently open Customer Service Representative position. Staff is in the process of replenishing the vacant Maintenance Person position. Due to the recent employee retirement incentive program that Great River Energy (GRE) has offered in conjunction with their budget cuts, GRE has given notice of termination of their After Hours Call Answering and Dispatch Service. Staff is currently exploring other options. With the recent wind and snow storms, this region has experienced many electrical outages. All around ERMU service territory, our neighboring utilities were challenged to restore services quickly. Because ERMU experienced minimal electrical service outages due to these storms, ERMU provided mutual aid by supplying equipment to Princeton Public Utilities and dispatching crews to Connexus Energy. It makes me proud that our staff is called upon again and again during situations like this. Attached is a letter from Connexus Energy thanking ERMU for our help. This month, GRE provided tours of their Elk River Energy Recovery Station, Elk River Peaking Station, and their newly acquired Resource Processing Plant. City and Utilities department heads met to begin work on developing the action steps for our Vision and Goals. Updates will be provided for the Commission in the future as the process continues. Attached for your review are the results from the 2010 Utility Rate Survey. This survey compares our water rates to other Minnesota utilities.