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Page 2 Regulaz meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission December 14, 2010 Jerry Gumphrey moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: a. November Check Register b. November 16, 2010 Minutes c. Financial Reports Daryl Thompson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 4.1 Review City Ordinance 78-51 WATER USE RESTRICTIONS and David Berg discussed the odd even watering ordinance currently in place. Data was collected from 71 cities, 46 of them have the same water use restriction as ERMU, two have only time of day restrictions, and 23 have no watering restriction at all. John Dietz stated he did not think there was a need for watering restrictions at this time and that it should only be implemented in times of an emergency. Discussion followed regarding the current City Ordinance. Consensus was to revisit the wording of the City Ordinance 78-51 Water Use Restriction in January. At the November 16, 2010 ERMU Commission meeting, the City Ordinance 78-26 Private Wells for Domestic Use was discussed. This Ordinance was brought to the City Council asking to rename it 78-26 Prohibiting Private Wells for Domestic Use on Properties within the City served by the City Water System. hi October the Ordinance passed 4-1. The concern for ERMU was the possible loss of their top 20 water use customers if they chose to drill their own well resulting in an approximate 10% loss in the water business. Last month John Dietz directed Tim Simon to do a water model on the impact of the revenue loss for ERMU and the steps needed to recoup the estimated $240,000. Tim Simon reviewed the rate impact and showed the rate would have to increase 16 to 17 percent for all tiers. Discussion followed. John Dietz directed staff to put together a packet with further information for the City Council and for Attorney Peter Beck to add to the exceptions, to include wells drilled for heating and cooling with a max draw of 25 gpm or less. Jerry Gumphrey moved to go forward with the changes to the Ordinance and review again prior to sending it to the City Council for final approval. Daryl Thompson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 4.2 Review and Consider 2011 Waee Proaosal John Dietz gave his reasons for and against this issue. Jerry Gumphrey stated he holds the employees to the greatest regards and finds it hard not to give them a raise. On the other hand, it is difficult to pass on a raise to the consumers, so at this time he would only recommend a 1 % raise. Daryl Thompson said he does not like the metro average survey because he thinks ERMU employees