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Elk River~~ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />e~~nggwEaEOpp®r <br />Ir~~VI~~ <br />P O W E R E D T O S E R V E <br />TO: FROM: <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette-Superintendent of Technical <br />John Dietz, Chair Services <br />Daryl Thompson, Vice Chair <br />Al Nadeau, Trustee <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />February 14, 2012 6.l <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff U dates -Superintendent of Technical Services <br />• The Locating department had a total of 391ocate tickets for the month of January, 5 of <br />them being emergency tickets. <br />• Locating department has been using the infrared camera to spot check our electric <br />cabinets. They have found a couple of problems that we were able to correct before <br />something major occurred. One incident that occurred was that we had to shut down <br />Waco Substation to repair some connections that were heating on some disconnect <br />switches. <br />• The three new pickups have been ordered from Elk River Ford. <br />• In January, the Security Systems Department had a total of 79 phone contacts, 16 new <br />systems quoted, 10 system sales made, 11 installs completed, 26 service calls made and <br />16 personal visits. <br />• The Meter shop continues changing electric and water meters. <br />• Staff is doing energy audits (residential and commercial). <br />• The power plant staff did the monthly run of generators # 1, #2 and #4. Those engines ran <br />very well. Engine #3 was down for repairs of fuel injectors. They are shipping the fuel <br />injectors back to us on February 1 s' <br />