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Page 3 Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission May 8,2012 5.2 Receive 2012 American Public Power Association Reliable Public Power Provider Award Wade Lovelette on behalf of ERMU applied for APPA's RP3 Award. This award is based on a report card that covers Reliability, Safety,Workforce Development,and System Improvements. Out of over 2,000 public power utilities,ERMU is one of the 176 utilities to earn the Reliable Public Power Provider(RP3)recognition from the American Public Power Association. Discussion followed. 5.3 Discussion of Public Offices and Conflict of Interest Pertaining to Contracts There have been recent inquiries by the members of the ERMU Commission regarding the ability to submit bids for work or materials needed for the operation of the utilities. With a few explicit exceptions,under Minnesota Statute 471.87,it is prohibited for any public officer who is "authorized to take part in any manner in making any sale, lease,or contract in official capacity"to have a financial interest in those actions. Discussion followed and recommendations were given from legal counsel. John Dietz moved to direct David Berg to get quotes for emergency plumbing services. Daryl Thompson seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-0. Al Nadeau abstained due to conflict of interest. Staff was directed to get quotes on printing services. It was recommended by legal counsel to adopt a conflict of Interest policy. Staff was directed to bring back a policy. 6.1 Staff Updates Troy Adams informed Commissioners that the Landfill Gas Recovery Plant is going to be having their 10 year anniversary and asked for Commission support to host a celebration. Troy Adams also gave an update on the Diesel Engines,EPA is still unsure on the Rice Rule. GRE wants to renegotiate the capacity credit contract. Automating the engines at the plant with a 10 minute upload would be minimal cost or fully automating them would be a much larger cost but would make a good bargaining tool with power supply companies. Staff will continue to research the options. Troy Adams commented that Service Territory discussions for the development of an offer can be held in a closed meeting. Discussion followed. David Berg announced that the last public meeting for the Wellhead Protection Plan was held prior to the commission meeting. The draft of the revised Wellhead Protection Plan was presented. This revised plan covers a larger area and would replace the current plan. Peter Beck strongly suggested putting this on the Agenda for next month. Consensus was to wait and bring back for adoption at the next regularly scheduled ERMU Commission meeting.