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Elk River M <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette—Superintendent of Technical <br /> John Dietz—Chair Services <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> November 12, 2013 6.1d <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • The Locating department had a total of 403 locate tickets in October; four of them <br /> being emergency tickets, five cancelations, seven meets, 346 normal, 40 updated <br /> tickets and one boundary survey. The number of locate tickets received are starting <br /> to increase now that freeze-up is getting near. <br /> • In October, the Security Systems Department had a total of 1 1 1 phone contacts, <br /> eight systems quoted, eight system sales made, 15 installs completed, 26 service <br /> calls and eight personal visits. <br /> • Electric Technicians continue with the meter reading, power bill, substation checks <br /> and off-peak issues. They continue to change out the three phase meters to radio read <br /> meters. They are taking the annual oil samples from all of the substation <br /> transformers. <br /> • The power plant staff did the monthly run of the engines. The engines ran good with <br /> no problems. <br /> • Staff continues to collect data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits. <br /> • Steve and Jeff continue directional boring on some of the rebuild projects. <br /> • The North Substation and Waco Substation upgrades are completed. We energized <br /> the new transformer at North on October 4th and fully loaded on October 7`h. Waco <br /> substation had the new circuit switcher installed the week of October 7`h. <br /> kalif II it <br /> 11 <br /> Page 1 of 1 rNA LJR <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider POWERED To SERVE <br /> 100 <br />