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2.3 Financial Statements <br /> 2.4 Assessments <br /> 2.5 Employee's Statement of Support for the Guard and Reserve <br /> 2.6 Water Tower Attachment Engineering Inspection Quote <br /> 2.7 Water Treatment Chemical Bids <br /> John Dietz seconded the motion.Motion carried 2-0. <br /> 3.0 OPEN MIC <br /> No one appeared for open mic. <br /> 4.0 OLD BUSINESS <br /> There is no old business. <br /> 5.0 NEW BUSINESS <br /> 5.2 Performance Metrics 3"1 Quarter Update <br /> Theresa Slominski presented the Performance Metrics third quarter update. Staff is <br /> meeting all of the goals except for safety trainings. Theresa Slominski was going to try to set up <br /> some make-up meetings for employees to attend. John Dietz said that after two years the <br /> categories should be reevaluated to make sure they are achievable, but not too easy. Discussion <br /> followed. <br /> 5.3 2014 Budget: Rates and Review <br /> Troy Adams presented the 2014 electric and water rates. He said that the electric rates are <br /> preliminary as our wholesale power supplier, Great River Energy (GRE), has not finalized their <br /> rate increases yet. The rates will likely be finalized in December prior to the next commission <br /> meeting. GRE has been very adamant that they would have a 0% rate increase. The preliminary <br /> numbers show, however, that ERMU will have an increase in the off peak energy. This will <br /> impact ERMU's budget by .5%. As the budget with preliminary wholesale rates stand, ERMU <br /> will need an increase of approximately 1.5% in revenue to recover the increases associated with <br /> the wholesale power costs as applied to the forecasted power sales and remaining increased <br /> expenses. <br /> The water rate increase is part of a three-year plan that was determined in 2012. The plan <br /> is to slowly increase the first tier and the base rate by 4% while phasing out the senior citizen <br /> rate. The intent is to make the difference between the tiers less significant and to build up <br /> reserves to pay for the water towers that need painting. John Dietz asked how this increase would <br /> impact a typical residential customer. Troy Adams will bring some scenarios to the commission <br /> at the December meeting. <br /> Page 2 <br /> Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> November 12,2013 <br />