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Daryl Thompson made a motion to eliminate the Assistant Office Manager position and <br /> approve the Customer Service Manager. Al Nadeau seconded the motion. Motion carried <br /> 3-0. <br /> 5.6 Tom Bovitz Memorial Scholarship Award <br /> Troy Adams presented the winning essay of the Tom Bovitz Memorial Scholarship <br /> award. The essay topic was "Municipal Utilities: Good for All of Us." The commissioners <br /> thought the essay was very well written and John Dietz wanted to invite the writer to the next <br /> commission meeting. Discussion followed. <br /> 6.0 OTHER BUSINESS <br /> There was no other business. <br /> 6.1 Staff Updates <br /> Troy Adams talked to the head of the American Public Power Association's Reliable Public <br /> Power program and shared that the Performance Incentive Program was based on the award. He was <br /> very excited that staff had taken the award and made something else out of it. Troy Adams also <br /> announced that ERMU was awarded the RP3 award for the second time. The commissioners <br /> congratulated staff on the award. <br /> Theresa Slominski briefed the commission on the ongoing software conversion. The <br /> accounting side of the software is being converted first and as staff is diving into the program more, <br /> they are realizing that the financial statements that the new software presents are not as useful as our <br /> current statements. There will have to be some customization of the software to make the financial <br /> statements more useable to ERMU. She asked the commissioners to start thinking about what they <br /> would like to see the statements look like so they can be customized. <br /> Eric Volk said that the first water line thawed the day before. This line was the first to freeze <br /> and is the first to thaw.He also said that ERMU would be hosting the Minnesota Rural Water <br /> Association class on April 23,2014. <br /> Tom Sagstetter said that he sent a letter to Sherburne County and Waste Management <br /> informing them that we will not be giving them a bonus for landfill production this year.Because the <br /> landfill engines had several problems throughout the year,the production was not high enough to be <br /> awarded a bonus. John Dietz stated that Tom Sagstetter was elected Chair of the Energy City <br /> Commission. <br /> 6.2 Set Date for Next Meeting <br /> John Dietz asked that the next commission meeting be postponed until May 20,2014. Staff <br /> and the other commissioners agreed. <br /> The Commission recessed the regular meeting at 4:36 p.m. <br /> Page 4 <br /> Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> April 8,2014 <br />