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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br />REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION <br /> <br />July 6, 2004 <br /> <br />Members Present: Jerry Takle, President; James Tralle, Vice Chair; John Dietz, Trustee <br />Staff Present: Bryan Adams, General Manager; Glenn Sundeen, Line Superintendent; David Berg, <br /> Water Superintendent; Patricia Hemza, Office Manager <br /> <br />1. Call meeting to order July 6~ 2004 <br /> President Jerry Takle called the July 6, 2004 meeting to order. <br /> <br />2. Consider Utilities Agenda <br /> James Tralle moved to approve the Agenda for the July 6, 2004, as presented. John Dietz seconded the <br />motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />3. Consider Consent Agenda <br /> James Tralle moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: <br /> <br />June Check Register <br />June 8, 2004 Minutes <br />Financials <br /> <br />John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />5.1 Staff Up-dates <br /> Glenn Sundeen informed the Commission that 36 new services were installed in the month of June along <br />with the updates of the current projects. <br /> David Berg reported four million gallons of water a day were being pumped from the system. The parts for <br />the new well will be installed next week. Staff has been installing the transducers at the wells in preparation of <br />the installation for the new SCADA system. <br /> Patricia Hemza updated the Commission on staff compiling a flow chart for office duties and procedures, <br />wh/ch will help in streamlining some of the tasks. The end of July we will be switching our billing system to <br />Windows. <br /> <br />5.2 Review Jackson Street Water Tower Antenna Lease <br /> Bryan Adams informed the Commission that the company leasing the Jackson Street water tower from us <br />has requested to terminate the lease. The line of sight technology was not working for them. The termination <br />provisions of the agreement will be followed. Staff will continue to look for other interested parties to lease the <br />tower. <br /> <br />5.3 Review Financial Information <br /> Bryan Adams asked the Commissioners if the information presented in the financials are adequate and is <br />the information in a satisfactory form. Commission indicated the sales and meter information could be <br />presented in graph form instead of spread sheets. The Commission felt this would be more beneficial to them <br />to see the trends with these graphs. <br /> <br />It was the consensus of the Commission to include graphs in future financials. <br /> <br /> <br />