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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br />REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION <br /> <br />August 10, 2004 <br /> <br />Members Present: Jerry Takle, President; James Tralle, Vice Chair <br />Members Absent: John Dietz, Trustee <br />Staff Present: Bryan Adams, General Manager; Glenn Sundeen, Line Superintendent; David <br />Berg, Water Superintendent; Patricia Hemza, Office Manager <br />Others Present: Pat Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />1. Call meeting to order July 6~ 2004 <br /> President Jerry Takle called the August 10, 2004 meeting to order. <br /> <br />2. Consider Utilities Agenda <br /> James Tralle moved to approve the Agenda for August 10, 2004, as presented. Jerry Takle <br />seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-0. <br /> <br />3. Consider Consent Agenda <br /> James Tralle moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: <br /> <br />July Check Register <br />July 6, 2004 Minutes <br />August 3, 2004 Special Meeting Minutes <br />Financials <br /> <br />Jerry Takle seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-0. <br /> <br />5.1 Staff Up-dates <br /> Glenn Sundeen informed the Commission that 56 new services were installed in the month of <br />July. The August 10th electrical conversion take-over of the Connexus area along County Road 70 <br />from County Road 21 to County Road 33 was completed without any problems. James Tralle <br />asked if the crews were still working 9 hours a day. Glenn replied that they would be going back <br />to 8 hour days next week. <br /> David Berg reported on the Well #7 project and was thankful to the City for their help in the <br />landscaping. Sprinklers were installed at Well #7 and with the continued help from the City, the <br />area will be seeded. Dave also updated the commission on the ongoing progress of the meter <br />upgrades and the security system sales and lease to purchase. <br /> Patricia Hemza updated the Commission on the successful computer conversion from DOS to <br />Windows. Staff is getting used to the new system and are working on trying to streamline inner <br />office paperwork. <br /> <br />5.2 Review Annual Urge Tests <br /> The annual urge tests on the four diesel generation units at the power plant were reviewed. <br />The engines are running at full potential and are being well maintained by staff. This will result in <br />approximately $343,992 in annual payments from Great River Energy through the Power <br />Transaction Agreement. <br /> <br /> <br />