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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Theresa Slominski—Finance and Office Manager <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> March 15, 2016 6.lb <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> The auditors were here February 25th and February 26th and all went well. New this year is the <br /> GASB 68 implementation, which will present Elk River Municipal Utilities' portion of the <br /> PERA liability on our balance sheet. The entry is approximately$2.5 million dollars and will <br /> also impact our reserves balances, although we will still be able to meet our reserves goals to be <br /> in compliance with our reserves policy. The auditors are planning to present the audit at the <br /> April Commission Meeting. <br /> Our hosted server at the NISC location was moved to a local server here over the weekend of <br /> March 4th. We had some hiccups with the web-based payment information communicating with <br /> the customer billing side but these items were fixed in relatively short order. We also had an <br /> issue with the IVR(Interactive Voice Response)payment channel that wasn't fixed until the <br /> following week. The IT staff went through a mini-training on the "backend"of the software to be <br /> able to navigate for issues on the server side. We have also budgeted for one IT staff member to <br /> participate in the NISC Member Information Conference this September to receive additional <br /> training. <br /> There are several reports due this time of year for the Energy Information Association(EIA) and <br /> MISO (Midwest Independent System Operator). The EIA reports are informational and relate to <br /> our engines at the plant and the landfill, our system infrastructure and performance, sales results, <br /> and some energy conservation information for the prior 2015 year. The MISO reports are based <br /> on 2014 information for determining our transmission rebates we will receive as being a part <br /> owner of the transmission systems with MMTG. <br /> Kathy Greenberg, our Accounts Payable and Payroll Specialist, attended a Human Resources <br /> Seminar on February 8, 2016 in St. Cloud, MN. Her education report is attached. <br /> POWERED BY <br /> IEN Page 1 of 2 <br /> NATURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider POWERED To $ ERV E <br /> 179 <br />