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event including our lineworkers working with a tattoo artist to come up with a design to be used <br /> on the t-shirts and hats they wear at the event.Troy added that anyone who competes or works <br /> at the event will receive a shirt,and any other employees will have the opportunity to purchase <br /> one.As more than one commissioner may attend the rodeo, staff will notice of a possible <br /> quorum. <br /> 5.0 NEW BUSINESS <br /> 5.1 American Public Power Assoication 2016 Legislative Rally Update <br /> Troy Adams and Tom Sagstetter provided an update on the American Public Power <br /> Association(APPA) Legislative Rally that they recently attended in Washington D. C. <br /> Troy shared that three of the big topics this year were: the push for federal standards on <br /> solar gardens, EPA's clean power plan, and transmission. Troy added that the networking <br /> and knowledge he gained in regards to the definitions of what we can put into our CAPX <br /> and attachment 0,made the time spent to attend the rally well worth it. This was Tom <br /> Sagstetters first time attending and he thought it was pretty impressive. The big <br /> conversation points for him were: community solar and keeping it local, and too much <br /> regulation too fast. There was further discussion. <br /> 5.2 Landfill Gas Plant 2015 Operational Results <br /> Each year Elk River Municipal Utilities(ERMU) can provide bonus payments to <br /> Sherburne County and Waste Management/Elk River Landfill provided the financial means <br /> and plant capacity factors are met. Tom Sagstetter shared that the landfill gas plant(LFG) <br /> had a capacity factor of 95.49% in 2015, and measured production of approximately 25.5 <br /> million kWh. Based on the exceeding the production standards for 2015, Waste <br /> Management/Elk River Landfill received a bonus payment of$2,584.59, and Sherburne <br /> County received a bonus payment of$20,000. Tom noted that the bonus payment to Waste <br /> Management/Elk River Landfill was lower than usual due to mechanical issues with a worn <br /> circuit breaker and finding replacement equipment that resulted in an extended period of no <br /> production from one unit. These issues have been resolved and moving forward there <br /> should not be any major sourcing problems for replacement equipment. <br /> 5.3 Electric Vehicle Charging Opportunities <br /> S g <br /> Clean and renewable energy are two areas that are very important in today's energy market. <br /> The City of Elk River, Energy City Commission, and ERMU have been evaluating the <br /> possibilities of adding clean electric vehicles to the city fleet and the charging possibilities <br /> for the fleet and the Elk River community. The focus of the research so far has been on <br /> Page 4 <br /> Special meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> March 15,2016 <br /> 29 <br />