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information requested and bring that back to next month's commission meeting. <br /> 6.0 OTHER BUSINESS <br /> 6.1 Staff Updates <br /> Troy Adams' staff update provided some information on where we were at in the process to <br /> expand the ERMU Commission. Troy testified to both the MN House Government Operations <br /> and Election Policy Committee on the bill to expand the commission authored by Nick Zerwas, <br /> and to the MN Senate State and Local Government Committee on the companion bill authored <br /> by Senator Kiffmeyer. He shared that both bills passed to the floor through their respective <br /> committees. John Dietz added that he had spoken with Senator Kiffineyer at the Business Expo <br /> about the commission expansion bills. There was further discussion. <br /> Theresa Slominski shared that our first upgrade on the local server last Friday went very well. <br /> John Dietz inquired as to what the timeline was for the$10 million dollar bond for our early <br /> down payment buy-in with MMPA. Theresa responded that Springsted should be sending us a <br /> request for information sometime this week,at which time we'll have a few weeks to get that <br /> information back to them. The first required action would be at the May commission meeting <br /> with the Bond Resolutions authorizing the bond sale.At the June commission meeting would be <br /> the sale and consideration of the award of the bonds,and we would receive the funds mid-July. <br /> Mark Fuchs shared that as part of our territory acquisition with Connexus,we executed an <br /> interconnect agreement that could be used for emergency or special circumstances. He shared <br /> that on Easter,Connexus experienced an outage in that area that required them to utilize the <br /> interconnection.Mark also shared that Connexus will be closing down their Altec authorized <br /> service center at their site. As this was where ERMU serviced their booms,staff will need to <br /> determine another location for that service. There was further discussion. <br /> Troy Adams had two comments on Eric Volk's behalf. Troy shared that the 15 year old pump in <br /> Well#7 recently went down.After verifying it was the motor that failed, staff is looking into the <br /> price to change it out. He also updated the Commission on the Water Treatment Plant#7 <br /> Expansion Project and explained that we ran into a roadblock on approval of the building plans. <br /> The delay is due to the Minnesota Department of Health not requiring a bathroom in the <br /> expanded building,and the city building code requiring that we do have one.As this will be an <br /> unoccupied building,ERMU does not want to add a bathroom to the facility. Staff is in the <br /> process of working to get an exemption from the city so that we can move forward with the <br /> project. <br /> John Dietz commented on the Business Expo and the mixed reviews it received this year. Tom <br /> Sagstetter agreed that attendance was a little down,but despite the lower attendance there was <br /> good activity at the ERMU booth.He added that the visitors always appreciate our great <br /> giveaways. There was further discussion. <br /> Page 6 <br /> Special meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> April 12,2016 <br /> 28 <br />