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AWWA were in attendance to formally present Dave with his plaque.After learning more about the award and why Dave was chosen as the recipient,the Commission congratulated him on his achievement. 2.0 CONSENT AGENDA(Approved By One Motion) On the financials,John Dietz commented on the 14%increase in administrative and general expenses over the previous year,and directed staff to do an analysis on what the contributing factors may be. Theresa Slominski shared that we received our purchase power bill for the month of September and that our usage was 10kW less than we projected; so our purchase power came in at 1.7 million while we budgeted for 2.7 million. This will reflect a significant change in the budget and is the flip side of what we saw with the June financials;this was a more positive swing than we had hoped for. Al Nadeau moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: 2.1 September Check Register 2.2 September 9,2016 Regular Meeting Minutes 2.3 Financial Statements 2.4 Resolution Awarding the Issuance and Sale of$9,755,000 Electric Revenue Bonds 2.5 Resolution Awarding the Sale of$1,370,000 Electric Revenue Refunding Bonds Daryl Thompson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 3.0 OPEN FORUM Dick Wagner said the several years ago the Wage and Benefit Committee(WBC)was comprised of a representative from each department and now that it has transitioned to management only,both he and some of his fellow employees are concerned that they no longer have a voice with one of Commissioners regarding their benefits.Dick voiced that they would like to see getting something like that back;whether it's having the opportunity to meet with a Commissioner a couple times a year,or going back to having department representatives on the W&BC. Troy Adams provided further background on why we had gone from a selection of office,field, and management reviewing insurance and other benefits to the W&BC. The W&BC was created to still be a sounding board but without being in violation of any labor laws. When we initially set up the W&BC meetings they were open and we had employees that attended. Troy suggested that we could open up a W&BC once a year to allow employees the opportunity to voice their opinions directly without having to go through management. After discussion the Commission was in favor keeping the Committee how it is currently set up; employees would have the opportunity to attend an open W&BC to voice their opinion on wages and benefits,and the W&BC would review and would report to the Commission with Page 2 Regular Meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission October 11,2016