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6.0 OTHER BUSINESS <br /> 6.1 Staff Updates <br /> Mr.Adams stated in his staff report that he had attended the American Public Power Legislative <br /> Rally held in Washington D.C.February 27—March 2,2017. Mr.Adams stated that they had <br /> the opportunity to get some one-on-one time with our Senators and Congressmen and that the <br /> trip had been very worthwhile.There was discussion. <br /> Chair Dietz pointed out that Ms. Slominski had noted in her staff report that April 15 will mark <br /> the end of the cold weather rule and staff anticipates high numbers for shutoffs once this comes <br /> to an end. It was also noted that occasionally disgruntled customers that have been shut off will <br /> reach out to the commissioners. There was discussion. <br /> Mr.Fuchs added that we had very few outages due to the storm and tornado activity last week. <br /> He shared that as part of our mutual aid agreement with Connexus,we sent two crews up to the <br /> Zimmerman area to help out with the outages and the work associated with it. <br /> Mr.Volk added that we recently experienced a PLC(Programmable Logic Controller)failure. <br /> He explained the alarm notification process and stated that in this case we received notification <br /> of the failure from our regular backup dialer and a second notification from an additional alarm <br /> we recently added. Based on some of the catastrophic alarm failures we've seen in the news <br /> recently,Mr.Volk shared that it adds some peace of mind knowing that our alarm systems are <br /> doing what they need to do. There was discussion on our requirements for Coliform Bacteria <br /> testing. <br /> Mr. Sagstetter had nothing additional to add. Chair Dietz asked if Tom had the opportunity to <br /> meet the new Environmental Technician at the city. Mr. Sagstetter stated that he had.There was <br /> discussion on the cancellation of the 2017 Business Expo. <br /> 6.2 Set Date for Next Meeting <br /> The next regularly scheduled Commission meeting will be held on April 11,2017. <br /> 6.3 Adjourn Special Meeting <br /> Moved by Commissioner Westgaard and seconded by Commission Stewart to adjourn the <br /> special meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission at 5:45 p.m. Motion <br /> carried 3-0. <br /> Minutes prepared by Michelle Canterbury. <br /> Page 8 <br /> Special Meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> March 13,2017 <br /> 43 <br />