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4.2 Wage& Benefits Committee Update The Wage &Benefits Committee met on June 30 regarding two organizational staffing issues: the vacant Key Accounts Specialist position and the retirement announcement from the Lead Electrical Technician. Mr.Adams provided a meeting recap to the Commission as outlined in his memo. Key Accounts Specialist—Mr. Adams shared that based on workload unknowns, it was the recommendation of the W&BC to hold on filling the Key Accounts Specialist position at this time, and to re-evaluate the needs and related skill-sets required after the implementation of multi-billing cycles. Lead Electrical Technician—Mr. Adams provided some background on how this position was originally created, and shared that the W&BC has discussed the succession planning for this position for the past three years identifying the potential for updating the position at the time of retirement. W&BC staff representatives worked with the Technical Services Superintendent to identify department and company skill sets needed and work load concerns relating to this vacancy. Those discussions resulted in the consensus that the position should be changed to a Distribution Engineer. The draft position description was developed by staff and presented to the W&BC receiving consensus supporting the change. Mr. Adams outlined the financial impact associated with the change in position. There was discussion on how staff would advertise for the position. Commissioner Westgaard asked for further clarification on the portion of the memo relating to the proposed change and how that impacts ERMU's pay equity report. Staff responded. Moved by Commissioner Nadeau and seconded by Commissioner Stewart to approve the organization staffing change to replace the Lead Electrical Technician with the proposed Distribution Engineer. Motion carried 5-0. 5.0 BUSINESS ACTION 5.1 Financial Report—May 2017 Ms. Slominski presented the May 2017 financial report. Chair Dietz stated that he is still having a hard time correlating our electric sales to our purchase power bill as the sales are always lagging a month behind the bill reflected. He expressed that it would make more sense to have the appropriate income lined up with the appropriate expense for any given month. There was discussion. Chair Dietz suggested that we consult with our auditors regarding this, and explore the option of making an adjusting entry each month to offset the difference between the month the wholesale power bill is reflected to the actual month the revenue is recorded. Page 3 Regular Meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission July 11,2017 24