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Motion carried 5-0. 3.0 OPEN FORUM No one appeared for open forum. 4.0 POLICY&COMPLIANCE 4.1 Delegation to Management Policies Mr. Adams presented for consideration the next three delegation to management policies that consultant John Miner had developed: G.4o Environmental Stewardship; G.4p External Communications; and G.4q Community Involvement. Mr. Adams reached out to the Commission to see if they had any questions. The Commission had none. Moved by Commissioner Stewart and seconded by Commissioner Nadeau to adopt the Delegation to Management Policies. Motion carried 5-0. 5.0 BUSINESS ACTION 5.1 Financial Report—August 2017 Ms. Slominski presented the August 2017 financial report. Ms. Slominski reported back on a question that Chair Dietz had last month in regards to the increase to the electric miscellaneous distribution expense. She stated that after further investigation, staff determined that a large part of the increase was due to the recording of lineworkers wages for the lineworkers rodeo to that expense line item. There was some discussion on the water department sales and revenue and how those were impacted by weather and connection fees this year. Moved by Commissioner Thompson and seconded by Commissioner Westgaard to receive and file the August 2017 Financial Report. Motion carried 5-0. 5.2 2018 Business Plan/Budget: Water and Electric Expenses Ms. Slominski presented the first cut of the 2018 Water and Electric Expense Budget and noted that the expense budget will change as the complete 2018 budget is assembled and the finalized wholesale power costs are reflected. Wholesale power costs, as well as revenue and rate increases for 2018 will be presented in November. Electric Department Expense Budget—The 2018 forecast for electric expenses reflected a 4% Page 3 Regular Meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission October 10,2017 22