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<br />PAGE 2 <br /> <br />Elk River City Council Meeting <br />January 30. 1989 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />insurance payment toward the end of each year. Dan noted that Elk River. <br />as a growing community. has a very good insurance history. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Dan also provided a second handout. which outlined the City of Elk River <br />insurance proposal. It was noted that the League of Minnesota Cities. <br />who is the current insurance carrier for the city. again. had the low bid <br />for our insurance package. The next lowest bidder was Marinco. which was <br />approximately $50.000 above the league package. It was noted that Penco <br />was not willing to submit a quote for our insurance coverage. as they did <br />last year. Dan noted that the League has again offered the best rates <br />for Elk River. and it is the only insurance carrier that covers <br />everything within the City. The 1988/89 city insurance package has a <br />total net rate reduction from the 1987/88 package. The overall cost is <br />more because of the growth of the City. but the rate has slightly <br />decreased. It was the consensus of the City Council to continue its <br />insurance coverage with the League of Minnesota Cities. The City Council <br />discussed with Dan the merits of a public official workers compensation <br />policy versus a public official accident policy as discussed in the <br />League memo dated December 29. 1988. The Council was informed that the <br />City already has workers compensation coverage for public officials and <br />it is recommended that this coverage be continued. It was the consensus <br />of the City Council to have an ordinance prepared to specifically state <br />that the City Council is covered by the City Workers Compensation <br />Policy. At this time. the City Council thanked Mr. Greene for his <br />presentation and his services to the City. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />RDF Update from UPA and NSP Representatives <br /> <br />UPA Representatives provided the City Council with a handout that <br />discussed its time table for beginning commercial burning operation. The <br />Representatives stated that UPA plans to operate test burns in Unit 1 <br />toward mid February. and test burns on Unit 2 and 3 would begin <br />approximately two weeks after that date. The acceptance test is <br />scheduled for early May and plans call for UPA to be in the commercial <br />burn process by June. In general. the Representatives stated that <br />everything is moving ahead on schedule and that they are working closely <br />with the City Staff to ensure building code compliance and water run off <br />compliance. <br /> <br />NSP Respresentatives. Peter Jones and Glen Kaas. provided the City <br />Council with a handout that discusses the operations at the NSP site. It <br />was stated that the commercial start up date is targeted for June 1 to <br />coincide with the UPA start up date. NSP currently has 39 staff members <br />in by April 1, this number is anticipated to increase to 59. As of <br />January 28. 1989. the NSP site had received over 2.000 tons of garbage <br />which had been used on test runs to determine how the operation was <br />functioning. By April 1. it is expected that the NSP plant will be in <br />operation 24 hours a day. It was also noted that the destination for <br />plant rejects. which is garbage that cannot be processed into RDF. is <br /> <br />e <br />