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report does not need to wait until after the audited financial report is received by the Commission. By producing the annual report separately, it will allow for the report to be produced earlier in the year so the information is more relevant from a timing perspective. This will be implemented in 2019. Mr. Adams presented the 2017 annual report. He shared that Ms. Canterbury had worked with Prime Advertising to put together the report. The Commission had a few questions. Staff responded. Moved by Commissioner Bell and seconded by Commissioner Stewart to receive and file the 2017 Annual Report. Motion carried 4-0. 6.0 BUSINESS DISCUSSION 6.1 Staff Updates Mr.Adams provided an update on the Great River Energy(GRE)annual meeting he attended on June 6.He also shared the rate forecasts that GRE had announced at the meeting.There was discussion. Mr.Adams announced that Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA)will be hosting their Annual Summer Meeting and Dinner on July 24,2018 at Rockwoods in Otsego.Mr.Adams noted that Commissioners would need to RSVP for the event with their meal selection. Ms. Slominski noted in her staff report that per the contract,MMPA is requesting the final buy-in payment for membership on September 28,2018. Chair Dietz inquired as to whether we know what that amount is yet.Ms. Slominski responded that they would be providing us their estimated final amount around July 12.There was discussion. Mr.Fuchs shared that his department recently installed a new downtown streetlight on Main Street in front of the Bank of Elk River. The streetlight is LED dark sky compliant and features a more sleek contemporary design than the lights that are currently there.This new design is something that's being considered for the replacement of the existing downtown lights and lights in Otsego. There was discussion. Mr.Fuchs also provided an update on the outage that occurred the previous night.The outage, which lasted less than an hour,was the result of a squirrel in the substation which caused it to go down.Chair Dietz mentioned that a couple of residents had told him that when they called into ERMU to report the outage they received a message saying all circuits are busy.There was discussion on this and the phone rolling procedures. Included with Mr.Volk's staff report was an accumulated precipitation and daily temperature graph for May 2018.After observation of the record low precipitation levels and high temperatures for the Page 4 Regular Meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission June 12,2018