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• Page 3 Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission January 14, 2003 5.3 Review & Consider Pick-up Truck Bids A bid tabulation for the purchase of a. '/2 ton 4 x 4 pick-up for electric department b. 3/4 ton 4 x 4 pick-up with bins for the water department c. 3/4 ton 4 x 4 extended cab Staff recommends authorization to accept low bids for the purchases. George Zabee moved to accept low bids for the purchase of the three vehicles. John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 5.4 Review Service Territory Acquisition Study Staff reviewed with Commission a map of the territory acquisition area, a spread sheet reflecting acquisition statistics, and an article from MMUA that discusses their position on territory acquisition. It was agreed that the territory acquisition agreement is good, and continues to be in the best interests of ERMU to pursue. John Dietz moved to approve purchase of Areas 21 and 19 from Connexus. George Zabee seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 5.5 Update GRE/Connexus Energy Issues Bryan Adams informed the Commission that our All Requirements Contract is presently at FERC, with the anticipation that it will be approved. Bryan Adams noted that the extension to 2040 between Great River Energy, and its member systems will allow GRE to make expansion plans and finance over a longer period of time, thus keeping rates lower. Discussion followed. 6.1 Review Electrical Outage The Minnesota Energy Security and Reliability Act enacted in 2001 contains a distribution reliability section. The ERMU will be required to develop reliability standards based on measurements of outage frequency and duration. Also to be required are service quality standards. Staff presented the Commission with a spread sheet reflecting the outage history for 2002. Commission discussed the analysis with Staff 6.2 Payment Schedule The Elk River Municipal Utilities approves the Check Register after the checks have been issued,per purchasing policy adopted on 2-10-98. Steve McDonald, ERMU Auditor has requested that we either make payment after the commission meeting or amend our purchasing policy with a resolution, to satisfy state guidelines. A resolution was drafted by Ron Black, and the Commission reviewed it, and discussed present policy.