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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES 4"4322 King Avenue Elk River, Minnesota 55330 Phone (612) 441-2020 UTILITIES COMMISSION MINUTES August 9, 1994 3:00 P.M. Present Were: James Simpson President George Zabee Vice Chairman James Tralle Trustee Others Present: Bill Birrenkott General Manager Glenn Sundeen Line Superintendent Terry Maurer City Engineer 1) The meeting was called to order at 3 :00 P.M. by President Simpson. 2 ) Motion by Mr. Zabee, seconded by Mr. Tralle to approve the agenda as amended. The Motion carried. 3) Motion by Mr. Zabee, seconded by Mr. Tralle to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as distributed. The motion carried. 4 ) Terry Maurer, City Engineer, reported that their latest models indicated that the size of the future water tower at the Gary Street location should be one million gallons in capacity. If sewer and water is extended East, a water tower will not be needed for 20 years in that area, in Terry's opinion. Terry further stated that the Utilities should plan on constructing a 500,000 gallon tower in the Northwest area in 1999 to supplement the high pressure zone. Motion by Mr. Tralle, seconded by Mr. Zabee to authorize MSA to proceed with the design and prepare bids for a one million gallon water tower at the Gary Street location. The motion carried. 5) With the information supplied by the City Engineer, the General Manager presented several scenarios for future funding of water towers, wells and treatment plants considering the availability of the possible $380,000 for water tower construction as indicated by previous City Councils. Several scenarios were also presented by the General Manager without the availability of the $380, 000 . The Commission decided to take no action at this time. 6) The Line Superintendent updated the Commissioners on the status of construction projects and other operating conditions. 7) The General Manager reviewed the July financial statements with the Commissioners.