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Page 5 Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission April 17, 2008 look the same printing them in-house and staff responded that they would. Glenn Sundeen reported that tree trimming continues with three crews focusing on that completely. The issues that were found with the infrared study have now all been completed. There was some proactive maintenance done to remove several porcelain cutouts and replace them with polymer cutouts. In doing this many problems were discovered and he estimates that they saved themselves from at least 6 outages by doing this maintenance. John Dietz stated that he was out walking one Sunday and noticed that there were some utility employees doing some work at a customer's place of business and questioned why that was done on a Sunday when we would have to pay double time wages. Glenn responded that it was at the customer's request as the only time they had available and we will always try to work with the customers. 5.2 Review Jackson Street Water Tower Issue At our March 2008 Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission meeting, the future of the Jackson Street Water Tower was discussed. The tower either has to be painted or removed. The estimated cost to remove the tower is in the $35,000 range and then the lot can be redeveloped. The estimated cost of painting is in the $55,000 to $60,000 range with repainting every 10 to 12 years. Lori Johnson from the city was present to be able to report to the HPC when they meet to discuss the future of the tower. John Dietz made a motion that we recommend to the City Council that if someone/organization shared in the cost of painting the tower, the Elk River Municipal Utilities would move forward with painting it. Jerry Gumphrey seconded. Motion carried 3-0. 6.3 Review & Consider Bid Tabulation for Electric Cable On April 9, 2008, bids were received to furnish and deliver our electric cable needs for the 2008 planned work. Staff recommends awarding to the lowest responsive bidders, Border States Electric Company for the primary cable and Resco Electric Utility Supply for the secondary cable. John Dietz questioned how the escalation cost works. Staff responded. Jerry Gumphrey made a motion to award the bid to Border States Electric Company for the primary cable and Resco Electric Utility Supply for the secondary cable. John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 6.4 Review & Consider Bid Tabulation for Install UG Cable The 2008 electric budget contains a $180,000 item to replace the 30 year + cable in the Brentwood area. On April 9, 2008, bids were received to install the underground cable. Staff will be installing the necessary equipment basements, transformers, and cable terminations. Staff recommends awarding to the lowest responsive bidder, Michels Pipeline Construction. Jerry Gumphrey questioned the accuracy of the low bid since it was substantially below the others presented. Staff responded that they did question the bidder and was told they really wanted the