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Page 3 Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission November 13, 2008 to draft an agreement for sharing an HR person with the City of Elk River. Jerry Takle asked Theresa Slominski for her opinion. Theresa responded she has worked with Lauren Wipper before and felt she was a very competent person and could work well with separating the Utility and City issues regarding confidentiality. Lori Johnson said she has received good response from employees regarding the confidentiality of Lauren. John Dietz moved to approve Resolution 08 related to the workplace environment. Jerry Gumphrey seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. John Dietz moved to approve Resolution 08 related to the resignation and reassignment of the General Manager. Jerry Gumphrey added he would like the word contractors added in section 2. Jerry Gumphrey also stated he was not comfortable with the time span of three years. John Dietz asked the Attorneys if they could meet with Jerry Gumphrey in private to answer to his concerns. Jerry Takle called for a 5 minute recess to address this. The meeting resumed and Jerry Takle seconded the motion to approve the Resolution. Motion carried 3-0. 5.1 Staff Updates - Continued Mark Fuchs reported the Brentwood rebuild project is finally complete. New commercial construction projects in progress are the Metal Craft building on Business Center Drive, Otsego Auto Care on Parson Avenue in Otsego, and a couple of commercial buildings on Industrial Circle over by The Home Depot. Projects still in progress are the Highway 169 feeder crossing, and Waterfront Fast overhead cable removal. The MN School of Business has applied for service to construct a building on 193`d Avenue but we can not proceed with cable placement until the water line is installed. The Co Rd 39 line extension project in Otsego is still on hold awaiting the decision as to the need for three phase or single phase power. Staff has been busy completing as much as possible prior to the frost, then staff will start the tree trimming process and the cutout replacement along with the maintenance issues and mapping. David Berg reported the October water consumption is up 2 million gallons from last year. Staff continues refurbishing the irrigation meters, pumping down hydrants in low areas, and will be starting well filter maintenance. Theresa Slominski informed Commissioners that due to complications, the electronic processing of checks has stopped and will be done manually from now on. John Gasal of Connexus notified us of a previous PCA waiver that will now be assessed at approximately $45,000 each month for the next three months. Lori Johnson said the State of Minnesota is buying bulk fuel and the City of Elk River is a member of this consortium. Discussion followed regarding the pros and cons to this program. Jerry Takle stated that due to lack of interest the ERMU would not be participating in this program this year.