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Page 4 Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission April 13, 2010 were representatives from CMMPA, two other municipal utilities, another public power joint action agency representing approximately 15 municipal utilities, and a representative for three small investor owned utilities (IOU). At the time of this meeting, there was no commitment from any of the groups to participate, but rather gather information to take back to their governing bodies. Troy Adams discussed the offering of the proposed power supply coalition. The process for participation in this coalition in Phase I is a rate study performed by R.W. Beck. ERMU currently has the one year associate membership with CMMPA that was part of the process of exploring the BSII project. This agreement runs through May 26th of this year. This could be terminated with fixture fees going to the power coalition program. John Dietz said he thought it would be a good idea to do a rate study with R.W. Beck but to get a contract with phases so ERMU could back out at any time. Jerry Gumphrey moved to terminate associate membership with CMMPA on April 26, 2010. Daryl Thompson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. Jerry Gumphrey moved to authorize Troy Adams to proceed with phase 1 of the power supply coalition, not to exceed $20,000. Daryl Thompson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 6.1 Staff Updates Troy Adams handed out a recent newspaper article regarding secondary faults. The article talks about the secondary electric service and who is responsible when it fails. Troy wanted to make sure it was understood that ERMU repairs secondary faults and considers it part of the maintenance cost of providing electricity to customers. There was discussion regarding the water and wastewater rate forgiveness for the flushing of filters at the wastewater treatment plant and the backwashing for the water towers. Troy Adams also updated the Commissioners on the Connexus board meeting he recently attended. John Dietz asked Theresa Slominski about the dental insurance rate increase. Theresa Slominski responded that a meeting has been set up for Wednesday, April 14d` for her and Troy Adams to meet with the insurance agent and an update will be given at next month's meeting. Theresa Slominski wanted to give commissioners a heads up regarding the shut -offs that will be occurring on April 20d' and 215c Troy Adams said UHG will be conducting an emergency training on April 23`d and will be shutting down power and running their engines. Lori Johnson said staff has been notified. Jerry Gumphrey asked if the homeowners in the area have been notified. Troy Adams will work with Lori Johnson and UHG to notify them. Jerry Gumphrey said he has received a lot of complaints on the envelopes. Theresa Slominski said they are working on improving the glue on the envelope. David Berg brought up the need for a policy or ordinance regarding new private wells. Discussion followed. Lori Johnson stated Peter Beck has spent considerable time looking into this. Jerry Gumphrey moved to ask the City to look into a policy to prevent any new private wells inside City limits. Daryl Thompson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.