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Daryl Thompson made a motion to eliminate the Assistant Office Manager position and <br />approve the Customer Service Manager. Al Nadeau seconded the motion. Motion carried <br />3-0. <br />5.6 Tom Bovitz Memorial Scholarship Award <br />Troy Adams presented the winning essay of the Tom Bovitz Memorial Scholarship <br />award. The essay topic was "Municipal Utilities: Good for All of Us." The commissioners <br />thought the essay was very well written and John Dietz wanted to invite the writer to the next <br />commission meeting. Discussion followed. <br />6.0 OTHER BUSINESS <br />There was no other business. <br />6.1 Staff Updates <br />Troy Adams talked to the head of the American Public Power Association's Reliable Public <br />Power program and shared that the Performance Incentive Program was based on the award. He was <br />very excited that staff had taken the award and made something else out of it. Troy Adams also <br />announced that ERMU was awarded the RP3 award for the second time. The commissioners <br />congratulated staff on the award. <br />Theresa Slominski briefed the commission on the ongoing software conversion. The <br />accounting side of the software is being converted first and as staff is diving into the program more, <br />they are realizing that the financial statements that the new software presents are not as useful as our <br />current statements. There will have to be some customization of the software to make the financial <br />statements more useable to ERMU. She asked the commissioners to start thinking about what they <br />would like to see the statements look like so they can be customized. <br />Eric Volk said that the first water line thawed the day before. This line was the first to freeze <br />and is the first to thaw. He also said that ERMU would be hosting the Minnesota Rural Water <br />Association class on April 23, 2014. <br />Tom Sagstetter said that he sent a letter to Sherburne County and Waste Management <br />informing them that we will not be giving them a bonus for landfill production this year. Because the <br />landfill engines had several problems throughout the year, the production was not high enough to be <br />awarded a bonus. John Dietz stated that Tom Sagstetter was elected Chair of the Energy City <br />Commission. <br />6.2 Set Date for Next Meeting <br />John Dietz asked that the next commission meeting be postponed until May 20, 2014. Staff <br />and the other commissioners agreed. <br />The Commission recessed the regular meeting at 4:36 p.m. <br />Page 4 <br />Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />April 8, 2014 <br />17 <br />