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Moved by Commissioner Nadeau and seconded by Commissioner Stewart to adopt <br /> Resolution No. 19-2 recognizing Drinking Water Week, May 5-11,2019. Motion carried 5-0. <br /> 1.5 Resolution Recognizing 2019 Lineworker Appreciation Day <br /> Mr. Adams shared that annually we like to take the time to recognize our lineworkers, and <br /> this year we are designating April 18, 2019 as Lineworker Appreciation Day. <br /> Moved by Commissioner Westgaard and seconded by Commissioner Bell to adopt <br /> Resolution No. 19-1 recognizing lineworkers and designating April 18,2019 as Lineworker <br /> Appreciation Day. Motion carried 5-0. <br /> 1.6 Recognition of 2019 APPA Lineworker Rodeo Team <br /> This year the American Public Power Association (APPA) Lineworkers Rodeo was held March <br /> 29-30 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mr. Geiser introduced and recognized the lineworkers <br /> who participated in the event. ERMU had one team of lineworkers that competed;the team <br /> consisted of Zac Johnson, Matt Schwartz, and Jake Koehler. <br /> Mr.Johnson began by thanking the Commission for their support and the opportunity to <br /> attend the event. He also shared that their team had made huge improvements from the prior <br /> year, which were evident by their impressive stats.The team commented that the rodeo also <br /> allows for an excellent opportunity for networking and learning about the newest techniques <br /> that are being used in the field.There was discussion.The Commission gave the lineworkers a <br /> round of applause and congratulated them on a job well done. Mr.Schwartz announced that <br /> next year's rodeo will be held in Kansas City, Missouri. <br /> 1.7 Recognition of APPA 2018 Certificate of Excellence in Reliability <br /> Mr.Tietz was pleased to announce that ERMU recently received national recognition from the <br /> American Public Power Association (APPA)for achieving exceptional electric reliability in 2018. <br /> He shared that we were one of 147 public power utilities to receive this honor.According to <br /> the numbers for 2018, ERMU's System Average Interruption Duration Index(SAIDI)was only <br /> 10 minutes, compared to the industry average of 129 minutes. <br /> Moved by Commissioner Bell and seconded by Commissioner Stewart to receive and file <br /> the APPA 2018 Certificate of Excellence in Reliability Award. Motion carried 5-0. <br /> 1.8 Recognition of APPA 2018 Safety Award of Excellence <br /> Mr.Tietz announced that the American Public Power Association (APPA) recently honored <br /> ERMU with a 3rd place Safety Award of Excellence for demonstrating safe operating practices in <br /> 2018.The association recognized ERMU during their annual Engineering&Operations <br /> Conference that was held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.Staff talked a little bit about the <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Meeting Minutes <br /> April 9, 2019 <br /> Page 2 <br /> 29 <br />