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1.4 Recognition of Employee Achievement After receiving numerous letters of support for Mr.Adams' nomination to the American Public Power Association (APPA) Board of Directors,the membership unanimously voted in support of the nominating committee's recommendation, and officially elected Mr.Adams to the APPA Board of Directors on June 11, 2019.The Commission inquired if Mr.Adams would continue to also serve on the APPA RP3 Panel, and what the terms of service were for the panel and the board. Mr.Adams shared that at this time he would like to continue to serve on both and went over the terms of each of them.The Commission congratulated Mr.Adams on his appointment. 2.0 CONSENT AGENDA(Approved By One Motion) For the check register, Commissioner Stewart had a question on the large volume of inactive refunds. Staff responded. Moved by Commissioner Nadeau and seconded by Commissioner Westgaard to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: 2.1 June 2019 Check Register 2.2 June 11,2019 Regular Meeting Minutes 2.3 Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Distributed Generation Tariff 2.4 Procurement Policy Motion carried 5-0. 3.0 OPEN FORUM No one appeared for open forum. 5.2 Wage&Benefits Committee Update The Wage& Benefits Committee (W&BC) met on June 27, 2019 to review employee benefit requests and receive an update on the benchmarking report from Current Compass. Mr.Adams shared that the W&BC reviewed employee requests regarding benefits. These included numerous requests regarding vacation time, hours of operation,flexible work hours, and work-from-home options. He noted that all of the requests had been previously discussed and evaluated by the W&BC, and unless the Commission has any interest in exploring the requests further,the Committee had consensus to not recommend adoption of any of the requests at this time. Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Meeting Minutes July 9, 2019 Page 2