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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Mike Tietz Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />December 17, 2019 6.1d <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br /> In November, the locating department had a total of 187 locate tickets consisting of 2 <br />emergency tickets, 3 cancellations, 150 normal tickets, and 32 updated tickets. This is a <br />59.5% decrease in volume of tickets from the previous month. The locators have begun <br />collecting GPS data again as time allows. <br /> <br /> Electrical Technicians continue with updating the power bill, substation checks, <br />disconnects/reconnects, dealing with customer meter and off-peak issues. <br /> <br /> On November 21, staff ran Engines 1 & 3 without any issues. Engine 4 would not turn <br />over. Staff is investigating the reason for this. The vendor that is doing the repair of <br />Engine #2 has pushed back their scheduled start date to the week of December 16. <br /> <br /> Weekly meter reads continue to go well. Staff continues to perform meter audits <br />around the system as time allows and has been discovering a number of vegetation <br />issues blocking access to the meters. These customers will be notified about correcting <br />the issues. <br /> <br /> Mapping department continues to update points and attributes for all of our systems <br />assets within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. The ArcGIS Enterprise upgrade was <br />completed on November 27 by Power System Engineering. We are preparing for the <br />upcoming transition to paperless work in February with National Information Solutions <br />AppSuite software. We will be working on getting GIS maps available for <br />use by staff in the field. <br /> <br /> The West Substation Equipment Storage Garage is nearing completion with the <br />overhead doors and the electrical work completed. The heating system and the <br />automatic gate opener are both scheduled to be installed the week of December 9. Final <br />grading work will be completed in the spring. <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />618 <br />