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The committee received an update from the county which included discussion on the <br />state surplus turned deficit, property tax penalty reduction, and the county’s soft hiring <br />freeze. The county has a housing study in the works as well. <br />The committee received an update from the city which included discussion on Economic <br />Development Authority (EDA) activities, the new “All Together Elk River” campaign, as <br />well as updates on road and construction projects. <br /> <br />I had asked the committee and the chamber to support the Energy Conservation and <br />Optimization Act (ECO ACT) Minnesota legislation jacketed as Senate File 4409 and <br />House File 4502. This legislation is the Conservation Improvement Program (CIP) <br />modernization that we have been working on with Minnesota Municipal Utilities <br />Association (MMUA) and Minnesota Rural Electric Association for the past two years <br />plus. <br /> <br /> The MMUA Government Relations Committee hosted guests Minnesota Department of <br />Commerce Commissioner Steve Kelley, Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Energy <br />Resources Katherine Blauvelt, and Public Utilities Regulation Unit Manager Jessica <br />Burdette on the May 1 video conference. Commissioner Kelley wanted to speak to the <br />committee about utility disconnection policy. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />208 <br />