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Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Meeting Minutes <br />January 12, 2021 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Chair Dietz had a question about the appeals process for the committee’s decisions. Ms. <br />Slominski responded that the goal of the committee is to give customers the chance to <br />address the appointed commission member along with staff. Ms. Slominski explained that <br />each gathering of the committee will generate a report to be brought back to the <br />Commission for further action or to report a resolution. <br />It was confirmed by Ms. Slominski that this committee would only meet as needed. <br />Attorney Beck shared that this is parallel to City Council’s administrative hearing process, <br />adding that formation of such a committee is best practice. <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Stewart and seconded by Commissioner Westgaard to adopt <br />the proposed Dispute Resolution Committee Charter. Motion carried 5-0. <br /> <br />4.2 Electronic Funds Transfer Policy <br />Ms. Slominski shared that direction from the auditors was that best practice would be to <br />establish an Electronic Funds Transfer Policy. The management policy was presented for <br />the Commission to review with an action item to annually authorize the finance manager <br />to make electronic funds transfers on the utilities’ behalf. <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Nadeau and seconded by Commissioner Stewart to delegate <br />and authorize the Finance Manager to make electronic funds transfers of Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities. Motion carried 5-0. <br /> <br />5.0 BUSINESS ACTION <br /> <br />5.1 Financial Report – November 2020 <br /> <br />Ms. Karpinski presented the November 2020 financial report as outlined in her memo. <br /> <br />Chair Dietz noted the higher sales for the water department. Mr. Ninow speculated that <br />with people spending more time at home and a dryer year there has been higher water <br />usage. <br />Moved by Commissioner Westgaard and seconded by Commissioner Bell to receive the <br />November 2020 Financial Report. Motion carried 5-0. <br />5.2 COVID-19 Emergency Leaves <br /> Ms. Slominski presented her memo on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act which <br />recommended the extension of emergency leave policy through March 2021. This <br />30