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Page 2 <br /> Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> September 20,2006 <br /> 5.1 Staff Up-dates <br /> Bryan Adams informed the Commission that David Berg was at water school. The Security <br /> department has acquired 19 new security accounts this last month. The Med-Alert security <br /> system has been very successful. The Foster Water Tower is being emptied for the winter,and <br /> hydrant/valve repairs are being done. APPA did a study on average contributions paid to the <br /> cities by their municipal electric utility. The overall national average is 5.3%and in 2005 the Elk <br /> River Municipal Utilities contributed$720,571 or 5.56%to the City of Elk River. Bryan also <br /> briefed the Commission on the open house at the landfill for the addition of the 4th LFG engine. <br /> Bryan also informed the Commission of the poor condition the Hwy 10 street lights are in. The <br /> City or MN DOT needs to address this issue. <br /> Glenn Sundeen reported on the status of the three road projects that are currently underway. <br /> Work continues on the feeders and substations. The numerous projects can cause scheduling <br /> conflicts at times causing a crew to be pulled off one job to go to another. <br /> Theresa Slominski informed the Commission that she received the abatement check for <br /> $15,270(penalty and interest)from the 2004 sales tax issue. Also received were the two capital <br /> equipment sales tax refunds of approximately$95,000. Theresa gave an update on the IRS issue. <br /> There is a software Power Manager user group meeting that some of the staff are attending. This <br /> will be very informative as there will be other users there and also the programmers. <br /> Troy Adams displayed a map he has been working on that delineates the numerous feeders on <br /> the electrical distribution system. Troy has been working with the GPS information for current <br /> mapping. <br /> 5.2 Review Utility Web Page <br /> For the last couple of months staff has been working with M.R. Danielson Advertising to <br /> develop a web site for the Elk River Municipal Utilities. Theresa Slominski demonstrated the <br /> web site and the future choices that will be available. Greg Scherber and Michelle Martindale <br /> from the utility staff have been spearheading this project and have been doing a great job keeping <br /> it moving forward. <br /> 5.3 Update on MIN Department of Revenue <br /> A letter from Steve McDonald of Abdo,Eick&Meyers,LLP,regarding their review of the <br /> MN Sales Tax and Use Audit was discussed. The sales tax collection versus remittance issue <br /> was resolved along with the verification of the connection fee issue. It seems that several other <br /> municipal utilities have been recently audited and have had similar results. John Dietz mentioned <br /> he would like the auditors to help the utility out with the changing tax laws for the future. The <br /> final amount has been agreed upon with the State,$140,887.95 tax and$13,938.96 interest for a <br /> total of$154,826.91,and is due by November 21 St <br />