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Page 2 <br />Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />June 11, 2013 <br />  <br />  <br /> <br />John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-0. <br />3.0 OPEN MIC <br /> Joseph Steffel, Buffalo Utilities Director, on behalf of all the agency members, welcomed <br />ERMU to the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency. <br /> <br />5.3 District 30A House Representative Nick Zerwas Legislative Update <br /> <br /> Representative Nick Zerwas gave an update to the Commission about the recent legislative <br />session. Although he is on the Health & Human Services Committee, he is still very knowledgeable <br />about other Bills. He briefly discussed some of the Bills that could affect ERMU with emphasis on the <br />solar energy Bill. Representative Zerwas was a huge advocate for ERMU and municipal utilities <br />throughout this session and management and the commission thanked him for his support. <br />4.0 OLD BUSINESS <br /> There was no old business. <br />5.0 NEW BUSINESS <br />5.1 2012 Year-End Reserve Balances <br /> Theresa Slominski presented the 2012 Year-End Reserve Balances for the Electric and <br />Water departments. Discussion followed. The Electric department’s Unrestricted Reserves will <br />be designated as working capital for PCAs, territory acquisition, and purchased power contract. <br />The Water department’s Unrestricted Reserves will be designated for the Freeport Water Tower <br />reconditioning and future infrastructure projects. <br /> It was asked of David Berg if the possibility of a summer water rate is still being <br />considered because of the wet spring/summer we have had thus far and the minimal water usage. <br />He will compile some financial information for the July meeting. <br /> John Dietz requested that some explanation be added to the bottom of the spreadsheet as <br />to what the reserves are designated for. This will be brought back at the July meeting. <br />5.2 Water Availability Charge (WAC) Program <br /> At the June 3rd City Council meeting, the Council adopted Ordinance 13-13, which created a <br />“look back” option for calculating the Service Availability Charge (SAC) for sewer connections. The <br />ordinance is similar to what the City of Otsego uses. The City also adopted a flexible SAC financing <br />option based on their 2012 Ordinance 12-17 which allowed for costs associated with connections to <br />city service be paid as a special assessment. <br />14