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Page 3 Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission June 11, 2013 In ERMU’s Policy 5.0 – Water Rules, the Water Availability Charge (WAC) is determined by the City’s calculation of SAC units. The logic behind that is typically water in = water out so it is a good justification to follow the City’s calculations. Staff recommended that ERMU follow in step with the City on the “look back” option for the WAC charges. Discussion followed. Daryl Thompson made a motion to approve the change to ERMU’s Water Rules. John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-0. 6.0 OTHER BUSINESS John Dietz noted an article that he had come across about Anoka Municipal Utility’s rate increase starting July 1. There had not been a rate increase since 2009, but will now increase by 8.5% within a two-phase process. 6.1 Staff Updates Troy Adams talked about a water main issue on Fillmore Ave. in the Kliever Lake Fields addition. The developer of this project is looking to build single family homes instead of more townhomes, which is what the development was platted for, so a change will have to be made to our water main. The ideal option would be looping the water mains so there would be no stagnant water, but there is concern over cost. We worked out an option that the water main under all of the townhome private drives will be turned over to the homeowners association to maintain. This issue is currently with the planning commission and ERMU will follow suit with their decision. Troy Adams also mentioned that the Water Department is looking to make a Private Hydrant program for those businesses/associations that own water hydrants. To the general public, it probably looks as though ERMU owns all the hydrants in Elk River, however there are several that are private. ERMU has been providing maintenance to these hydrants at no cost, but is looking to bring back a maintenance fee program to recoup costs and for liability reasons. This will be brought to the July meeting. Another addition to Troy Adams’ staff update is to compile an on-call procedure for the plant engines. We could be called to run our engines at any time so there needs to be an on-call procedure for that. Lastly, Troy Adams’ was asked to consult the commission on purchasing the time and temperature sign at the Elk River Lutheran Church. The church does not have the funds to continue running the sign so they are looking to see if the Utilities wanted to purchase the sign and run it for residents. The commission did not think that it would be a good investment for ERMU. Theresa Slominski wanted to forewarn the commission that ERMU needs to look at new billing software and it could be a large investment at budget time. 15