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<br /> <br />8.13 Payment in Lieu of Taxes <br />(PILOT) and other Donations to the <br />City of Elk River <br />Page 2 of 2 Adopted December 6, 1994 <br />Revised June 6, 2008 <br />Proposed Rev July 2, 2013 <br /> <br />Department Buildings, street lights, and signal lights, ; this shall not include such buildings as <br />Liquor Stores, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ice Arena, or lift stations. <br /> <br />4.0 Donated Water <br /> <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities shall donate water for use by the Elk River Fire Department <br />(ERFD) for the purpose of extinguishing fires within the City of Elk River and other cities under <br />contract with the ERFD. <br /> <br />For the purpose of creating ice rinks for public/ non-enterprise use, ERMU shall donate water for <br />use by the Elk River Parks Department. <br /> <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities shall donate water for the use by the Elk River Streets Department <br />for the use of street sweeping. <br /> <br />5.0 Donated Labor <br /> <br />Because of specialized skills and equipment, ERMU may be able to provide a better value to our <br />community by donating labor to the City of Elk River. For example, ERMU has trained <br />employees and the equipment to hang banners where the City does not. In this example, ERMU <br />is able to provide this donated service to the City for less cost than a third party, creating greater <br />value to our community. For such situations, ERMU shall donate labor to the City of Elk River, <br />as appropriate, where a greater value is created for our community and where ERMU is not <br />subjected to undue burden. <br /> <br />In addition to hanging banners, other examples include: maintenance of street lighting, relamping <br />signal lights, locating underground fiber optics and/or other facilities, administration costs <br />associated with the billing of city franchise fees, installation of temporary lighting, relamping of <br />city ball field lighting, installation and/or maintenance of city warning sirens, meter reading for <br />wastewater, assistance with tree trimming, etc… <br /> <br />The ERMU’s and City of Elk River shares expenses for the Minnesota Municipal Utilities <br />Association safety compliance programs as follows: <br /> <br />A. ERMU shall pay the entire fixed cost charge from MMUA. <br />B. ERMU and the City of Elk River shall each pay the per employee unit charge each <br />contribute to the program. <br /> <br /> <br />48