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Page 5 <br /> Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> April 17,2008 <br /> look the same printing them in-house and staff responded that they would. <br /> Glenn Sundeen reported that tree trimming continues with three crews focusing on that <br /> completely. The issues that were found with the infrared study have now all been completed. <br /> There was some proactive maintenance done to remove several porcelain cutouts and replace <br /> them with polymer cutouts. In doing this many problems were discovered and he estimates that <br /> they saved themselves from at least 6 outages by doing this maintenance. John Dietz stated that <br /> he was out walking one Sunday and noticed that there were some utility employees doing some <br /> work at a customer's place of business and questioned why that was done on a Sunday when we <br /> would have to pay double time wages. Glenn responded that it was at the customer's request as <br /> the only time they had available and we will always try to work with the customers. <br /> 5.2 Review Jackson Street Water Tower Issue <br /> At our March 2008 Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission meeting,the future of the <br /> Jackson Street Water Tower was discussed. The tower either has to be painted or removed. The <br /> estimated cost to remove the tower is in the $35,000 range and then the lot can be redeveloped. <br /> The estimated cost of painting is in the$55,000 to$60,000 range with repainting every 10 to 12 <br /> years. <br /> Lori Johnson from the city was present to be able to report to the HPC when they meet to <br /> discuss the future of the tower. <br /> John Dietz made a motion that we recommend to the City Council that if someone/organization <br /> shared in the cost of painting the tower,the Elk River Municipal Utilities would move forward <br /> with painting it. Jerry Gumphrey seconded. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> 6.3 Review&Consider Bid Tabulation for Electric Cable <br /> On April 9,2008,bids were received to furnish and deliver our electric cable needs for the <br /> 2008 planned work. Staff recommends awarding to the lowest responsive bidders,Border States <br /> Electric Company for the primary cable and Resco Electric Utility Supply for the secondary cable. <br /> John Dietz questioned how the escalation cost works. Staff responded. <br /> Jerry Gumphrey made a motion to award the bid to Border States Electric Company for the <br /> primary cable and Resco Electric Utility Supply for the secondary cable. John Dietz seconded the <br /> motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> 6.4 Review& Consider Bid Tabulation for Install UG Cable <br /> The 2008 electric budget contains a$180,000 item to replace the 30 year±cable in the <br /> Brentwood area. On April 9, 2008,bids were received to install the underground cable. Staff will <br /> be installing the necessary equipment basements,transformers, and cable terminations. Staff <br /> recommends awarding to the lowest responsive bidder,Michels Pipeline Construction. Jerry <br /> Gumphrey questioned the accuracy of the low bid since it was substantially below the others <br /> presented. Staff responded that they did question the bidder and was told they really wanted the <br />