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ERMU Commission PolicyG.2a1Payment in Lieu of Taxes and Other Donations to the City of Elk River ______________________________________________________________________________ 3.Donated WaterElk River Municipal Utilities shall donate water for use by the Elk River Fire Department (ERFD) for the purpose of extinguishing fires within the City of Elk River and other cities under contract with the ERFD. For the purpose of creating ice rinks for public/ non-enterprise use, ERMU shall donate water for use by the Elk River Parks Department. Elk River Municipal Utilities shall donate water for the use by the Elk River Streets Department for the use of street sweeping. 4.Donated LaborBecause of specialized skills and equipment, ERMU may be able to provide a better value to our community by donating labor to the City of Elk River. For example, ERMU has trained employees and the equipment to hang banners where the City does not. In this example, ERMU is able to provide this donated service to the City for less cost than a third party, creating greater value to our community. For such situations, ERMU shall donate labor to the City of Elk River, as appropriate, where a greater value is created for our community and where ERMU is not subjected to undue burden. In addition to hanging banners, other examples include: maintenance of street lighting, relamping signal lights, locating underground fiber optics and/or other facilities, administration costs associated with the billing of city franchise fees, installation of temporary lighting, relamping of city ball field lighting, installation and/or maintenance of POLICY HISTORY: Adopted December 6, 1994 Revised June 6, 2008 Revised July 2, 2013 Revised October 13, 2015 Revised January 1, 2016 Revised October 8, 2019 Revised May 11, 2021 ______________________________________________________________________________ Page 2of2 62