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<br />ELI( RI\7ER l\ll!I\~ICIP~~L lJTILITIES <br />RE,GlTL~~I~ I\IEETING OF THE <br />liTILITIES COrVll\lISSION <br /> <br />Septenlber 13, 2005 <br /> <br />fv'1en1bers Present: Jerry "rakle~ Presidenl~ John Dietz~ \,Tjce Chair~ Ja111eS Tralle~ Trustee <br />Stat1~ Present: Br)~an l\dan1s~ Generall\/lanager; Glelu1 Sundeen~ Line Superintendent; <br />Da\te Berg~ \\7a1er Superintendent~ 1-heresa Slonlinski~ Officel\ilanager <br />Others Present: i\.nthony Hedlot: I\'1CI\ilU; Lori Jolulson~ City Financial Director <br /> <br />1. Call meeting to order September ]3~ 2005 <br />President JelTy-rakle called the Septenlber 13~ 2005 111eeting to order at 4:00 p.nl. <br /> <br />2. Consider Utilities i\genda <br />JiITI Tralle moved to appro\/e the Septenlber 13~ 2005 lJtilities i\genda \vith <br />additional iteITIS for discussion under Other Business. John Dietz seconded the I11otion. <br />l\/lotion carried 3-0. JOIUl Dietz added t\VO iten1s to other business. <br /> <br />3. Consider Consent ~~genda <br />Jill1 Tralles lTIo\'ed to appro\"e the Consent ~L\genda as follo\vs: <br /> <br />./\ugust Check Register <br />i\ugust 16~ 2005 J\/Iinutes <br />Financials <br /> <br />JOh11 Dietz seconded the Illation. Ivlotion calTied 3-0. <br /> <br />5.1 Staff Up-dates <br />Bryan Adarns shared that the grap11s previously discussed sho\\/ed an increase in electric <br />and \vater conslunption. Electrical outages \vere the result of cars hitting poles. Crevv~s are <br />preparing for projects before the on slot of \vinter. <br /> <br />Glel1I1 Sundeen affill11ed that recent outages \vere 1110re the result of ve11icles than <br />an)1hing else. The outage in Otsego on Sunday 1110rning \vas fr0l11 a car hitting a natural gas <br />facility causing a pole fire and bU111ing do\vn \vires. Recent thunderstorlTIS resulted in SI11311 <br />outages \vitl1lightning strikes~ tree lilnbs falling~ \vind~ and a transfornler flooding. <br />