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Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Meeting Minutes <br />August 9, 2022 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br /> Commissioner Stewart had a question on the Engineer License Renewal line item. Staff <br />responded. <br /> <br /> Chair Dietz asked for a total dollar increase from 2022 to 2023. Ms. Karpinski explained that <br />the Travel and Training budget was going from about $280,000 to $316,000 and the Dues, <br />Subscriptions, and Fees budget is going from $204,000 to $207,000. <br /> <br /> Commissioner Bell shared his opinion that the training increase across the total budget is not <br />a significant amount. <br /> <br /> Chair Dietz asked how much of the increase was for the deputy general manager’s training. <br />Staff calculated that amount to be $4,300. <br /> <br />5.4 Field Services Facility Expansion Project Update <br /> <br />Mr. Kerzman presented his memo and noted the good progress that had been made on <br />concrete work at the facility. He added that the final inspection for the fire suppression <br />system would need to be completed before a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy could <br />be issued. Mr. Kerzman shared his opinion that the work is in good shape to meet the <br />August 19 date for that milestone. <br /> <br />Chair Dietz asked who would be moving the inventory into the new building. Mr. Kerzman <br />responded that ERMU staff would move the inventory. There was discussion. <br /> <br />Chair Dietz asked how many entrances the building was going to have. Staff responded <br />there would be four. <br /> <br />5.5 Summary of General Manager Performance Evaluation <br /> <br /> Chair Dietz read his summary of the General Manager Performance Evaluation. <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Nadeau and seconded by Commissioner Stewart to approve <br />the Summary of the General Manager Performance Evaluation. Motion carried 4-0. <br /> <br />5.6 County Road 13 Reconstruction Project Update <br /> <br /> Ms. Slominski provided the background on the topic; working with the county and project <br />contractor to find an agreed upon price for the County Road 13 Reconstruction project. Ms. <br />Slominski explained that staff believes there are costs being passed along to ERMU due to <br />inefficient project management, in particular for 181 feet of road removal that only became <br />necessary due to a disregard of the preplanning notes. <br /> <br /> Ms. Slominski explained that staff had identified the linear foot cost for that 181 feet to be <br />$14,556 which staff felt should be subtracted from the invoice amount of about $212,000. <br />38