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Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Mike Tietz —Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />June 13, 2023 <br />6.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In May, the locators processed 656 locate tickets. These consisted of 555 normal tickets, <br />4 emergency tickets, 62 updated tickets, 15 cancellations, 18 meets, 1 non -excavation, <br />and 1 correction. This resulted in a 55.1% increase in tickets from the previous month <br />and is a 1.7% increase from the prior May. <br />• Electrical technicians completed 270 service order tasks, updated the power bill, <br />addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns. <br />• On May 26, staff ran generators #1, #2 & #3. About 45 minutes into the run on <br />generator #3, a fuse blew on one of the raw -water pumps causing the temperature to <br />rise quickly. Staff took the generator offline quickly and shut down the engine. Staff will <br />be getting estimates to rewind the motor vs. replacement. <br />• Testing of SCADA operation for the new Station #14, Bank #4 feeder has been <br />completed. A fiber communication conduit was installed through the substation yard to <br />the control house in preparation for our next fiber connection to a substation. Also, staff <br />added crushed rock to the Station #14 substation entrance. <br />• We met with TKDA on May 22 to discuss development of our Advanced Metering <br />Infrastructure (AMI) installation RFP and their consulting services for inspection of the <br />installation contractor's work. The AMI kick-off meeting was held on May 31 with Core <br />& Main and Sensus representatives in attendance. Discussion topics covered all aspects <br />of the project and I found it reassuring that National Information Solutions Cooperative <br />& Sensus have worked together on numerous other projects. We have started to receive <br />the AMI network radio equipment and have done a preliminary walkthrough at each of <br />the water towers to make sure there won't be any last-minute surprises. I anticipate the <br />AMI radio network will be operational by the end of June. We are optimistic that the <br />initial deployment meters will arrive late August or early September so that we can start <br />testing the system. <br />Page IofI <br />