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��i <br />Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Thomas Geiser— Operations Director <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />November 14, 2023 <br />6.01e <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Staff have been attending meetings with Sherburne County to plan for the County Road <br />44 project. <br />• Staff is working through maps for the new GIS mapping system that we plan to move <br />froward with in the future. <br />• Working on the 2024 Budget. <br />• Staff assisted the City of Elk River Streets Department by hanging the no overnight <br />parking signs onto ERMU streetlights along Main Street. <br />• We were denied the first round of the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships <br />Regional Grant Topic 3 (Innovative Regional Grid). They encourage all that were denied <br />to resubmit next round. The timing of that is unknown currently. <br />• Bucket Truck 4 from Altec has been delivered to Shakopee. We are waiting for a few <br />adjustments before we take ownership. <br />• Staff participated in the Downtown Trick or Treat event on Friday, October 27. <br />• Another fuse pad had an internal fault. We are working with Irby Electric on a solution. <br />• Temporary Lineworker Jack Gebhardt has been hired as a full time first year apprentice <br />as of Tuesday, October 31. This will fill the vacancy created a year ago. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />144 <br />