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��i <br />Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Chris Sumstad — Electric Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />November 14, 2023 <br />6.01f <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Installed 20 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line <br />once the customer requests service. <br />• Installed new three phase services at Waterfront Retail and Starbucks, both located in <br />Otsego. <br />• Line crews assisted the substation technician with maintenance work that was <br />completed this past month at Station 14 substation. Work included switching out Bank 3 <br />to other sources, replacing three reclosers, testing four others, as well as switch <br />maintenance and relay work. <br />• Our work for the County Road 44 project is nearing completion with some overhead <br />sections being removed this week along Meadowvale Road from Highway 10 to County <br />Road 1. We moved or replaced underground in other areas and rerouted a feeder line to <br />run along Vernon Avenue, between Highway 10 and Meadowvale Road. <br />• Work is wrapping up on the underground primary replacement job on Rawlins Street, <br />Pascal Drive, and 201s' Avenue in northwest Elk River. The new wire replaces 40+ year <br />old open concentric cable that was susceptible to faults. <br />• Scott Thoreson attended Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association's (MMUA) Tree <br />Trimming Workshop in Brainerd, Oct. 17-19. <br />• Joe Schmidt was here on October 25 and 26 and held training for all staff on fire safety. <br />• We had a fuse pad fail on October 26 in Otsego, leaving 36 customers without power for <br />approximately 50 minutes. <br />• A contractor dug into our three phase underground primary at the new Plants & Things <br />site. <br />• Jay Reading from MMUA was here for a Job Training & Safety session on November 2. <br />He spoke on small cell antennas and radio frequency radiation. <br />• Jack Gebhardt started as an Apprentice Lineworker on October 31. Previously he was in <br />our temporary lineworker position. Welcome Jack! <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />145 <br />