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��i <br />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 />July 9, 2024 <br />6.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />In June, the locators processed 428 locate tickets. These consisted of 338 normal tickets, <br />5 emergency tickets, 45 updated tickets, 10 cancellations, 10 meets, 5 boundary <br />surveys, 1 correction, and 14 non -excavations. This resulted in a 29.3% decrease in <br />tickets from the previous month and is a 34.8% decrease from the prior June. <br />Electrical technicians completed approximately 514 service order tasks, updated the <br />power bill, addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns. <br />• The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) residential water meters and residential <br />electric meters continue to be installed in new services. The electrical technicians have <br />been busy changing out our Automated Meter Reading meters to AMI around the <br />system and recently completed the meter installations at several different apartment <br />buildings. TKDA's inspector has been performing random inspections of Allegiant's <br />water meter installations to make sure that the contractor is performing the work to <br />ERMU's standards and following the contract. <br />• For the month of June, staff did not run generators at the power plant. <br />• We have received the soil borings and resistivity test results and have forwarded them <br />to DGR for engineering analysis for our East substation project. Also, staff and I have <br />been reviewing control building options for this project and should have a decision <br />made soon. <br />• Great River Energy discontinued use of their feeder tie at Station #14, bank 3 substation <br />on June 12. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />178 <br />