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5,1 Meeting of the Elk River Energy City Commission Elk River City Hall Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Members Present: Chair Casey Mahon, Vice Chair Vern Iverson, Cory Grupa, Mark Peterson, Levi Aespoh, Reggie Vanlonden, and Sara Youngs. Members Absent: Commissioners Tony Miller, and Jon Cappaert Staff Present: Suzanne Fischer, Env. Services/Special Projects Director, Karen Wingard, Recreation Coordinator 1. Call Meeting to Order Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Energy City Commission was called to order by Chair Mahon at 8:02 a.m. 2. Pledge of Allegiance Commissioner Mahon led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. ConsiderAgenda & Minutes Commissioner Grupa moved to approve the agenda, seconded by Commissioner Aesoph. 4. There were no minutes to approve from the prior meeting. Discussion notes only. 5.1 Elect new Commission Chair Due to current Chair Mahon moving outside of Elk River, Commissioner Grupa nominated Vice Chair Iverson as the new Chair, seconded by Commissioner Vanlonden. Election of new Vice -Chair was tabled to the Sept. 20, 2023, meeting. 5.2 Status of Eagle Scout Project Karen Wingard stated that the scout has not reached out to any of the contacts provided for technical assistance and stated that this project may be too overwhelming for him. An alternative option for him to consider is to assist with the installation of a fabricated solar picnic table instead. The Commission agreed and directed staff to proceed with providing examples of various models that would be appropriate for Orono Park. Karen will visit with the scout on this change to confirm his interest level and participation. The Commission will purchase the selected model with funds in the 2023 budget. Solar table specs will be shared with ERMU staff for review and consultation. The 3 old solar panels will be listed on govdeals.com. 5.3 Budget The current budget of the ECC is $49,050, of which 15% is dedicated to staff salary. There is $20K in Operating Supplies. Some of that will be used for the new solar picnic table. There have been no expenditures YTD in the line item. The $15K grant from the Initiative Foundation was a pass through and did not have an impact on the Commission's budget.