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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br />REGULAR MEETING OF THE UTILITIES COMMISSION <br />HELD AT THE UPPERTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM <br />September 10, 2024 <br />Members Present: Chair John Dietz, Vice Chair Mary Stewart, Commissioners Paul Bell, Matt <br />Westgaard, and Nick Zerwas <br />ERMU Staff Present: Mark Hanson, General Manager <br />Sara Youngs, Administrations Director <br />Melissa Karpinski, Finance Manager <br />Tony Mauren, Governance & Communications Manager <br />Tom Geiser, Operations Director <br />Chris Sumstad, Electric Superintendent <br />Mike Tietz, Technical Services Superintendent <br />Dave Ninow, Water Superintendent <br />Jenny Foss, Communications & Administrative Coordinator <br />Others Present: Jared Shepherd, Attorney; Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />1.0 GOVERNANCE <br />1.1 Call Meeting to Order <br />The regular meeting of the Utilities Commission was called to order at 3:30 p.m. by Chair Dietz. <br />1.2 Pledge of Allegiance <br />The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. <br />1.3 Consider the Agenda <br />There were no additions or corrections to the agenda. <br />Moved by Commissioner Stewart and seconded by Commissioner Bell to approve the <br />September 10, 2024, agenda. Motion carried 5-0 <br />1.4 Resolution Recognizing 2024 Public Power Week <br />Mr. Sumstad presented his memo asking the Commission to recognize Public Power Week <br />2024. Mr. Sumstad explained that ERMU is proud to be a public power provider with a goal of <br />providing reliable, affordable power that is beneficial to the community. Mr. Sumstad also <br />highlighted how well public power utilities support one another, citing a recent example with <br />mutual aid provided to those utilities in the area with outages after major storms in August. <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Meeting Minutes <br />September 10, 2024 <br />Page 1 <br />