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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 12, 2024 <br />6.01e <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Working through the second round of maps for the new GIS mapping system that we <br />plan to move forward with in the future. Maps 1 through 30 are complete. <br />• Attending Advanced Metering Infrastructure meetings weekly with other ERMU staff. <br />• Working through 2025 projects and equipment/material needs. <br />• Working with staff on our future East substation project. <br />• Working with staff to review Pole Attachment Agreements. <br />• Working with staff to review the Security/Streetlight Service Agreements and 2025 <br />Utilities Fee Schedule. <br />• Starting the design process of the Highway 169 overhead rebuild from the North <br />substation to the landfill. We will be replacing the poles and the 4/0 aluminum - <br />conductor steel -reinforced (ACSR) cable with new poles and 336 ACSR. This will take a <br />few winters to complete. <br />• Working with staff on the Otsego Streetlight audit. <br />• Reviewing Verizon pole attachment agreements, they are planning a fiber loop from the <br />Parrish Avenue bridge up Main Street, along Mississippi Road to Waco Street, down <br />Business Center Drive, over to Gary Street then following Highway 10 back to Main <br />Street. <br />• With the mild weather, staff is starting an underground rebuild project that was planned <br />for spring of 2025. There are a few projects that were scheduled for 2024 that never <br />developed, so we will utilize those funds. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />159 <br />