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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 />January 14, 2025 <br />6.1e <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 50 are complete. <br />• Attended Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association's Technical & Operations <br />Conference in St. Cloud December 11-12. <br />• Working with two different firms to get quotes to perform our arc flash and fuse <br />coordination study in 2025. <br />• Started ordering material and equipment for the 2025 construction season. <br />• Still working through Verizon pole attachments. <br />• On December 11, we experienced a failure of a switchgear due to high levels of water in <br />the oil related to a gasket/lid issue. Currently, 15 switchgear units have similar moisture <br />levels in the oil. ERMU has ordered 15 Federal Pacific replacement units, but delivery is <br />not expected until December 2025. Due to extremely long lead times, staff will be <br />filtering the oil to reduce the moisture. Purchase of these units was not included in the <br />2025 budget. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />•A <br />