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Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Meeting Minutes <br />April 8, 2025 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Zerwas and seconded by Commissioner Bell to award the <br />Performance Metrics and Compensation Distribution of 3% to qualifying employees per <br />the terms of the policy. Motion carried 5-0. <br /> <br />4.4 Commission Policy Review – G.4a – Succession of Leadership <br /> <br />Mr. Mauren presented his memo which proposed changes to the commission policy <br />establishing that the interim acting general manager job description would effectively be <br />the current general manager's job description until a special meeting is convened to <br />establish the role description. <br /> <br />The memo also established the operations director as the primary successor and the <br />administration director as the secondary successor. <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Zerwas and seconded by Commissioner Westgaard to approve <br />recommended language updates. Motion carried 5-0. <br /> <br />4.5 Electric Vehicle Charger Discussion <br /> <br />In response to staff’s question, the Commission expressed no interest in offering free <br />energy through ERMU’s currently owned EV chargers. They directed staff to hold <br />discussions with local stakeholders (the Downtown Elk River Business Association and <br />Rockwoods restaurant) to gauge their interest in taking over the chargers in the <br />downtown Elk River parking lot and near the restaurant, respectively. If there is no <br />interest the Commission directed staff to proceed with removing the chargers. ERMU will <br />continue to operate a public charger at City Hall as a means to service its own EV. <br /> <br />5.0 BUSINESS ACTION <br /> <br />5.1 Financial Report – February 2025 <br /> <br />Ms. Karpinski presented the financial report for February 2025. The report shows a profit <br />of approximately $412,000 with a profit margin of 5.6%. Both electric and water <br />departments performed favorably compared to budget. Increased usage and sales helped <br />contribute to favorable results in the electric and water budgets. There was discussion. <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Westgaard and seconded by Commissioner Stewart to receive <br />the February 2025 Financial Report. Motion carried 5-0. <br /> <br />5.2 Annual Reliability Report <br /> <br /> Mr. Tietz presented his memo which highlighted report data on ERMU’s result from the 2024 <br />eReliaiblity Tracker. Mr. Tietz highlighted report data showing that tree contact caused 37% <br />of outages in 2024, squirrels caused 26%, and vehicle accidents caused 9%. Mr. Tietz <br />47