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Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Meeting Minutes <br />May 13, 2025 <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />Commissioner Stewart expressed appreciation for the opportunity to enter into a <br />mutually beneficial agreement with another municipal utility. She also recommended that <br />staff establish some form of a deadline on the recloser and transformer sale as their value <br />could decline over time. <br /> <br />Mr. Shepherd requested that staff bring back agreements on sales for commission <br />approval. <br /> <br />There was Commission consensus to pursue staff’s existing plans for asset disposition as <br />well as pausing action on developing a history education center at least until the assets <br />have been removed. The Commission emphasized the desire to remain cost neutral and <br />to ensure that any additional removal charges such as tearing down and restoring walls <br />for engine removal are fully covered by the purchasing entity. <br /> <br />6.0 BUSINESS DISCUSSION <br /> <br />6.1 Staff Updates <br /> <br /> Mr. Hanson shared his appreciation for being able to attend the American Public Power <br />Association’s Cost of Service and Rate Design training in preparation for the rate study to be <br />performed later in the year. <br /> <br /> Following up the discussion on electric vehicle (EV) chargers at the April Commission meeting, <br />Ms. Youngs informed the Commission that representatives at Rockwoods Restaurant were not <br />interested in taking over management of the EV charger which had been installed in their <br />parking lot through a program with the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency. This will require <br />ERMU to remove it. She added that later in the month the Downtown Elk River Business <br />Association plans to discuss their interest in taking over the downtown charger. If they are not <br />interested that unit will also need to be removed by ERMU. Ms. Youngs explained that she had <br />extended ERMU’s contract with the EV charger company for the city hall charger in order to <br />continue to service ERMU’s EV. The term of the contract is three years. There was discussion <br />about future uses of the infrastructure that was installed for the chargers. There was <br />consensus that the Commission no longer needed Ms. Youngs to do a monthly charging recap <br />in her staff update. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mauren informed the Commission that the next meeting was in three weeks, as it had <br />been moved up to ensure a quorum with three commissioners attending a conference during <br />the normal meeting time. Ms. Karpinski added that due to the meeting being moved up some <br />graphs will not be able to be presented at the meeting. <br /> <br />6.2 City Council Update <br /> <br />Chair Dietz provided a City Council Update. <br /> <br />42