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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Dave Ninow– Water Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />September 9, 20256.1h <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br /> Delivered 14 new water meters, installed a Smart Point radio transceiver module, and <br />took curb stop ties. <br /> Completed 20 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples <br />o All confirmed negative for Coliform Bacteria. <br />o Bacteriological/Disinfectant Residual Monthly Report submitted to the <br />Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). <br /> Completed 21 routine fluoride samples <br />o All samples met MDH standards. <br />o Submitted MDH Fluoride Report <br />Contactors for AT&T have started site work in preparationfor installation of AT&T <br />telecommunication equipment on Freeport Water Tower. They will be ready to start <br />welding work on the tower once they get the steel parts back from IPS/painting. <br /> Water department staff have been working with city staff and the contractor for the <br />Yale Street extension project on the installation of new water main. <br /> The MDH requires that every three years we collect water samples from an interior <br />faucet at 30 households on our water system for lead and copper testing. Staff needed <br />to find residents to participate, deliver sample bottles with instructions to those who <br />agreed, pick up the water samples, and send them into a lab to be tested. The results <br />will be sent to the MDH and to each resident that participated. <br /> The water operators have been going door-to-door speaking to the remaining <br />residential customers that have not had their water meter exchanged for the Advanced <br />Metering Infrastructure project and have not responded to any previous attempts to <br />reach them by phone, email, or traditional mail. They are being met with a range of <br />responses from “Sure, come on in and exchange the meter” to “Just leave me alone.” <br /> Seasonal employee Eric Plude’s last day for this season was August 18. Again, he was a <br />huge help to staff with fire hydrant maintenance, water main valve exercising, and GIS <br />mapping of water system infrastructure. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />111 <br />