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<br />ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br />REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION <br /> <br />November 14, 2006 <br /> <br />Members Present: Jerry Takle, President; John Dietz, Vice Chair; James Tralle, Trustee <br />Staff Present: Bryan Adams, General Manager; Glenn Sundeen, Line Superintendent; <br />Theresa Slominski, Finance Director/Office Manager; <br />Troy Adams, Engineering Manager; Judy McSpadden, Recording Clerk <br />Other Present: Lori Johnson, City Administrator; Nick Zerwas, Future City Councilman; <br />Greg Oxley, MMUA <br /> <br />1. Call meetin2 to order November 14.2006 <br />President Jerry Takle called the November 14,2006, meeting to order. <br /> <br />2. Consider Utilities A2enda <br />Bryan Adams added one item for discussion under Other Business. John Dietz moved to <br />approve the November 14, 2006, Utilities Agenda as amended. James Tralle seconded the <br />motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />3. Consider Consent A2enda <br />John Dietz questioned the purchased power sales difference from last year to this year, <br />staff responded. John also verified the overtime would stop, Glenn Sundeen responded the <br />only overtime would be due to outages but much ofthe ovetime now is in the water <br />department. Jerry Takle asked about the check verification process, staff responded. John <br />Dietz moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: <br /> <br />October Check Register <br />October 10, 2006, Minutes <br />Financials <br /> <br />James Tralle seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />5.1 Staff Up-dates <br />Bryan Adams reviewed the advertising for Security System monitoring. There have been <br />numerous inquiries from residents that were being monitored by another company and are <br />now looking into utilizing our monitoring service because their contracts are about to expire. <br />John Dietz asked ifthe resident would have to buy a new system or if the existing system in <br />the home would work. Bryan responded that we could utilize the existing system. Bryan <br />briefed the Commissioners on the upcoming need to invest in transmission lines, the future <br />territory takeover within the City limits of Elk River from Connexus, and MMUA discussions <br />involving renewable energy and the language behind it. Two employees submitted their <br />resignation, one from the office and one from the line crew. Staffis currently seeking to fill <br />the office position, but the lineman position won't be filled until after the first of the year. <br />