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Page 2 Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission October 9, 2007 Theresa Slominski said Steve McDonald, auditor, was recently at the office in preparation of the upcoming audit, and discussed changes necessary regarding internal control documentation. Theresa also informed commissioners about a customer very disappointed with the deposit policy. Jerry Takle asked if there have been any problems with BillFlash. Theresa responded the bills have been going out on time and there are not many postal address errors. David Berg said the cord that was previously stolen from one of the wells has been repaired and is now in a gated area. Well #5 was shut down for repairs, and the Johnson Street tower carved the additional load. Troy Adams reported 11 security system sales with 22 service calls. Security cameras are being installed at various locations. Virginia transformer is currently inspecting the substation transformer at their location and should be delivering to the Waco site by the end of the month. Updated map books are being printed, and one of the locators has been utilizing a laptop in place of the map book, which has been working well. 5.2 Review Abandoned Water Service Policy At the September Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission meeting, we discussed the issue of abandoned water services. Jerry Gumphrey suggested setting a fixed fee instead of the owner paying the estimated cost to make repairs in the event the water service started leaking. Staff recommends the following proposed language be adopted. In the case where local unit of government will not issue a street disruption permit to allow the proper abandonment of water service, property owner shall pay Elk River Municipal Utilities the estimated costs to properly abandon water service along with GPS coordinates of the abandoned water stop. The Elk River Municipal Utilities will then assume all future liability to properly abandon water services and shall do so in case of service line leaks. Estimated cost shall be X2500. If in the future the water service is reused, the Elk River Municipal Utilities will refund the initial paid amount to the property owner. In the event a service to be reused is not ofproper materials per Section 104, a new service shall be installed by owner and old service shall be abandoned by Elk River Municipal Utilities. Jerry Takle moved to adopt the proposed language for Abandoned Water Services. Jerry Gumphrey seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-0. 5.3 Review Health Insurance As discussed at the last commission meeting, the renewal for health insurance costs will increase 12.7% this year. The insurance premiums from last year compared to this year were reviewed along with the cost sharing between the employee and the employer. The employee insurance task group met to discuss the renewal insurance cost and prefers to stay with the same policy. The task group also discussed the possibility of adding a H.S.A. plan under a