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Elk River -=~ Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway ~ P.O. Box 430 Elk River, MN 55330-0430 Apri17, 2009 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission John Dietz Jerry Gumphrey Daryl Thompson From: Troy Adams Subj: Staff Updates -Director of Operations Phone: 763.441.2020 Fax: 763.441.8099 On March 19`x', Commissioner Dietz and management met with Rod Kelsey from Riley, Dettmann & Kelsey to review partial results from the job description questionnaires and the job evaluation system to be applied to them. Still missing are job description questionnaires for the tvvo new positions created during the Utilities recent staff restructuring. These two new positions are for the Director of Operations and the Superintendent of Technical Services. The job evaluation system and it application to the job description questionnaires that staff had completed are really intuitive and easily used. Management is in the process of reviewing the results to provide feedback to Mr. Kelsey. The City of Elk River has begun work on an agreement between the Utilities and the City for the sharing of the City Public Works Director for supervision of the Water Superintendent. A draft of the agreement is attached for the Commission's review. No action is needed at this time. Connexus Energy has resumed working on a distribution interconnection agreement with ERMU for the Waco Substation. Elk River Municipal Utilities has distribution interconnection agreements with Connexus for the North Substation and Substation 14 -Bank 4. At both of these substations, Connexus has taken a feeder out of the sub. At the Waco Substation, Connexus is requesting to take a feeder out to be used as an emergency backup. The interconnection agreements have been 5 year rolling agreements covering shared costs based on usage. This new agreement will be similar and was originally discussed with ERMU before the Waco Substation was constructed. During the second week of May there will be a number of American Public Power Association (APPA) trainings offered in the Twin Cities area. Included in the selection of trainings are some public power rate design classes. A number of the Utility's managers plan to attend some of the trainings. The costs for these trainings are covered in the 2009 budget.