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Page 2 Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission March 10, 2009 3. Consider Consent Agenda Jerry Gumphrey moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: February Check Register February 24, 2009, Minutes Financial Reports Signature Card Resolution Daryl Thompson seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 5.1 Staff Updates Vance Zehringer reported sales of electricity were up 12% from last year. Water sales for Febniary were down 8.5% from last year, however sales year-to-date are up 2.9% from last year. Vance briefed the Commission on the meeting with Connexus Energy regarding future wholesale power and the relationship with Connexus and GRE. A letter of interest was signed with CMMPA for joining the Big Stone II project. They were notif ed the estimated load ERMU would need would be 30 megawatts. Quotes were recently received for inspecting the integrity of the Jackson Street Water tower. They will be reviewed and a recommendation will be made at the next ERMU commission meeting. Anew group called Citizens Energy Plan (CEP), from Willmar, Minnesota has a goal to present a national energy plan to the US Congress no later than September 2010. Vance wanted to remind the Commissioners that the Energy Expo will be April 18, 2009, at the Twin Lakes Elementary School from 10:00 to 3:00. The HR agreement has been finalized and approved by the City Council. Theresa Slominski updated Commission on the CAPX2020 and MMTG contributions. The auditors were here last week. There are still some things to be finished. The financials for the next ERMU Commission meeting will be January and February. David Berg said staff is in the process of cleaning the tanks at Well #2 and Well #3, prepping them for repainting. The MN Department of Health has responded that the yearly water quality report has to be mailed to the customers address and cannot be put in the City newsletter. Some samples will be provided for selection of the format to use for this years report to consumers. The Water Conservation Clinic will be held March 28, 2009, at City Hall from 8:30 to 1:00. Mark Fuchs reported staff continues with tree trimming, cutout replacement, fuse coordination, and testing generators at the plant. A crew is working on installing a new service for Aggregate Industries. It was recently discovered that the paging system is not working properly. Staff has been working with Sherburne County to correct this problem. At the last ERMU Commission meeting it was stated that there might be a possibility of ERMU joining in on the City's fuel contract. This was not allowed by the fuel contractor, we instead had to have our own contract which was slightly more but still a good price.