5.3. SR 02-08-2010 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Dear Mayor Klinzning and Councilman 2/2/ 1 a I sincerely hope that the Elk River Municipals employees have sent comments to all of you on Ron Touchette actions in the last few months. At a number of Elk River 1Vlunicipals Utilities hoard meetings the employees, the city attorney, Ellc River city administrator and the Utilities commissioners all had a number of comments on how Ron Touchette voiced his view on his out standing bill. Not only did the Utilities restore power to the properties before tie Utilities had a account set up for Ron Touche~e in good faith but also to insure the current business's operating on the properties in questioned could keep open. With in a few days of the account being set up Ron Touchette refused to pay the bill, and on a number of occasions the Elk River Utilities informed Ron Touchette that the power would be shut off, if the bill was not paid. During this time Ron would then raise more issues not only with ERIVIU employees, the ERIVIU Commissioners and who ever else would listen. In the summer of 2007, one of Ron Touchette properties on Main St in Ellc River had a water issue late on a Friday evening. He had contacted the Utilities, In fact the water department. The issue wasn't getting resolved fast enough for Ron so he contacted me. After listening to his very passionate responds and how he is going to sue the Utilities and the city, I told him I would look into it and at the time I contacted Aryan Adams. Bryan was already taking care of it along with Dave Berg. In January of 2010 after listening to staff about Ion's action in fact Troy Adams who is Director of Operations at ERMU when he delivered my packet to my home I had enough. I also need to mention another very unpleasant voice mail Ron had left me a few weeks earlier again in regards do his bill and all the legal actions he is going to take. In mid January after this was printed in the paper I received an e-mail from a former employee of the City of Elk River Michele IVlorton Bergh. She stated that as an Elk River employee she was on the receiving end of Ron's actions a number of times while she was an employed with the City.