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Elk River .~ <br />Municip al Utilitie s <br />13069 Orono Parkway . P.O. Box 430 Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Elk River, NIN 55330-0430 Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />TO: Elk River Utilities Commission <br />John Dietz <br />Jerry Gumphrey <br />Daryl Thompson <br />FROM: Wade Lovelette <br />SUBJ: Staff Update -Technical Services Department <br />The following is a summary of projects and/or updates over the past several weeks: <br />1. The Locating Department had a total of 60 locate tickets for January. Some of <br />these were meets which required several trips back to the same area as needed to <br />mark utilities. Two of the tickets were emergency locates. <br />2. The Metering Department continues with weekly and monthly substation checks, <br />changing out meters to the radio read meters, and doing the monthly power bill. <br />3. The Security Systems Department had a total of 57 phone contacts, 8 personal <br />visits, 8 systems quoted, 7 sales made, 8 installs completed and 20 service calls <br />for the month of February. <br />4. Power plant staff has performed the monthly run of the generators. The <br />generators seem to be running great. <br />5. Michael Price and I attended a UMMA (Upper Midwest Metering Assoc) <br />conference in St. Cloud this past month. Very informative. It covered topics such <br />as: electricity theft, liability, arc flash, etc. <br />6. Steve Ziemer attended the fuel seminar put on by Beaudry Oil at the Rockwoods <br />center in Otsego. He learned a lot about fuels and the algae that grows in it. Also <br />about the changes to diesel engines and exhaust. <br />7. Chris Sumstad, Jeff Murray and I attended the MMUA Meter school in Marshall <br />at the end of the February. They took track one which was basic metering and I <br />took track two which was advanced metering. <br />