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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br />SPECIAL MEETING OF THE UTILITIES COMMISSION <br />HELD AT THE UTILITIES CONFERENCE ROOM <br />December 18, 2025 <br />Members Present: Chair John Dietz, Vice Chair Mary Stewart, Commissioners Jill Larson -Vito, and <br />Matt Westgaard <br />Present via Zoom: Commissioner Nick Zerwas participated in the meeting via interactive <br />television as he was out of town at the time of the meeting <br />ERMU Staff Present: Mark Hanson, General Manager <br />Sara Youngs, Administrations Director <br />Melissa Karpinski, Finance Manager <br />Tony Mauren, Governance & Communications Manager <br />Tom Geiser, Operations Director <br />Jenny Foss, Communications & Administrative Coordinator <br />Others Present: Jared Shepherd, Attorney <br />1.0 GOVERNANCE <br />1.1 Call Meeting to Order <br />The special meeting of the Utilities Commission was called to order at 3:30 p.m. by Chair Dietz. <br />1.2 Pledge ofAllegiance <br />The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. <br />1.3 Consider the Agenda <br />There were no recommended changes to the agenda. <br />Moved by Commissioner Westgaard and seconded by Commissioner Larson -Vito to approve <br />the December 18, 2025, agenda. Motion carried 5-0. <br />2.0 CONSENT AGENDA lApproved By One Motion] <br />Due to questions about the one item on the agenda, a recommendation was made by <br />Commissioner Larson -Vito to remove this item from Consent for further discussion. <br />Moved by Commissioner Stewart and seconded by Commissioner Larson -Vito to remove <br />Receive Final Electric and Water Cost of Service and Rate Design Studies from the Consent <br />Agenda for further discussion. Motion carried 5-0. <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Meeting Minutes <br />December 18, 2025 <br />Page 1 <br />