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i <br />ElkRiver --~ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />Q <br />iN <br />Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax 763.441.8099 <br />TO: FROM: <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. -Director of Operations <br />John Dietz, Chair <br />Daryl Thompson, Vice Chair <br />Al Nadeau, Trustee <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />A ril 12, 2011 6.1 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff U dates -Director of O erations <br />DISCUSSION: <br />The first week of May I will be attending an American Public Power Association (APPA) certification <br />program for Public Power Managers. The training will be held in Austin, TX. This was a budgeted <br />training that was postponed from 2010 and is included in the 2011 budget. The certification program <br />includes the following required cowses: Power Supply and Integrated Resource Planning - An <br />Introduction; Financial Planning, Budgeting and Performance -What Managers Need to Know; and <br />Strategic Management for the 21s` Century. Due to the timing of this postponed training, I will not be <br />attending the 2011 APPA Annual Meeting. The APPA Annual Meeting was budget for 1 staff and 2 <br />commissioners to attend. <br />Previously we've discussed the possibility of bringing the Conservation Improvement Program <br />Consultant position in house as a Full time CIP/Key Accounts Person when the unfortunate day comes <br />that Vance Zehringer retires. At this time, there is no scheduled date for Vance's retirement. However, <br />Vance has been begun some preliminary research into potential talent for consideration. The 2011 budget <br />included hiring a full time CIP/Key Accounts Person to overlap and train with under Vance. With the <br />early retirements occurring at Great River Energy and other Minnesota utilities, ERMU may be able to <br />find an experienced person. <br />Enclosed for your reading: <br />• March 28, 2011 Article - "Prepaying for Electricity in Ocala, Fla." <br />• The recent MMUA Capitol Tattlers. <br />• The MMUA Resource <br />