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Elk River =_ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />ruwEnEa er N <br />~A~V~~ <br />P O`~VERED T O S ERVE <br />Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.441.5099 <br />TO: FROM: <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. -Utilities Director <br />John Dietz -Chair <br />Daryl Thompson -Vice Chair <br />AI Nadeau -Trustee <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />November 15, 2011 5,2 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Review and Consider Pro osed Public S endin Polic Revisions <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Commission adopted a Public Purpose Expenditure Policy in 2006, when the City adopted <br />theirs. The policy was adopted to be in line with the limitations of public spending and was <br />mirrored to the City's policy, presenting great alignment with the City, yet without reflecting the <br />differences between the two entities. The policy should to be updated to better reflect the <br />business of the Utilities and still align with the City. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Much of the policy pertained to items that impacted the City, and not necessarily the Utilities. <br />Items like a Volunteer Recognition Dinner, and meals for election night were incorporated into <br />our policy, yet were not applicable. Other items specific to the utilities, like Customer Service <br />Week, and our years-of-service recognition items were not included, and (in hindsight) should <br />have been. <br />After discussing with legal counsel, changes were made to reflect the practices of the utilities and <br />are presented for your review and approval. <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Staff requests the Commission approve revisions to Public Purpose Expenditure Policy. <br />