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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. —General Manager John Dietz—Chair Daryl Thompson—Vice Chair Al Nadeau—Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: December 12, 2012 6.1 SUBJECT: Staff Updates—General Manager DISCUSSION: On November 15, Staff and I participated in an American Public Power Association webinar Managing the Public Power Workforce: New Strategies for Staff Retention, Recruitment, and Succession Planning. The webinar provided insight into the Utilities industry and issues facing public power. A few takeaways include: almost 60% of the Utilities Industry workforce are baby-boomers; generation differences create significant challenges and Utilities need to evolve their policies and practices to recruit and retain the future leaders; government will need to recognize the private sector and become more competitive to recruit and retain their workforce. On November 30, I attended the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association 2012 Legal Seminar. This is a one day program held in Plymouth that is geared towards management and utility attorneys. The topics this year covered: employment law and human resources; landlord, tenants, and utility issues; and eminent domain and electric service territory. I will attend my first MMUA board meeting as an official member on December 4th at the 2012 Technical & Operations Conference in St. Cloud. The board meeting will include organizational goals, department updates, 2013 legislative session updates, and MMUA projects. The T& 0 Conference includes a management track and foreman track. I am continuing to work with Sprint and their agents on finalizing the amendments for the tower attachment agreement. There have been some delays with the finalized drawings. u ,pi , Page 1 of l PO iniP NATURE Reliable Publice Power Provider P O W E R E D T o S E R V E