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C- (44-b-- ___ 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: February 12, 2013 6.1 SUBJECT: Staff Updates—General Manager DISCUSSION: The property owner of 1627 Main Street has agreed to the terms discussed at the January Commission meeting. A purchase agreement has been drafted and is in the process of being executed by both parties. The closing would be in late March. As a result of a 2012 APPA National Convention update at the July 2012 Commission meeting, the Commission discussed the potential for a future strategic planning session. Jack Kegel, the Executive Director for MMUA, provided a quote of$2,500 to facilitate the planning session. This expense has been included in the 2013 budget. The Commission directed staff to bring back examples of other municipal utilities' strategic plans. Staff will be providing these examples to the Commission at a future time. The June 2013 APPA National Convention will provide an opportunity to collect a significant amount of information and examples in preparation for a planning session. The preconference includes a seminar on strategic planning. Commissioner Daryl Thompson has committed to attend the conference with me this year. Jack Kegel will also be attending the conference and has informed me he will also be attending the strategic planning seminar. He recommended that Daryl and I attend the seminar with him and use that as an opportunity to focus and streamline the future ERMU planning. This will help to minimize the time commitment for the strategic planning session. After this conference, staff will provide an update to the Commission on strategic planning. Front end work for a planning session could be handled through email. Staff would then like to schedule one or two half-day planning session for late summer early fall. At the February 4th City Council Meeting, I provided an update on the Utilities as part of their 2012 Annual Report Presentation to the Council. The update provided a high level overview of 2012 including: Meeting our core values and company mission by providing safe and reliable utilities with excellent customer service; Working towards a bright future through starting the process of electric service territory expansion, wholesale power supply planning, and advocacy and representation of ERMU's concerns at a state and national level; And, collaboration and " 1 P O W E R F O BY l Page 1 oft NATURE Reliable Public Power Provider POWERED To SERVE