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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Eric Volk-Water Superintendent <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> November 18, 2014 6.1e <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • Delivered 6 new residential water meters. <br /> • Delivered 2 new 1 '''/"commercial water meters. <br /> • Sealed the water meter and took curb stop ties from 13 water services. <br /> • Turned on 1 water service and 1 electric service. <br /> • Turned off 10 water services and 8 electric services. <br /> • Went on 13 Service calls. <br /> • Completed 12 fire hydrant repairs. <br /> • Completed 25 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples; all confirmed negative for <br /> Coliform Bacteria. <br /> • Completed 20 routine fluoride samples. All samples met MDH standards. <br /> • Mike Langer and Angela Hauge provided an operational tour to our Customer Service <br /> Representatives. The CSRs said that it was very interesting to learn about some of the <br /> things the water department is involved with. <br /> • The water department had 2 interns last month. Andrew Clark interned with us October <br /> 20-24. Andrew is a student at St. Cloud Technical College in the Water Environmental <br /> Technologies (WET)Program. Jerry Tveit was our other intern who was with us October <br /> 27-31. Jerry is also a student with St. Cloud Technical College in the WET Program and <br /> he attends the program at the Eden Prairie Water Treatment Facility. <br /> • The effluent pipe at Well#3 was replaced by Horwitz NS/I. The pipe they replaced was <br /> an old original that was severely corroded by injected fluoride. The new pipe is a huge <br /> improvement and should last for many years. I've attached a picture of the new pipe. <br /> • The Twin Lakes Watermain Extension(North)has been slower than we would have <br /> liked. The contractor had until October 31st to finish the project, after which they would <br /> start to incur liquidated damages of$500.00 per day. As they were not going to be able <br /> to finish on time, we gave them a week extension as long as they covered any incidentals <br /> that came up throughout the project. The new deadline was November 7th. As the <br /> contractor also failed to get the project completed by the new deadline, they started <br /> ■w P-OWEOED 01 <br /> ■ r3 Page 1 of 2 NATURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider P O W E R E D To S n E <br /> 135 <br />