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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette—Superintendent of Technical John Dietz—Chair Services Al Nadeau—Vice-Chair Daryl Thompson- Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: March 17, 2015 6.1d SUBJECT: Staff Update DISCUSSION: • The Locating department had a total of 120 locate tickets in February; four of them being emergency tickets, two cancellations,three meets, 88 normal tickets,nine boundary surveys, four non-excavation, and 10 updated tickets. When Richard Wagner is not locating he is working on map book updates and the ArcView maps. • In February, the Security Systems Department had a total of 97 phone contacts, six systems quoted, two system sales made, seven installs completed, 29 service calls and six personal visits. • Electric Technicians continue with the meter reading,power bill, substation checks, hanging red-tags, meter read-outs, dealing with meter and off-peak issues, and delivering and installing new meters to commercial customers. They continue to change out the three phase meters to radio read meters and help with the monthly engine runs. They are also re- programming three-phase meters in the field for commercial and industrial loads. Jeff Murray has been doing some infrared testing on distribution equipment. Jeff attended the Upper Midwest Metering Association(UMMA) conference in Duluth;his education report is attached. • The power plant staff did the monthly engine run on February 24th. Engines 1,2 and 4 ran fine. Engine 3 was down as Wheeler World Inc. was working on the upgrade. They should finish their work the week of March 9`h • Staff continues to collect data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits. ATTACHMENTS: • Security Systems Weekly Update • Security Systems Analysis • Jeff Murray Education Report EN 'POWERED DI Page 1 of 1 NATURE Reliable Public Power Provider P O W E R E D T O S v E 73