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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Mark Fuchs—Electric Superintendent John Dietz—Chair Al Nadeau—Vice Chair Daryl Thompson—Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: June 16, 2015 6.1c SUBJECT: Staff Update DISCUSSION: • Had seven new services. • Continue working on collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits. • Continue working on changing out some of the rusty junction boxes or removing ones that are no longer necessary. • Continue rebuilding River Ranch in Otsego. We're replacing the rear lot line overhead with front lot line underground. • Continue working on replacing 96 junction box lids. Nordic Fiberglass had a problem with the lids breaking down so they gave us some new ones. • Moved an overhead primary pole at the southeast corner of Twins Lakes Road and County Road 12 for the new city trail. • Installed some primary and a transformer for a new service at Hillside Park. • Installed an underground loop for Office Max and removed a junction box and replaced one. • Replaced four street light poles and fixtures on Auburn Place. • We changed out a couple poles that were hit by vehicles; one on County Road 39 and one on School Street by Vandenberg Middle School. • Hired two apprentice lineworkers; Reid Nelson started on May 12, and Curt Wark started on May 26. The two apprentices were hired to replace Anthony Ross and Ed Zurn who left last fall. • Zac Johnson,Aaron White, Troy Adams and I attended the American Public Power Association's (APPA) Lineworkers Rodeo in Sacramento, California. Aaron competed in the rodeo and I was a judge for one of the apprentice events. I also attended the APPA Engineering and Operations Technical Conference. Some of the breakout sessions I roll EDED 81 Page 1 of 2 ATURE Reliable Public Power Provider P 0 W E 0.E D T o S E R V E 267