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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Theresa Slominski—Finance and Office Manager <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> November 17, 2015 6.1b <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update 1 <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> The second portion of Area 1 (lb) of the Territory Acquisition proved more challenging than the <br /> first portion of Area 1 (1 a) given there were so many more customers, and more commercial <br /> customers in that group. We converted the customers from Connexus to ERMU on October 13th <br /> and finalized most of the meter change-outs by October 16th. There are only a few meters that <br /> haven't been changed out yet. Data input was completed by November 6th in setting up the new <br /> accounts and associating the billing account with the meters recently changed out, and the first <br /> meter readings on these accounts were collected November 9th and 10th. This was another <br /> example of team work between all departments, and a lot of work it was! <br /> This has been a busy month in preparation of the year-end reporting requirements of the <br /> Affordable Care Act(ACA). The new Payroll and A/P Specialist,Kathy Greenberg,has <br /> attended multiple webex's and seminars in order to become informed and educated on the <br /> various reporting requirements and the process to prepare for those requirements. Our software <br /> vendor,NISC,has been actively working towards providing a means of reporting through their <br /> software, which is very helpful. However,they can only automate the reporting for those <br /> individuals on our insurance the entire year. For those individuals hired after the first of the year, <br /> or leaving after the first of the year,we have to utilize a manual input to be able to report <br /> properly. <br /> Troy and I met with our auditors, at their request, on November 10th. They wanted feedback on <br /> their services and our satisfaction,which were all positive. We discussed changes we have <br /> implemented this year or will be implementing in the future(PILOT change, donated electricity <br /> change, and moving to 5 Commissioners.) We also discussed the Territory Acquisition <br /> agreement and upcoming MISO reporting changes, as well as GASB 68 requirements. <br /> PO N E D E D D Y <br /> Page 1 of 1 NATURE <br /> Reliable Publics <br /> Power Provider P OWE 0.ED T o S ER VE <br /> 163 <br />