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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Mike O'Neill—Technical Services Superintendent <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice-Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson- Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> January 12th, 2016 6.1d <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • We had two promotions in the Technical Services Department. Angela Hauge was promoted <br /> to our new Mapping Technician and Tony Hubbard was promoted to Electrician\Technician. <br /> • The Locating department had a total of 140 locate tickets in December; one of them being <br /> an emergency ticket, one cancellation, four meetings, 108 normal tickets and 19 updated <br /> tickets. <br /> • In December, the Security Systems Department had a total of 90 phone contacts, 10 systems <br /> quoted, four system sales made, seven installs completed, 32 service calls and 10 personal <br /> visits. The 2015 statistics are as follows: 615 phone contacts, 52 systems quoted, 36 system <br /> sales made,47 installs completed, 175 service calls and 51 personal visits. <br /> • Electric Technicians continue with the meter reading,power bill, substation checks, hanging <br /> g g <br /> red-tags, meter read-outs, dealing with meter and off-peak issues, as well as delivering and <br /> installing new meters to commercial customers. They continue to change out the three phase <br /> meters with meters that will be read by radio ERT. Meter change outs in Area la and lb are <br /> nearly complete and we've now turned our efforts to effective auditing of these areas <br /> acquired from Connexus. 1 <br /> • The power plant staff did the monthly engine run on December 16th. All engines ran well <br /> with no problems. <br /> • I attended the 2015 Technical &Operations conference in St. Cloud, MN on December 15th- <br /> 17th. The conference was very informative and I learned a great deal about rates and <br /> Automated Metering. Great conference. I appreciate the opportunity to attend. <br /> • ERMU has sent a notice of cancelation of the contract with Great River Energy for <br /> generation capacity. The contract will terminate May 31, 2016. <br /> PXOWEAEU IY <br /> ® Page 1 of 2 NATURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider P O W E R E D T o S E 0.V E <br /> 100 <br />