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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E.—General Manager John Dietz—Chair Al Nadeau—Vice Chair Daryl Thompson—Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: February 9, 2016 6.1a SUBJECT: Staff Updates—General Manager DISCUSSION: • The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA)met on January 26, 2016 in Shakopee, Minnesota. At the meeting,the Board reviewed 2015 performance. Actual rates for 2015 were 3% lower than budget. The Board approved an updated investment policy for MMPA which expanded the list of permissible investments to explicitly include qualifying commercial paper and bankers acceptances. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an environmental assessment worksheet and a finding that no environmental impact statement is needed for MMPA's 46 Megawatt Shakopee distributed generation project. The 8 MW Buffalo solar project has applied to Wright County for a conditional use permit. • The MMUA Legislative Rally in St. Paul is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19. There will be the day at the capitol followed by a reception for the legislators. This event was changed from a Thursday to a Tuesday this year to help improve legislator attendance. If any of the Commissioners are interested in attending,please let me know as soon as possible. • This last month management held an internal planning session to discuss long term strategy, leadership development, and processes to manage larger projects encompassing multiple departments in a more efficient manner. With multiple retirements from the management team and the added management team positions over the past few years, this was an ideal time to"build the team."This is important to establish before we continue to grow through electric service territory transfer and organic growth. P~D / EDED BY ® Page 1 of 2 NATURE Reliable Public Power Provider P OWERED T O S ERV E 124