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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Eric Volk-Water Superintendent John Dietz—Chair Al Nadeau—Vice Chair Daryl Thompson—Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: February 14, 2017 6.1e SUBJECT: Staff Update DISCUSSION: • Delivered seven new water meters. • Sealed the water meter, and took curb stop ties from eight water services. • Completed 25 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples o All confirmed negative for Coliform Bacteria. • Completed 20 routine fluoride samples o All samples met MDH standards. • Dave Ninow has been working with Municipal Builders, Inc. (MBI)to get the new media backwashed,tested, and charged. We are planning on a February 21St startup date. • Nick Adams and Mike Langer have been going around to the wells and completing the touch-up painting and recoating. • I have attached our 2016 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Water Use Report. We delivered a total of 740,951,900 gallons in 2016. • We have entered into another three year landscaping maintenance contract with SpeedCutters. We partner with the Parks Department and the Building Maintenance Department to lower the costs of landscaping maintenance. I have attached the contract for reference. • We met with the architects last month concerning the Field Services expansion. We are moving forward with firming up a footprint for the expansion. The defined footprint will help us with site improvements that will need to be achieved before we can begin construction. ATTACHMENTS: • January 2017 Pumping by Well • January 2017 Accumulated Precipitation Graph • January 2017 Daily Temperature Graph • 2016 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Water Use Report • 2017-2019 Property Maintenance Contract- SpeedCutters E® POWERED Il Page 1 of 1 NATURE Reliable Public Power Provider POWERED T O S ERY E 159