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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> ERMU Commission Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> June 13, 2017 6.1d <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> None <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • In May, The Locating department had a total of 656 locate tickets consisting of ten <br /> emergency tickets, 22 cancellations, 19 meetings, 542 normal tickets and 56 updated <br /> tickets. This is a 27% increase in volume of tickets from the previous month. Devin <br /> Ruprecht started on May 22 and has quickly gotten up to speed. Staff is rapidly learning <br /> to use the new version of KORWeb locating software. We are exploring new options <br /> available with this software to overlay ERMU facilities onto KORWeb's map eliminating <br /> flipping between programs in the field. <br /> • Electric Technicians continue with the meter reading, power bill, substation checks, <br /> hanging red-tags, meter read-outs, dealing with meter and off-peak issues, as well as <br /> delivering and installing new meters to commercial customers. They continue to change <br /> out the three phase meters with meters that will be read by radio ERT. <br /> Congratulations to Tony Hubbard and Jeff Murray on their completion of their Substation <br /> Technician Certification and Meter Technician Certification programs! <br /> • The power plant staff did the monthly engine run in May. Engines 2 & 3 ran well. Engine <br /> 1 could not be run due to a faulty synchronizer motor. We are waiting on a replacement <br /> part to be manufactured locally. Engine 4 had its replacement controller installed by <br /> Utilities Plus Energy Services during the second week of June and is back up and <br /> running. <br /> • Mapping department continues to enter GPS points and attribute points for all of our <br /> systems assets within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. Staff has been gathering <br /> information about options available for additional users as well as platforms. <br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> 92 <br />