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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> ERMU Commission Mark Fuchs—Electric Superintendent <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> February 13, 2018 6.1c <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> None <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • Had six new house services. <br /> • Continue working on collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits. <br /> • Finished working in Connexus acquisition Areas 3&4. <br /> • Continue rebuilding the overhead line south of 197th Avenue to 190 %2 Lane on the east <br /> side of Highway 169. <br /> • Carr's tree trimming service is helping out with tree trimming this year to help get caught <br /> up with the areas we acquired from Connexus. We are also tree trimming. <br /> • Due to slippery road conditions, a vehicle hit a three phase pole on County Road 39 in <br /> Otsego. We also had a few other incidents due to the road conditions which resulted in <br /> some street light poles being hit. <br /> • Working on testing the overhead and underground protective grounds. We are also <br /> testing the fiberglass hot sticks. Both of these are done annually. <br /> • Changed out a single phase angle pole on 201st Avenue; this pole had tested bad last year <br /> but due to the wet ground conditions,we had to wait until it froze up to get in there to <br /> change it out. <br /> • Energized the three phase pad mount transformer for the new addition at the Sherburne <br /> County Courthouse. <br /> • The bore rig operators put a new set of tracks on the bore rig. The rubber on the old <br /> tracks had worn off and the steel was starting to damage the asphalt and curbs. <br /> • Working on getting equipment ordered that was in the 2018 budget. The 550 truck has <br /> been ordered and the utility box will get put on once we receive the chassis,triple bunk <br /> self-loading trailer has been ordered and getting specs together for the bucket truck so the <br /> Altec engineers can put drawing together for us to review. <br /> • I recently attended the MMUA Job Training and Safety Committee (JTS)Annual <br /> Planning Meeting held January 17-18 in Brainerd, MN. The JTS Committee assists in <br /> setting up the upcoming schools that MMUA puts on. <br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> 155 <br />