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Elk River i <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> ERMU Commission Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> April 10, 2018 6.1d <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> None <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • In March, The locating department had a total of 123 locate tickets consisting of one <br /> emergency ticket, 5 cancellations, 2 meetings, 76 normal tickets and 32 updated tickets. <br /> This is a 19% increase in volume of tickets from the previous month. The locators <br /> continue to gather GPS points daily. <br /> • Electric Technicians continue with updating power bill, substation checks, disconnects, <br /> reconnects, dealing with meter and off-peak issues, as well as installing new meters for <br /> commercial customers. <br /> • The weekly meter reads continue to go well. Staff continues to perform meter audits <br /> around the system as time allows. <br /> • Staff performed the annual generator inspections in March. On March 29, staff ran <br /> Engines 1, 2 & 3. Once again staff noted the amount of smoke being produced during <br /> startup of Engine #3. We are investigating the cause of the smoke but would also like to <br /> explore the installation of a roof fan above Engine #3. It appears that the roof is already <br /> configured to accommodate this improvement. <br /> Engine#4 was not ran because staff discovered during their inspection that the nylon <br /> inserts on the counterweight locknuts on cylinders 6 & 7 appeared to be falling apart. We <br /> will need to seek professional advice to determine whether this is a serious issue or not <br /> before running this engine again. <br /> • Olsen Chain& Cable performed the annual inspections of the overhead cranes at the <br /> power plant and the transformer buildings. <br /> • Mapping department continues to enter GPS points and attribute points for all of our <br /> systems assets within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. The ArcGIS Server software has <br /> been installed and is in the final stages of configuration. USG has been performing the <br /> install and configuration along with staff. <br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> 176 <br />