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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br /> REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br /> UTILITIES COMMISSION <br /> July 6,2004 <br /> Members Present: Jerry Takle,President;James Tralle,Vice Chair;John Dietz,Trustee <br /> Staff Present: Bryan Adams,General Manager;Glenn Sundeen,Line Superintendent;David Berg, <br /> Water Superintendent;Patricia Hemza,Office Manager <br /> 1. Call meeting to order July 6,2004 <br /> President Jerry Takle called the July 6,2004 meeting to order. <br /> 2. Consider Utilities Agenda <br /> James Tralle moved to approve the Agenda for the July 6,2004,as presented. John Dietz seconded the <br /> motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> 3. Consider Consent Agenda <br /> James Tralle moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: <br /> June Check Register <br /> June 8,2004 Minutes <br /> Financials <br /> John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> 5.1 Staff Up-dates <br /> Glenn Sundeen informed the Commission that 36 new services were installed in the month of June along <br /> with the updates of the current projects. <br /> David Berg reported four million gallons of water a day were being pumped from the system. The parts for <br /> the new well will be installed next week. Staff has been installing the transducers at the wells in preparation of <br /> the installation for the new SCADA system. <br /> Patricia Hemza updated the Commission on staff compiling a flow chart for office duties and procedures, <br /> which will help in streamlining some of the tasks. The end of July we will be switching our billing system to <br /> Windows. <br /> 5.2 Review Jackson Street Water Tower Antenna Lease <br /> Bryan Adams informed the Commission that the company leasing the Jackson Street water tower from us <br /> has requested to terminate the lease. The line of sight technology was not working for them. The termination <br /> provisions of the agreement will be followed. Staff will continue to look for other interested parties to lease the <br /> tower. <br /> 5.3 Review Financial Information <br /> Bryan Adams asked the Commissioners if the information presented in the financials are adequate and is <br /> the information in a satisfactory form. Commission indicated the sales and meter information could be <br /> presented in graph form instead of spread sheets. The Commission felt this would be more beneficial to them <br /> to see the trends with these graphs. <br /> It was the consensus of the Commission to include graphs in future financials. <br />