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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES REGULAR MEETING OF THE UTILITIES COMMISSION January 15, 2002 Members Present: George Zabee, President; James Tralle, Vice Chair; John Dietz, Trustee Staff Present: Bryan Adams, General Manager; Glenn Sundeen, Line Superintendent; David Berg, Water Superintendent; Patricia Hemza, Office Manager Others Present: Pat Klaers, City Administrator; Ron Black, Attorney; Vance Zehringer, Key Accounts Consultant; Robb Kirkpatrick, and Kenneth Mitchell, Alliance Christian Academy 1. Call meeting to order January 15, 2002 2. Consider Utilities Agenda James Tralle moved to approve the Utilities Agenda for January 15, 2002, with Item 6.3, and Item 5.4, to be discussed first. John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. James Tralle moved to designate First National Bank official depository for 2002, and designate Elk River Star News official newspaper for 2002. John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 3. Consider Consent Agenda James Tralle moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: December, 2001 Check Register December 11, 2001 Minutes December 20, 2001 Minutes John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 6.3 Christian Missionary Alliance WAC Fees Robb Kirkpatrick, and Kenneth Mitchell, Alliance Christian Academy appeared to request and appeal the WAC charges billed to the Academy on August 31, 2001. Their view was that the WAC and SAC charges are not applicable, because the building is a re-organization rather than expansion. They feel that presently no additional people will be at the site. They cited examples from the metropolitan waste council, that they feel are being over-looked. They re-iterated that they feel that Alliance is not a commercial property, and is only being re-developed using the existing potential waste-water, with no increase. James Tralle asks if the City has ever refunded SAC fees that have been paid. Pat Klaers responded that they had not refunded SAC fees. Bryan Adams explained that the City Building Officials set the fees, according to guidelines from the metropolitan waste council. Elk River is not under the jurisdiction of the met council, but does follow guidelines for the calculations.