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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES 322 King Avenue Elk River, Minnesota 55330 Phone (612) 441-2020 UTILITIES COMMISSION MINUTES February 1, 1994 3:00 P.M. Present Were: James Simpson President George Zabee Vice Chairman James Tralle Trustee Others Present: Bill Birrenkott General Manager Glenn Sundeen Line Superintendent Bob McCartney Water Superintendent 1) The meeting was called to order at 3:00 P.M. by President Tralle. 2) Motion by Mr. Simpson, seconded by Mr. Zabee to approve the agenda as amended. The Motion carried. 3) Motion by Mr. Zabee, seconded by Mr. Tralle, to appoint Mr. Simpson to the office of President for the coming year and Mr. Zabee as Vice Chairman. The motion carried. 4 ) Motion by Mr. Zabee, seconded by Mr. Tralle to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as distributed. The motion carried. 5 ) The problem of people with frozen water services was discussed. Bob McCartney reported that the Commissioners passed a motion in 1977 forbidding the Utilities from thawing out the frozen services because of the danger of fire. He further reported that he has surveyed several cities and found none of them that do it. Our insurance company has told us that they do not want us to attempt to thaw frozen services. It was noted that the service is under the ownership of the customer and they are responsible for this. Never the less, the Commissioners felt that we should do something in a proactive mode that will help the customers prevent the freeze-up from happening. It was agreed that, because of the severity of the current winter, we will go through the records and find any parties that have had freeze-ups in the past and contact them with possible remedies to prevent this from happening. 6) The General Manager reviewed a billing situation with a current customer and the possible use of a limited meter. No other action was taken.