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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 /> January 8, 2019 6.1 c <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> None <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • We had 17 new house services. <br /> • Continue working on collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits. <br /> • Finished with the removal of poles that were located in the rear lot line in Otsego. <br /> • Continue to work on the replacement of 16 poles that didn't pass inspection. This task <br /> will be performed as a fill in between other jobs as they come in. <br /> • Completed our annual inventory count of materials; the preliminary numbers look good. <br /> • We went through the street lights that have a controller that turn on multiple lights at <br /> once to fix the ones not working. <br /> • Started tree trimming. <br /> • We had a switchgear fail that feeds United Health Group. They used their backup <br /> generators until the power was restored. We are working with the manufacturer of the <br /> switchgear to determine the cause of the failure. <br /> • Changed out 29 street light fixtures to LED in the Lafayette Woods and Cherrywood <br /> Hills Addition. <br /> • We had to redo the secondary wire at BZ Elk River apartments (original Guardian <br /> Angels) on 925 Angel Street; this allowed them to transition from one meter for the entire <br /> building to 25 separate meters. <br /> • We recently discovered a storm sewer that was damaged at 18233 Carson Court. Matt <br /> Stevens with the sewer department attempted to jet it out, but was unable. After digging it <br /> up, Brentenson Excavating determined that it had been unknowingly damaged by a <br /> contractor that had installed primary wire the fall of 2005. Brenteson Excavating replaced <br /> the damaged pipe and fixed the sidewalk that needed to be removed for the pipe repair. <br /> As the installation occurred over ten years ago, we were unable to file an insurance claim <br /> with the League of Minnesota Cities. Additionally, as this happen back in 2005 we are <br /> unsure if the storm sewer pipe was even located at the time the wire was installed, so the <br /> City has offered to split the cost for repairs with ERMU. There will need to be some <br /> landscape work done in the spring. <br /> • Zac Johnson and Mitch Girtz attended the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association <br /> (MMUA) Transformer School December 11-14 in Marshall, MN. <br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> 100 <br />