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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> ERMU Commission Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> January 8, 2019 6.1 d <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> None <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • In December,the locating department had a total of 136 locate tickets consisting of six <br /> emergency tickets, 3 cancellations, 97 normal tickets and 22 updated tickets. This is a <br /> 46%decrease in volume of tickets from the previous month. <br /> • Electrical Technicians continue with updating the power bill, substation checks, <br /> disconnects, reconnects, dealing with customer meter and off-peak issues, as well as <br /> installing new meters for commercial customers. Staff continues to infrared image the <br /> Station#14 substation feeder circuits to identify potential equipment failures. On <br /> December 19 Engines 1, 2, 3 & 4 were ran with no issues being reported. <br /> • The weekly meter reads continue to go well. Staff continues to audit meters for non- <br /> compliance with our clearance standards as well as looking for tampering of equipment. <br /> • Mapping department continues to enter GPS points and attribute points for all of our <br /> systems assets within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. We experienced a catastrophic <br /> server failure that resulted in a complete rebuild and reinstall of the GIS server. Staff has <br /> been working with city IT and ESRI personnel to troubleshoot and repair the server. We <br /> will be working with city IT staff to develop a backup plan to prevent this type of failure <br /> in the future. <br /> • Engineering has been working on testing relays for the power plant generators as well as <br /> working with staff on the testing of equipment out in the field. <br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> 101 <br />