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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES SPECIAL MEETING OF THE UTILITIES COMMISSION HELD AT UTILITIES CONFERENCE ROOM July 2, 2013 Members Present: John Dietz, Chair; Al Nadeau, Vice -Chair ERMU Staff Present: Troy Adams, General Manager; Mark Fuchs, Line Superintendent; David Berg, Water Superintendent; Tom Sagstetter, Conservation & Key Accounts Manager; Jennie Nelson, Executive Administrative Assistant Others Present: Cal Portner, City Administrator 1.0 CALL MEETING TO ORDER John Dietz called the July 2, 2013 meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. 1.1 Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 1.2 Consider Utilities Agenda John Dietz requested to move 5.2 to before the Consent Agenda. Troy Adams also has an item for Other Business. Al Nadeau moved to approve the amended July 2, 2013 Utilities agenda. John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-0. 5.2 Payment in Lieu of Taxes and Other Donations to the City of Elk River Early in 2013, the Utilities Commission directed staff to bring back information on ERMU's PILOT and other donations to the City of Elk River. The current PILOT policy had a requirement to be reviewed in 5 years, which would be this year. Several power associations collect data from utilities on this subject and publish their findings for a comparison. The median in 2010 for Minnesota utilities is 3.9% given to their city, which is right in line with ERMU's contributions. In 2010, ERMU contributed 4.07% of our operating revenue to the City of Elk River. Related to our contributions to the City of Elk River, ERMU is working with Connexus Energy on an electric service territory acquisition that could include approximately 2,000 customers within 12 square miles in the corporate boundaries of Elk River. ERMU staff proposed that instead of Page 1 Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission July 2, 2013