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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Theresa Slominski Administrations Director <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />February 11, 2020 6.1b <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br />The Employee Handbook that was presented last commission meeting did not have the Fire <br />Department Participation policy information that was passed in May 2019. The error was <br />discovered and, given that it had already been approved by the commission, was inserted into <br />the Handbook prior to distribution to employees. I apologize for the oversight last month. <br /> <br />Bond payments were remitted February 3, 2020 for the 2016A, 2016B, and 2018A <br />Electric Bonds, and the 2008A Water Bond, totaling $1,260,570.63. <br /> <br />The auditors from Abdo, Eick, and Meyers will be here Thursday and Friday, February 27 and 28, <br />2020 for our annual audit. <br /> <br />Accounting staff attended a Sales and Use Tax workshop put on by the State of Minnesota. It <br />was a great opportunity to network with the state staff and establish contacts for future <br />questions. <br /> <br />NISC was here January 21-23, 2020 to provide user training for Mobile Workforce and AppSuite. <br />ERMU office staff members worked with NISC to train all the field staff on completing service <br />order workflows in an NISC test data environment. <br /> <br />NISC was back for the live date implementation February 4-6, 2020. This has been a very <br />involved process and has taken lots of time and energy to prepare for. This implementation <br />week was more challenging than prior implementations because you cant test the real <br />environment until you go live. So, the week was spent identifying the bugs and making <br />corrections rather than being able to just work in the new environment. <br /> <br />We have outgrown the current software we utilize to send notices and track the testing of <br />backflow preventer devices throughout the city. We have been exploring other software options <br />and evaluating what will best meet our needs. <br /> <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />102 <br />