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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Mike Tietz –Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />May 12, 2020 6.1i <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In April, the locating department had a total of 539 locate tickets consisting of 4 <br />emergency tickets, 470 normal tickets, 3 boundary survey tickets, 33 updated tickets, 7 <br />cancellations, and 22 locate meets. This is a 196% increase in volume of tickets from the <br />previous month. The locators have been staggering start times to minimize exposures <br />and continuing to practice social distancing when interacting with others. <br /> <br />• Weekly meter reads continue to go well. Staff has resumed performing meter audits <br />around the system and is practicing social distancing when interacting with others. <br />Masks and hand sanitizer have been provided for all employees to use and our cleaning <br />service is wiping down door handles and surfaces every day. <br /> <br />• Electrical Technicians continue with updating the power bill, substation checks, dealing <br />with customer meter and off-peak issues. The electrical techs have beenstaggeringstart <br />times to minimize exposures and continuing to practice social distancing when <br />interacting with others. They have also been handling all service order requests during <br />this time. National Information Solution Cooperative’s AppSuite application has worked <br />extremely well for us and has really helped us to maintain separation between <br />employees. <br /> <br />• The generators were not run in April due to operating in safe mode. Staff has been able <br />to perform our yearly web deflection measurements of the crankshafts on all four <br />engines. Also, we have been using this time to perform needed maintenance on the <br />engines such as replacing an injector nozzle on engine #1 and repairing the cylinder <br />lubrication pumps on #1 & #2. <br />• Mapping department continues to update points and attributes for our systems assets <br />within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. Staff has been able to utilize a laptop to perform <br />most of these map updates from home during the shelter-in-place order. Staff has also <br />been assisting the water department with hydrant flushing. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />221 <br />