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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 />June 9, 2020 6.1i <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In May, the locating department had a total of 685locate tickets consisting of 4 <br />emergency tickets, 595 normal tickets, 3 boundary survey tickets, 58 updated tickets, 11 <br />cancellationsand 14 locate meets. This is a 27% increase in volume of tickets from the <br />previous month. The locators continue to stagger start times to minimize exposures and <br />continue to practice social distancing. <br />• Electrical technicians continue with weekly meter reads, service orders, updating the <br />power bill, weekly substation checks, dealing with customer meter issues and off-peak <br />concerns. The electrical techs have also begun the process of disconnecting the <br />remaining off-peak radios on the system. These radios were part of the dual fuel & <br />storage water heat programs. As part of the process, the techs are recording what <br />controlled appliances are still being used by the customer so we can reach out to them <br />once we have a load management program in place again. Approximately 25% of the <br />496 radios have been disconnected. Staff continues to practice social distancing when <br />interacting with others and is still staggering theirstart times. <br /> <br />• On May 21, staff ran the generators except for engine #3 which needs a repair of the <br />exhaust system. Final adjustments were made to the cylinder lubrication pumps on #1 & <br />#2. We have also begun replacing injector nozzles that are leaking and sending them in <br />to be rebuilt. Staff will be testing the generators the second week of June. <br /> <br />• Mapping department continues to update points and attributes for our systems assets <br />within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. We are still working on the ESRI to National <br />Information Solutions Cooperative integration for AppSuite. We have been delayed on <br />this project due to security protocols and hope to have this resolved shortly. Staff has <br />been assisting the water department by being in the on-call rotation temporarily. <br /> <br />• We are getting quotes for some additional grading work to be done at the West <br />Substation garage site. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />150 <br />