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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Theresa Slominski –General Manager <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />November 10, 2020 6.1a <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br /> TheBoard of Director of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA) met virtually <br />on October 27, 2020. Both Commissioner Mary Stewart and I were in attendance. <br /> We are preparingfor Mark Fuchs’ retirement thisDecember which involves <br />transitioning/training replacements. We posted the Operations Director position <br />internally onOctober 13. Tom Geiser was theonly applicant andwill becomethe new <br />Operations Director. We posted the Electric Superintendent position internally on <br />October 26. Chris Sumstad was the only applicant and will become the new Electric <br />Superintendent. We have posted the Line Foreperson position internally through Friday, <br />November 13. This will likely result in an open position to post, with another open <br />position resulting after that position is filled. We anticipate eventually needing to fill a <br />lineworker position externally. We will continue to update the Commission as this <br />transitioning occurs. <br /> <br /> We have an initiative on our dashboard for a substation east of Highway 169 along <br />Highway 10 by 2025. I have been researching options for this. <br /> <br /> The addition of Megan Zachman, our new HR Generalist, has been wonderful. She has <br />jumped right in, made introductions, and is preparing for open enrollment meetings <br />next week Tuesday, November 17. <br /> <br /> I had my first quarterly meeting October 23 with Greg Ridderbusch, the President and <br />CEO of Connexus Energy. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />89 <br />