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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 />December 8, 2020 6.1i <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br /> In November, the locators processed 335 locate tickets. These consisted of 1 emergency <br />ticket, 219 normal tickets, 17 non-excavation tickets, 46 updated tickets, 12 <br />cancellations, 21 boundary surveys, 14 boundary surveys corrections, and 5 locate <br />meets. This resulted in a 33.4% decrease in tickets from the previous month and a 79.1% <br />increase over the prior year. This is the result of an extended construction season due to <br />good weather conditions. The locators have begun GPSing again as locates start to slow <br />down. <br /> Electrical Technicians completed 189 service order tasks, updated the power bill, <br />performed weekly substation checks, attended to customer meter issues and off-peak <br />concerns. Staff began testing of the reclosers at our Station #14 substations. I expect to <br />have this completed before the end of the year. <br /> On November 30, staff ran generator #4 and used city water for cooling of the <br />generator. We had an issue initially with a frozen intake pipe but were able to thaw it <br />out. This delayed our start time by 2 hours, so the decision was made not to run <br />generators #1 & #2. We will continue to use city water through the winter months until <br />Lake Orono is returned to normal levels. <br /> Mapping department continues to update points and attributes for our systems assets <br />within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. We have been working on establishing <br />meter/service points within the GIS maps so that we can import their location data to <br />the Customer Information System which will help make us more efficient with meter <br />reads. Staff continues to assist the water department withon-call rotation support. <br /> On November 25, staff assisted Bob Sewell from Minnesota Municipal Utilities <br />Association with our annual League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust generation <br />audit. This audit helps to establish what our insurance rates will be for the next year on <br />our generation equipment. As we make further improvements at our generation <br />facilities, our rates may be able to be reduced. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />161 <br />