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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Thomas Geiser – Operations Director <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />June 14, 2022 6.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br /> Staff has been attending meetings with Sherburne County to plan for the County Road <br />44 project. <br /> Staff is attending a lot of construction meetings for upcoming jobs this spring/summer. <br /> Material orders remain an issue for all departments. Lead times and prices continue to <br />grow. <br /> All electric infrastructure has been relocated along the Highway 169 Redefine project. <br />All that remains for work is the temporary and permanent service needs, and the <br />disconnection of existing services as the project moves along. <br /> ERMU has to relocate the single-phase overhead line for the County Road 33/Viking <br />Boulevard construction project. With that, we are upgrading the single-phase overhead <br />line to a three-phaseline for a future irrigationsystem to beinstalledfor a farm. <br /> ERMU crews assisted Connexus Energy on May 31 and June 1 after the Memorial Day <br />storm. <br /> ERMU provided two reels of 1/0 underground primary line to Wright-Hennepin <br />Cooperative to meet their immediate needs. Those reels were replaced by Wright- <br />Hennepin before this meeting. <br />ERMU also experiencedMemorial Day stormdamage. A few trees fell on overhead lines <br />and there was a rare instance of an underground pad mount transformer being <br />impacted by a large, uprooted tree. Pictures of the damage are attached. <br />Staff had a fullweekof Advance Metering Infrastructuremeetings and interviews May <br />31 – June 3 to help us choose a vendor for this project. <br /> The water superintendent, general manager, and I met with Sherburne County, New <br />LookContracting, Inc., and Bolton & MenkInc. to discuss the County Road 13 Project. <br />Discussionincluded, the water main move, who will pay for the cost of the move, and <br />how was the cost established. No final decisionshave been made atthis time. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br /> Photos – Memorial Day storm damage in ERMU service territory <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />168 <br />