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______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> <br />TO: <br />ERMU Commission <br />FROM: <br />Chris Sumstad – Electric Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />September 13, 2022 <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />6.1h <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Installed 5 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line <br />once the customer requests service. <br />• Crews are working on installing underground lines to replace the overhead near Naples <br />Street and 186th Avenue in Elk River. This is a nice section to replace lines as some of this <br />overhead passes through back yards and heavy tree cover. <br />• Joe Schmidt from Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association was here the first part of <br />August to certify some employees on the operation of our forklift. The entire field staff <br />will be certified on the forklift soon as this piece of equipment will be heavily used in the <br />new field services building. <br />• Curt Arndt started as the new Inventory & Procurement Assistant on August 16. He has <br />worked in the inventory and warehouse field for many years and is a welcome addition. <br />• Mi-Tech Services was here in early August and tested 227 of our wood poles in the <br />system. We try to test between 225-300 poles annually. This year 6 poles were rejected <br />and need to be replaced along with a dozen or so poles that needed minor parts <br />replaced or repaired. <br />• Crews rerouted 450 feet of three phase primary line and relocated the transformer at <br />Emmanuel Christian Center. This was needed to make way for their new addition. <br />• We had a three phase pole struck by a vehicle in the early morning hours of August 25 <br />at Highway 10 and Gary Street. The wires needed to be taken down after the accident <br />and then restrung over Highway 10 the next day. The three phase pole as well as the <br />overhead transformer on an adjacent pole needed to be replaced and an adjacent street <br />light pole needed to be replaced across the highway. <br />• Crews installed 1,100 feet of underground primary wire to get service to the scale at <br />Ernie Toth Pit located near Highway 169 and 225th Avenue in Elk River. <br />• Added a three phase service for the new Caribou Coffee location on Lowell Street and <br />Highway 10. <br />• Fixed a couple of infrared issues found by our substation apparatus technician on the <br />reclosers for Feeders 93 and 71. <br />114