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��i <br />Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Tony Mauren — Governance & Communications Manager <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />April 11, 2023 <br />2.5 <br />SUBJECT: <br />ERMU's Tom Bovitz Memorial <br />Scholarship Award Winner <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On January 8, 2013, the Utilities Commission approved ERMU's participation in the Minnesota <br />Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) Tom Bovitz Memorial Scholarship. This award program <br />is offered by MMUA to promote public power and increase goodwill within public power <br />communities. High school seniors that are a customer or have a legal guardian that is a <br />customer of ERMU are eligible to apply. At that time, the ERMU Utilities Commission also <br />approved annually awarding a local winner a $500 scholarship. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Staff advertised and promoted the scholarship through local high schools, social media, and <br />ERMU's website. The attached, winning essay is a great example of the goal of the scholarship, <br />providing an opportunity to educate our customers and community about the advantages of <br />public power. <br />This essay will now be forwarded on to MMUA judges for a chance to win an additional $500, <br />$1000, $1500, or $2000 through their scholarship program. <br />Following MMUA's scholarship award, the local winner will be invited to the May 9 commission <br />meeting to be formally recognized as the winner of ERMU's 2023 Scholarship. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />$500 budgeted item. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />• Essay -Tom Bovitz Memorial Scholarship —Natalie Murphy <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />56 <br />