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Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Thomas Geiser —Operations Director <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />May 14, 2024 <br />6.1e <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />11►911I 191►1 <br />• Working through maps for the new GIS mapping system that we plan to move forward <br />with in the future. <br />• 1 have been attending weekly Advanced Metering Infrastructure meetings along with <br />other ERMU staff. <br />• Working through 2024 projects and 2024 equipment/material needs. <br />• Lineworkers Matt, Tyler, and Alex P. placed 22" d out of 64 teams in the American Public <br />Power Association's Lineworker Rodeo in Lafayette, LA last month. <br />• Journey Lineworker Tyler Meyers' last day with ERMU was May 3. He will be joining <br />Connexus' staff. <br />• We are advertising for a 1000-hour apprentice lineworker position for the 2024 <br />construction season. <br />• 1 attended the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association's Underground School in <br />Marshall on Thursday, May 9 to talk about some of the protective grounding rule <br />changes. <br />• Some of ERMU's management team joined the Energy City Commission for a tour of the <br />Xcel Energy nuclear power plant in Monticello. <br />• ERMU had its first full -staff leadership training, with Lisa Negstad on Thursday, April 25. <br />• Mark and I met with the new CEO of Connexus, Sidney Jackson. <br />• We had an intern from the lineworker program out of the Wadena campus work with us <br />for 96 hours. <br />• We are dealing with Highway 169 Redefine project issues that have come up. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />223 <br />