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Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Chris Sumstad — Electric Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />May 14, 2024 <br />6.1f <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Installed seven new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary <br />line once the customer requests service. <br />• Joe Schmidt, safety instructor from Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA), <br />was here on April 23 and 24 and held safety training for all staff on Summer Safety/Heat <br />Stress. <br />• Crews finished tree trimming on April 22. <br />• The 202nd Avenue underground replacement project restarted again this spring. This will <br />wrap up in May and the next underground replacement project will be Sandpiper <br />Estates east of the courthouse. <br />• On Monday, May 6, a delivery truck backed into a guy wire causing the overhead phase <br />wires to slap together resulting in an outage to four customers. <br />• Matt Schwartz and Alex Paschall attended MMUA's Underground School, held in <br />Marshall, May 7-10. Scott Thoreson also attended as an instructor. <br />• Crews are occasionally working on items in the Highway 169/Main Street area related to <br />the highway overpass construction. <br />• Crews installed an additional three phase service for Distinctive Iron along Jarvis Street <br />in Elk River. <br />• Crews installed a new three phase service for the Ace Hardware/Pet Store in Otsego. <br />• Crews are working on maintenance items we have identified through our equipment <br />checks over the winter on both the overhead and underground system. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />224 <br />