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��i <br />Elk River , <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Mike Tietz - Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />June 4, 2024 <br />5.3 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />As of May 30, Allegiant has completed 136 residential water meter replacements and seven <br />retrofits. The pace is slower than anticipated due to staffing issues that Allegiant has been <br />experiencing, which also resulted in approximately 50 appointments having to be rescheduled. <br />We have been assured that Allegiant is in the process of filling this position and will be starting <br />their third technician at the end of May. <br />Staff has reviewed the commercial water meter appointment letter draft provided by Allegiant <br />and will be sending over revisions for final approval. An example of this commercial <br />appointment letter has been provided for your reference. Allegiant is still working on getting <br />another scheduling database setup for commercial services. I anticipate they will send out the <br />commercial appointment letter as soon as they have this database in place. <br />Another mailing of residential letters is expected to go out this week to approximately 1500 <br />residential customers. <br />Staff expects that Allegiant's subcontractor (Archer Plumbing) will begin commercial water <br />meter replacements beginning in June. Staff met with Allegiant, Archer Plumbing, and TKDA at <br />both Sportech locations to go over the details of the replacements. TKDA will be performing <br />spot inspections for us throughout this project. Sportech is scheduled to get their meters <br />replaced on June 6 which coordinated well with a shutdown that they already had planned for <br />their business. <br />We are still working with our distributor to develop a plan and commitment from the <br />manufacturer to provide us with an accurate shipment schedule for the electric meters. <br />ATTACHMENT: <br />• ERMU Commercial Water Meter Appointment Letter <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />