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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 />December 10, 2024 <br />2.4 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Designate 2025 Official Newspaper <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Designate Elk River Star News as the official newspaper for 2025. <br />BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION: <br />Minnesota Statutes Section 331A.04 requires the utility to annually designate a qualified <br />newspaper for the publication of legal notices. The newspaper must meet specific rules and <br />must be chosen based on their location. <br />The Star News meets those qualifications and is in the city so it must be chosen as the utilities' <br />official newspaper. <br />As a reminder, in January 2024 ERMU also initiated the process to establish its website as an <br />alternative dissemination method for bids, requests for proposals, request for information, etc. <br />per state statute 331A.03, subd. 3(a)-(b). After a six month transition period ERMU has officially <br />satisfied the requirements to establish the website as an acceptable publishing platform should <br />that be more advantageous to the Utilities than posting notices in the newspaper. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />41 <br />