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Elk River Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 Elk River, MN 55330-0430 November 5, 2008 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Jerry Takle John Dietz Jerry Gumphrey From: Troy Adams Subject: Miscellaneous Issues Phone: 763.441.2020 Fax: 763.441.8099 Enclosed is the packet for the Thursday, November 13, 2008 regular commission meeting at 5:00 p.m. Please note the time change. Electric usage is up 6.6% year to date. Water usage is down 2.5% year to date. Quotes for frost trenching for the 2008-2009 winter season came back lower that last year. Midwest Diversified Utilities had the low bid. At the October utility commission meeting, street lighting was added as an additional item to the agenda. The question pertained to requests for street lighting and if there was a policy to address requests. ERMU has anon-written policy. The approval for the request would require a signed petition from the neighbor- ing residents. Also, the approval for the request would require the spacing to the next street light to be farther than 300 ft. The inquiry discussed at the October utility commission meeting has yet to be submitted to staff. At this time, the ERMU proposed policies are still being reviewed by Gray Plant Mooty attorneys at law. The revisions to the policies recommended by the Commission at the October utility commission meeting have been passed on to the attorneys. The contract for the power plant roof repair has been signed. McDowall Company is waiting for materials and plans to begin as soon as possible. Attached is an email from an ERMU customer praising the good customer service provided by Michael Price and Adam Freiberg of the meter shop. The question has been raised by staff regarding FR clothing for those changing electric meters. Currently, water operators do change out electric meters but do not have FR clothing. (Verbal Discussion)