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J~ <br />Elk River -~= <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />January 7, 2009 <br />To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />Jerry Takle <br />Jerry Gumphrey <br />John Dietz <br />From: Vance Zehringer <br />Subj: Operation Roundup <br />Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />Other utilities in the region have a mechanism to provide donations to area charities and <br />receive a lot of recognition for same. Elk River Municipal iJtilities has always had the <br />same response to legitimate requests - "the law doesn't allow us to do that"' <br />Would the Commission be acceptable to starting a fund from ratepayer donations similar <br />to what Connexus Energy and Wright-Hennepin does with their "Operation Roundup" <br />programs? They collect money voluntarily donated by ratepayers derived by rounding up <br />their payment to the nearest whole dollar. These funds accumulate several hundred <br />thousand dollars annually. The funds are expended to area charities via a volunteer <br />advisory board made up of local citizens. <br />