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Elk River -~ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br />June 6, 2007 <br />To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />Jerry Takle <br />Jerry Gumphrey <br />Jim Tralle <br />From: Bryan Adams <br />Subject: Security Camera's <br />W phone:763.441.2O2O <br />Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />Previously this commission has discussed copper theft problems at our facilities. Staff was <br />directed to investigate cost of installing security cameras at our facilities. The cost of installing <br />seven cameras at our operations center is approximately $20,000 plus the cost of wire between <br />camera and monitoring area. Because this area is all asphalted, the cost of installing the wiring <br />will be in the $5,000 to $10,000 area. <br />If we installed an expandable security camera system to include not only the operations center <br />but other facilities like substations and water wells, the costs will escalate to $30,000 basic <br />system at operations center plus $3,000/remote site plus communication systems to link the <br />remote sites (radio, fiber optic, hardwire). The communication system could cost as much as the <br />basic system alone. <br />In conclusion, our theft to date has been a huge aggravation but the financial losses are not to the <br />extent to expend $30,000 or more to prevent theft. Abetter solution would be to install motion <br />sensors and security cameras that are not fully operational. <br />