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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES REGULAR MEETING OF THE UTILITIES COMMISSION December 14, 2004 Members Present: Jerry Takle, President; James Tralle, Vice Chair; John Dietz, Trustee Staff Present: Br}'a11 Adams, General Manager; Glenn Sundeen, Line Superintendent; David Berg, Water Superintendent; Patricia Hemza, Office Manager Others Present: Pat Klaers, City Admiiustrator 1. Cal! meeting to order December 14, 2004 President Jerry Takle called the December 14, 2004, meeting to order. 2. Consider Utilities Agenda James Tralle moved to approve the December 14, 2004, Utilities Agenda with the addition of two requests for Street Lights. John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 3. Consider Consent Agenda John Dietz questioned the check to Automatic Systems. Staff responded it was for the SCADA system to better monitor the water system. James Tralle moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: November Check Register November 9, 2004 Minutes Financials John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 5.1 Staff Up-dates Bryans Adams informed the Commission that the rebate check for Salk School has been delivered to Ron Bratlie of ISD #728. He then discussed the Miskie property development, which will be called River Park, located on the east side of Elk River. Commission was briefed on the MMUA Bond Pool, and the class that was given to the employees on Monday from Protective Services regarding safety and awareness. Patricia Hemza infomled the Commission of the successful hiring for the HR position, and the Auditors have finishing their pre-audit on 12/13/04. Glenn Sundeen reported on the status of the current electrical projects and the 28 new services installed in the month of November. He added that there were no outages due to the high winds this past week. David Berg relayed on the 4 new Security Systems sold, and the looping of water mains due to recent residential and commercial developments. 5.2 Review and Consider Wholesale Electric Rate Great River Energy electric wholesale rate was discussed. The new ttvo tier rate structure will affect the Elk River Municipal Utilities by approximately 2.52% or $240,246.00. No action necessary.