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.^~/ <br />Elk River -=~ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />Memorandum <br />To: Elk River Utilities Municipal Utilities Commission <br />John Dietz <br />Jerry Gumphrey <br />Daryl Thompson <br />From: David Berg <br />Reviewed by: Terry Maurer <br />Date: 12/09/2009 <br />Subject: On-call Water Department <br />Phone: ?63.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />The current water department on-call policy pays an employee eight additional hours <br />(overtime rate) each week for carrying the on-call phone. If the employee is called during the <br />week and needs to respond, they receive a minimum of two additional hours or whatever the <br />respondent requires for time. The weekly on-call pay amounts to approximately $18,000 per <br />year. <br />In recent years there have been very few call-outs not related to our SCADA system or shut- <br />offs. We have quit responding to the non-emergency shut-off call-outs. In 2010, we have a <br />laptop computer purchase in the budget which will allow for responses to SCADA alarms <br />remotely. <br />The attached sheet shows all call-outs to date in 2009. Well over 50% of the 2009 call-outs <br />will be eliminated by the purchase of the laptop computer. It no longer makes sense to pay <br />$18,000 to have an employee available for 15-20 annual call-outs. If a call-out is necessary and <br />management is unavailable, the water department employee will be compensated the minimum <br />two hour call-out pay or whatever the respondent requires for time. <br />