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6.1. ERMUSR 07-13-2010UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. - Director of Operations John Dietz, Chair Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair Dar 1 Thom son, Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: Jul 13, 2010 6.1 SUBJECT: Staff U dates - Director of erations DISCUSSION: Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association will be holding its 78~' Annual Summer Meeting in Alexandria, MN this year. The conference runs from Monday August 23`d through Wednesday August 25`h. The 2010 Budget included sending 2 staff and 1 commissioner to this conference. The brochure is attached for you reference. On June 30s', Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency announced that Steve Thompson was promoted to Chief Executive Officer and Larry Blaine was hired as their Chief Financial Officer. The news release is attached. Sherburne County Emergency Services and the Community Emergency Response Team have requested a tour and demonstration at our power plant. This is tentatively scheduled to take place in August. After the June 17`h storms, ERMU provided mutual aid assistance to Wadena and Rochester for their tornado recovery efforts. At the June 14`" EDA meeting, the EDA recommended the utilization of Energy City as an economic development tool. In the recent past, ERMU has participated with the EDA in their efforts and outreach focused on existing businesses. ERMU is currently working on updating Conservation Improvement Programs brochures and rebate brochures to be used as communication and education tools to help the EDA and Energy City with their economic development and energy conservation goals. Enclosed for your reading is the current issue of the MMUA Resource. tlM•' I 9d7~ I rf ~''ll J i> ~' 1~ i ~ `}~ ~l J,~'s ~5~ 7~ C~~ MMUA's 78th Annual Summer Meeting will beheld at Arrowwood Resort & Conference Center in Alexandria, Minnesota. We will continue our same format as last year. We will have our annual bike ride as well as the golf tournament on Monday afternoon before the start of the meeting. You will have the option of coming to the resort early to play golf or take a bike ride on the Central Lakes Trail with all your friends from the industry. We want you to enjoy a day of fun, warm weather and exercise in beautiful northern Minnesota. We will end Monday with our evening Bar-B-Q overlooking Lake Darling. Please take time to review all of the informa- tion in this brochure. It contains everything you need to register with MMUA and Arrow- wood Resort & Conference Center for the meeting and all of the activities. We have a full slate of interesting speakers lined up for all dayTuesdayand Wednesday morning. Please refer to the program for topics and speaker information. We will have a two-hour trade show in conjunction with a reception prior to the start of the banquet on Tuesday evening. Specific questions or concerns regarding this meeting should be directed to Bonnie Hayes at 763-746-0707 or 1-800-422-0119 (MN only). Please take special note of all deadlines. It is important to get your registrations in on time. Zo1O MMLIfI Goi~rouu-na.mevtt- Date: Monday, August 23 Location: Arrowwood's Atikwa Golf Course Registration: Must bepre-registered to golf Start time: 1:30 p.m. (shot-gun start) Format: Best Ball Scramble Tournament For e~opJgstavina at Arrowwood: The cost of this tournament is included as part of your"lodging package"with Arrowwood. The golf cart fee of $26.00 will be added to your room charge. You must register yourself and/or team on the MMUA registration form. For people driving in for the tournament and not staving overnight at Arrowwood; If you are not staying at Arrowwood, you need to register for "BBQ & Golf Package" or "Golf Package"on Arrowwood's reservation form. Please Register byluly 23, 2010 Everyone will need to register as an individual or as a scramble team with MMUA on the MMUA registration form by July 23. Arrow- wood will not allow walk-ins. You must be pre-registered! You do not need to attend the meeting in order to play in the tournament. Individual players who register will be as- signed to a team. If you have someone you would like to play with, please note it on the registration form and we will try to accom- modate you. If you register yourself on a team, be sure to talk with those people in advance to make sure they are not already registered with another team. Prizes will be awarded. Please address any golf ques- tion to Bonnie at 1-800-522-0119 or direct dial number of 763- 746-0707. ~1~1g11A's 5th Summer Bike Ride Date: Monday, August 23 Location: Central Lakes Trail Registration and check-in: 12:30-1:15 p.m. MMUA table in Arrowwood Lobby Start Time: 1:30 p.m. Starting Location: Everyone will leave from Arrowwood's parking lot and go to the Bike Shop next to the trail Comejoin us for MMUA's Annual Bike Ride led by Scott Dietz of Alexandria. The ride will take place on the 14 foot wide, black topped, Central Lakes Trail which runs from Osakis to Fergus Falls. Bikes & helmets will be available for you to rent, or bring your own. The bike shop is located in Alexandria next to the trail. Bike at your own pace or stay with the group. The choice is yours. Wejust want you to get out and enjoy an afternoon of fun and beauti- ful northern scenery. Please register in advance for the ride on the MMUA registration form, indicating if you will need a bike rental. We will also take registra- tionsthe day of the ride if needed. You will pay for your bike rental at the bike shop when you pick it up at the start of the ride. ~'entative 2'rogram Monday, August 23 9:00-12:30 Board of Directors Meeting -Itasca Room 12:00-1:20 Check-in at Atikwa Golf Course for tournament 12:00-120 Check-in for bike ride at MMUA desk in Arrowwood Lobby 1:30 Golf"Best Ball Scramble"Tournament (Shot-gun start) Atikwa Golf Course 1:30 Central Lakes Trail Bike Ride 3:00-6:15 Registration desk open for Conference Registration 5:00 Hotel Check-in 6:30-7:30 Welcome Reception -Front Lawn 7:30-9:00 Outdoor Bar-B-Q -Front Lawn Tuesday, August 24 6:30-10:30 Breakfast served -Lake Cafe 7:45-5:00 Registration desk open 8:00-8:15 Welcome and Opening remarks 8:15-9:45 EPA Updates J.P. Blackford & Theresa Pugh, APPA 9:45-10:15 Refreshment Break 10:15-11:00 The Washington Scene Michael Nolan, MMUA Washington Rep. 11:00-11:45 A New Direction Dr. James Benson, Bemidji State College (Invited) 11:45 Luncheon Two tracks for the afternoon (see facing page) Track 1 1:00-1:45 Liquid Submerged Computers Chad Attlesey, Chief Technology/Design Officer, HardcoreComputers 1:45-2:30 Energy Saving Ventilation Filters Using Nanotechnology Curt Thomas, Airflow, LLC 2:30-3:00 Refreshment Break Track 2 1:00-1:45 800 MHZ ARMOR Statewide Radio Project Kurt McClain, Moorhead Public Service 1:45-2:30 Pole Attachments & Future Changes Carol Ferris, Alden Systems, Inc. 2:30-3:00 Refreshment Break 3:00-3:45 3:00-3:45 Drinking Water Revolving Fund -Getting Solar and Battery Storage Technology on the List James Losleben, VP Bus. Dev., tenKsolar John Schnickel, Drinking Water Revolving Todd Headlee, CEO, Silent Power, Inc. Fund Coordinator, MN Dept. of Health 3:45-4:30 3:45-4:30 NESHAP Rules (RICE) Minnesota Student Energy Project Bob Jagusch & Mike Willetts, MMUA Michael Allen, Rochester Mayo High School 5:00-7:00 Trade Show & Reception -Tennis Center 7:00-10:00 Banquet-Lake Darling Ballroom Entertainment -Roger Radley, Stand-up Comedian Wednesday, August 25 6:30-10:30 Breakfast served -Lake Cafe 8:00-8:30 MMUA Business Meeting (Regular and Affiliate Members only) 8:30-9:15 Network Security Randy Romes, Larson Allen, LLP 9:15-10:00 State Budget Problems and the Impact on MN Cities Gary Carlson, Director of Intergovernmental ReL, League of MN Cities 10:00-10:30 Refreshment Break 10:30-11:30 Issues Round-up Jack Kegel, MMUA Executive Director Robert Jagusch, MMUA Energy Services Dir. Mike Willetts, MMUA Job Training & Safety Dir. 11:30-12:00 State Legislative Developments Brad Roos, Gov't Relation Committee Chairman Greg Oxley, MMUA Gov't Relations Dir.; Bi1181ack, Sr. Gov't Relations Rep. Doug Carnival, Legislative Representative 12:00 Hotel Check-out MN Municipal Utilities Association August 23-25, 2010 Arrowwood Resort 8~ Conference Center Reservation Form PREFERRED LODGING HELD UNTIL August 2, 2010 Mr City St _ Zip Day Phone (_~ Arrival Date:_/_ Departure Date_/_ #Nights_ Adults: Children: (Under 18) Special Requests: (i.e. Room accessibility, dietary, etc.) All of our guestrooms are nonsmoking. Method of Payment: _ Check-Must be sent with form Pumhase Order- Must be and sent with form. Credit Card -Card Charged Upon Receipt of Form Visa MasterCard American Express Discover Card # Cardholder's Name: Signature: GROUP PACKAGE $468.00 Single Occupancy, Per Person, Entire Package $316.77 Double Occupancy, Per Person,Entire Package Package includes: Overnight accommodations for two (2) nights, dinner on Monday, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Tuesday, breakfast on Wednesday, golf green fees, up to 4 waterpark passes to the Big Splash, non-motorized recreation, tax and gratuity. Golf cart rental is an additional cost. (Golf Carts are not included) If you checked double occupancy above, you must list your roommate below and mail or fax your forms together: otherwise, your reservation will be changed to the single occupancy rate. Exp._/_ ROOMMATES NAME: NO RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED WITHOUT FORM MAIL OR FAX ENTIRE FORM T0: Arrowwood Resort & Conference Center 2100 Arrowwood Lane NW Alexandria, MN 56308 FAX:320-762-0133 CANCELLATION POLICY MEMORIAL DAY -LABOR DAY Upon making the reservation, the individual's credit card will be charged a $100.00 advance payment fee rce room reserved. If the reservation is cancelled 31 days or more prior to the arrival date, the advance payment will be refunded less a $25.00 processing fee. If the reservation is cancelled within 30 days of the arrival date, the $100.00 advance payment will be forfeited. If the reservation is cancelled within 72 hours of your stay you will be charged for the entire stay "Chidren slay Free h Guestroorrs, MCI Padc2geAvaiade " For those attendees that would like to arrive on Sunday, August 22, 2010, the guestroom rate is $139.00 per room, plus tax. ADULT MEAL PACKAGE $141.18 Per Person Inclusive Package includes: Dinner on Monday, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Tuesday, Breakfast on Wednesday, tax and gratuity. _ DINNER & GOLF PACKAGE - $76.97 Per person Package Includes: BBO Dinner on Monday, Golf Greens Fees, Golf Cart, Tax and Gratuity GOLF ONLY - $42.60 Per person Package Includes: Golf Greens Fees, Golf Cart and Tax CHECK-IN TIME IS 4 P.M. CHECK-OUT TIME /S 11 A.M. t ~ - - ~ 1 xaxamn xuxzrnu rnnmeaassxutzox Minnesota Municipal Utilities Assocation 3025 Harbor Lane N, Suite 400 Plymouth, MN 55447 Phone: 763-551-1230 Date: August 23 - 25, 2010 Fax: 753-ssi -Dose Location: Arrowwod Resort, Alexandria, MN www.mmua.org Attendee Information (IRCludeapoRaeal Registration Fees Name: Name (2): $200 on or before August 2 $230 on or after August 3 Name (3): Name (4): Conference Fee: Utility: z Number of Attendees: Address: Total Due: State: Zipcode: Payment Main Contact: Check Payable to: MMUA Email: PO# Phone: Bill Utility • -. Please register the following as individuals or as a scramble team. Incomplete foursomes will be filled in. Name/City/Co. Name/City/Co. Name/City/Co. Name/City/Co. I would like to golf with •- -• Please register the following as individuals for one of the bike rides. Indicate if you will need a bike rental Name/City/Co. Bike Rental: Yes No Name/City/Co. Bike Rental: Yes No Name/City/Co. Bike Rental: Yes No REFUND: A lull refund (minus 525.00 processing (eel will be given on advanced registrations'rfche MMUA office is notified by 4:30 p.m. on August 3, 3010. PMOTOGMpNg: By registering for this conference, I authorize Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) to photograph me at this even[ and use such photographs in MMUA marketing pieces (both electronic and prin0. I understand [ha[ I will not be paid br giving this consent. ODEBTIDNB: Please contact Bonnie by email bhayes~mmua.org or phone )63-]46-0]0]. Return compkteE-egistration form byAugust2 Online: www.mmua.orD under'Calendar'tink Mail: MMUA Office • 3025 Harbor Lane N, Suite 400 • Plymouth, MN 55447 fax: 753-551-0459 ~~ News Re%ase STEVE THOMPSON PROMOTED TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; LARRY BLAINE JOINS CMMPA AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Move completes management succession plan. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT June 30, 2010 Lori Frisk-Thompson 507-526-2193 Blue Earth, MN -The Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (CMMPA) and its wholly- owned subsidiary, Utilities Plus (UP), announce that Steve Thompson has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of both organizations, effective July I, 2010. Thompson had been Deputy CEO since January. "Steve Thompson has demonstrated his readiness to lead CMMPA and UP," said Bob Schulte of Schulte Associates LLC, who is completing a consulting assignment as Interim CEO. "This well-deserved promotion completes the management succession planning we have been doing the past months. The agency will be in good hands going forward." "I am honored with this responsibility, and excited about continuing the success and growth of the agency in the future," said Thompson. Mr. Thompson has over 30 years of experience in the electric utility industry. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS in electrical engineering and the University of St. Thomas with a MBA. He joined CMMPA/UP in 2000. In other news, Larry Blaine has joined CMMPA/UP as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He has served in that role as a contract employee since 2006. He graduated from Pepperdine University with a BS in accounting and the University of Denver with a MBA. "We are very pleased that Larry has accepted this critically-important position with the agency," said Schulte. About CMMPA CMMPA is a joint action agency of twelve municipally-owned member utilities located in south central Minnesota. CMMPA is aproject-oriented agency and manages the power supply portfolios on behalf of its Members providing future Power Supply Planning and Procurement Services and MISO Market Scheduling Services. CMMPA was created in 1987 under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 453.51 through 453.61. For more information, visit www.cmmpa.org. ### CENTRAL MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY 459 South Grove Street Blue Earth, Minnesota 56013 507-526-2193 UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Theresa Slominski -Finance Director/Office John Dietz, Chair Manager Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair D 1 Thom son, Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: June 8, 2010 6.1 SUBJECT: Staff U dates -Finance Director/Office Mana er DISCUSSION: Credit cazds are in full swing now. It was introduced in the message section of our June bills, also on the website, and in a newspaper ad that ran for two weeks. With the phone payment option available, we also have apre-recorded message allowing customers to transfer directly to this system without having to memorize a different phone number. A change we have implemented in the office is automation with the phones transferring after hours to GRE. Previously, we had to manually transfer the phones every night (and then back again every morning.) The phones would not be able to be transferred timely at night if a staff member happened to be on a phone call with a customer at 4:30. Also, there has been the occasion where the phones were not timely transferred right away in the morning. This automation transfers the calls out at 4:30pm and back in at 8:OOam. I would like to acknowledge that Bob Peazson from the city's IT department was very accommodating and worked with us to automate this transferring process. It was not without its struggles and is certainly very appreciated. UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission David Berg -Water Superintendent John Dietz, Chair Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair D 1 Thom son, Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: Jul 13, 2010 SUBJECT: STAFF UPDATES - SCADA INSTALLATION The SCADA system has been installed at the plant and is now being used. The new SCADA laptop has also been completed. I have been taking the laptop home. There will be some training involved to bring everyone up to speed on changes. So faz the new system works great. UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission David Berg -Water Superintendent John Dietz, Chair Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair D 1 Thom son, Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: Jul 13 2010 SUBJECT: STAFF UPDATES Im lementin Gra Water Irti ation I have contacted the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) on the topic of utilizing gray water for irrigating places such as: golf courses, parks and cropland. The MPCA has cities using gray water for these types of locations and they see no problem with using gray water for irrigation purposes. I met with Tim Steinbeck, the Elk River Generation Plant Manager in Elk River. Tim will set up a meeting and have his to look into G.R.E.'s questions and concerns on their participation in irrigating with gray water. They want to know estimated costs, pumping rate etc... UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission David Berg -Water Superintendent John Dietz, Chair Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair D 1 Thom son, Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: Jul 13 , 2010 SUBJECT: STAFF UPDATES 2010 Candidate Last yeaz, I was asked if I would consider running for Sherburne County Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor (SCSWD). This is an elected position so I would be on the ballot for the election this fall. The SCSWD meet once a month, generally in the mornings. I would like to know if the Commissioners would mind if I ran for this position. UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Mazk Fuchs John Dietz, Chair Line Superintendent Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair Daz 1 Thom son, Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: Jul 13, 2010 6.1 SUBJECT: Staff U dates DISCUSSION: • We had storms this month causing some outages, the wind blew a tree over and tore down a single phase tap in Otsego, lightning took out some fuses, elbow arrester and wrecked a transformer on County Road 13, and other smaller wind related problems. • We sent one crew to Rochester for three days and one crew to Wadena for three days for mutual aid after the storm. • Installed a primary loop on Cazson Street. With this in we will be removing (2) three phase j-boxes and replacing (2) other rusted out three phase j-boxes. • We changed out a rusted three j-box at the court house. • Continued working on changing out our cutouts, fuses and fuse pads. • We have completed the Area 23 Taps. • Continued working on Enger's Addition rebuild. • Started rebuilding Area 22. This is the single phase overhead part we acquired from Connexus on County Road 1. • Started working on 15` and 2"d Street rebuild. • Hooked up the permanent service for Twin Cities Orthopedics in Otsego. • Had two new electric services. UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette -Superintendent of Technical John Dietz, Chair Services Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair D 1 Thom son, Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: Jul 13, 2010 6.1 SUBJECT: Staff U dates - Su erintendent of Technical Services DISCUSSION: The following is a summary of projects and/or updates over the past several weeks: This month the Locating Department had a total of three hundred locate tickets. Twelve of those tickets were "anoointments reouired", two were "boundary surveys", twenty-three were "undated" tickets and seven were "emergency" locates. The Metering Department continues with weekly and monthly substation checks, and doing the monthly power bill. The meter change-out program is still continuing as time permits. During this process, they have been helping the water department change water meters at the same time they aze there to change the electric meter. The SecuriTy Systems Department had a total of sixty-four phone contacts, twelve personal visits, twelve systems quoted, nine sales made, ten installs completed and 18 service calls for the month of June. Power Plant staff has performed the monthly run of the generators. They had to send one of the cylinder heads from engine # 1 to Kansas to get repaired. The same head also needed a valve replaced. This month Michael, Mark and I attended a free one-day seminar at Border States facility in Brooklyn Pazk on capacitor banks. It was a very informative session. It was the first of its kind offered that I know of. I have included a form in the education section of this book. ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES EDUCATION/ SEMINAR REPORT DATE 6/29/2010 EMPLOYEE NAME Wade Lovelette TITLE OF EDUCATION/SEMINAR Cooper Capacitor Training DATES ATTENDED 6/29/2010 LOCATION Border States in Brooklyn Park WHY DID EMPLOYEE CHOOSE TO ATTEND? To learn more about capacitor banks WHAT INFORMATION WAS LEARNED BY ATTENDING? System benefits of pole mounted capacitor racks, design sizing and placement of pole-mounted cap racks, switching and control, economics computer simulations and modeling, capacitor design and manufacturing and capacitor protection. WAS INFORMATION CONVEYED TO SUPERVISOR AND CO-WORKERS AND TO WHO? Yes. To Troy and other co-workers. ELYC RYVER MUA7%CYPAL UTILYTIES ED[YCATIORYI SEMINAR REP®RT DATE ~,~ '~ ~~ ~b EMPLOYEE NAME ~~Cl~~`Ln ~~~~`" TZTLE OF EDUCATION/SEMINAR ~' ~~~~~~G ~~~ ~/CJ/~ T/j~j~// Y ORGANIZATION SPONSORING EDUCATION! SEMINA.4 ~D~~f//~=o~ ~7~~7 DATES ATTENDED____ _././ -~~ ~~ LOCATION r ~y~OCC~i WHY DID EMPLOYEE CHOOSE TO ATTEND~~U~`N~r ~% /.~~GC'~',yc;;~/j1^~ WHAT INFORMATION WAS LEARNED BY ATTENDING ~ /3~i--T~ ~~~~5/~~.C~//vG ~~~ C-6r~ iTo~y ~s~/, 1~0~ 1~ G~,E G~/~ ~Ga~ ~s%iz'~ WAS INFORMATION CONVEYED TO SUPERVISOR AND CO-WORKERS AND TO WHO