6.1a. ERMUSR 09-09-2014 i6.
Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. —General Manager
John Dietz—Chair
Al Nadeau—Vice Chair
Daryl Thompson—Trustee
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
September 9, 2014 6.1a
SUBJECT:
Staff Updates—General Manager
DISCUSSION:
• The issue that was added to the September Commission meeting agenda by Commission
Chair John Dietz regarding unbilled irrigation water for the Chamber of Commerce has
been resolved. An estimate had been calculated and the Chamber of Commerce was
agreeable to pay the estimated amount.
• As the current Chair of the Board of Directors for the Midwest Municipal Transmission
Group (MMTG), the organization that fought for ERMU's right to own transmission, I
am planning the agenda for their annual meeting. The annual meeting will be held in
October or November at the MMUA offices in Plymouth, MN.
• Over the past few years Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association(MMUA)and
Minnesota Rural Electric Association(MREA) have put aside the difference of their
memberships regarding electric service territory to combine efforts to do great things like
training and joint activism. The two agencies have made the next steps in improving the
relationships of their members by inviting representatives of each agency to each other's
annual meetings. Jack Kegel, MMUA Executive Director, and Bill Black, MMUA
Government Relations Director, were invited the 2014 MREA Rural Electric
Management Association(REMA) CEO Fall Conference to make a presentation on
Opportunities for partnerships among cooperatives and municipals. Jack Kegel was not
able to attend. Because I am currently the highest ranking municipal manager in the
state, Jack asked me to fill in for him in representing MMUA. There are numerous topics
of interest on the agenda for the meeting including multiple involving electric service
territory issues. I will provide an update at the time of the ERMU Commission meeting.
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