6.1c. ERMUSR 09-09-2014 Elk River
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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Mark Fuchs—Electric Superintendent
John Dietz—Chair
Al Nadeau—Vice Chair
Daryl Thompson—Trustee
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
September 9, 2014 6.1c
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
DISCUSSION:
• Had twelve new services.
• Continue working on collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time
permits.
• Finished working on feeder 74. This was a new feeder out of the west substation site.
• Continue working on changing out some of the rusty junction boxes.
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Continue working on changing out fuse pads. This has been an ongoing project that had
to be done due to our high fault current.
• R&H Painting painted 37 poles on Twin Lakes Parkway and we replaced one that was
too rusty to paint.
• Started rebuilding part of Industrial Park off of Co. Rd. 1. When we replace the old cable
we are putting in a loop feed on the primary side.
• Working on replacing a rusty switchgear cabinet on HWY 10 east of Waco St.
• Had to plow in some three phase primary and added a transformer for Aggregate
Industries gravel pit and Barton's gravel pit.
• Bored in some conduit at the YAC fields for the Parks Department.
• Had two feeder operations do to squirrels on our terminal poles. We had to switch the
feeders out and do some repair and add more squirrel protection on the equipment.
• On September 3rd we had someone break into the outside grounds at the plant. The
surveillance camera picked it up and the dispatch company contacted the police and me.
They apprehended the suspect with two of our 800 MHZ radios.
• I'll be unable to attend the September 9th commission meeting as I'm instructing at the
Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association(MMUA) Overhead Lineworker School in
Marshall, MN.
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