6.1.c. ERMUSR 03-17-2015 Elk River
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:
March 17, 2015 6.l c
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
DISCUSSION:
• Had four new services.
• Continue working on collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time
permits.
• Continue tree trimming.
• Continue going thru the map book and inspecting equipment on the overhead and
underground system.
• Continue working with the City of Elk River Streets Department trimming trees that are
in the road right-of-way.
• The City shop does D.O.T.'s for our trucks and trailers. They will be doing these during
February, March and April.
• Diversified completed annual inspections on the bucket and digger trucks. The
inspections include: Visual/Operational, Magnetic Particle, Dielectric, Load and Acoustic
Emission Testing.
• Changed out the fluorescent lights to LED's in the offices and break room at the Field
Services Building. We are also working on changing out the fixtures in the older shop to
LED's.
• The wind blew some garbage into our feeder located by the landfill. This caused the
recloser to operate and knock the generator off line.
• A gopher or some other type of rodent chewed through an underground primary splice.
This caused one of the two feeders that feed a data center to open up resulting in us
having to feed them from a different feeder. We had Connexus come out to locate the
fault so we could thaw the ground and repair it.
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