6.1.D. ERMUSR 04-15-2015 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette—Superintendent of Technical
John Dietz—Chair Services
Al Nadeau—Vice-Chair
Daryl Thompson- Trustee
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
April 14, 2015 6.1d
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
DISCUSSION:
• The Locating depaitiuent had a total of 188 locate tickets in March; one of them being an
emergency ticket, one cancellation, one meet, 174 normal tickets, two boundary surveys,
and nine updated tickets. When Richard Wagner is not locating he's working on map book
updates and the ArcView maps. He's getting the map book ready to print.
• In March, the Security Systems Department had a total of 129 phone contacts, 10 systems
quoted, eight system sales made, 10 installs completed, 43 service calls and 10 personal
visits.
• Electric Technicians changed out the fluorescent lights to LED's in the engine room at the
plant. They continue with the meter reading,power bill, substation checks, hanging red-tags,
meter read-outs, dealing with meter and off-peak issues, and delivering and installing new
meters to commercial customers. They continue to change out the three phase meters to
radio read meters and help with the monthly engine runs. They are also re-programming
three-phase meters in the field for commercial and industrial loads. They are also registering
the daily weather report to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
• The power plant staff did the monthly engine run on March 25th. Engines 1,2 and 4 ran fine.
Engine 3 is still down as Wheeler World Inc. continues working on the upgrade. They
should finish their work week of April 6th
• Richard Wagner and Gene Stoeckel attended the Midwest ESRI Utility Users Group
Conference March 10th—April 1St. Their education reports are attached.
• Staff continues to collect data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Security Systems Weekly Update
• Security Systems Analysis
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Municipal Utilities
13069 Orono Parkway
P.O. Box 430
Elk River, MN 55330-0430
Elk River Municipal Utilities
Security System Weekly Update
(sum of weeks) (total for calendar month)
Week of March-15 March Weekly Totals
Number of Contacts 129 118
Number of systems quoted 10 11
Number of sales made 8 7
Number of Installs completed 10 8
Number of service calls 43 35
Personal Visits 10 11
Revenue Feb-15 $ 1 8,788
Expense Feb-15 $ 16,335
Margin* Feb-15 $ 2,453
YTD Revenue Feb-15 $ 49,802
YTD Expense Feb-15 $ 31,229
YTD Margin* Feb-15 $ 18,573
*Margin calculations exclude depreciation,payroll taxes,benefits coverage and office support
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Security Revenue and Margin 2014
Total Year
Jan Feb Mar April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec Budget
Revenue 29,110 28,705 20,044 20,946 23,326 24,542 21,080 23,547 23,042 24,069 21,502 22,690 **
YTD Revenue 29,110 57,815 77,859 98,805 122,131 146,674 167,754 191,301 214,343 238,412 259,914 282,604 265,000
Expense 12,292 13,237 20,940 16,508 16,354 14,136 21,308 16,670 12,898 21,556 15,469 16,761 **
YTD Expense 12,292 25,529 46,469 62,977 79,331 93,467 114,775 131,445 144,342 165,898 181,367 198,128 215,000
Margin* 16,818 15,468 -896 4,438 6,972 10,407 -228 6,877 10,145 2,513 6,033 5,929
YTD Margin* 16,818 32,286 31,391 35,829 42,801 53,207 52,979 59,856 70,001 72,514 78,547 84,476 50,000
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Margin calculations exclude depreciation,payroll taxes,benefits coverage and office support
Security Revenue and Margin 2015
Total Year
Jan Feb Mar April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec Budget
Revenue 31,014 18,788
YTD Revenue 31,014 49,802 49,802 49,802 49,802 49,802 49,802 49,802 49,802 49,802 49,802 49,802 270,000
Expense 14,894 16,335
YTD Expense 14,894 31,229 31,229 31,229 31,229 31,229 31,229 31,229 31,229 31,229 31,229 31,229 215,000
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YTD Margin* 16,120 18,573 18,573 18,573 18,573 18,573 18,573 18,573 18,573 18,573 18,573 18,573 55,000
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