6.1.b. ERMUSR 08-11-2015 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Theresa Slominski—Finance and Office Manager
John Dietz—Chair
Al Nadeau—Vice Chair
Daryl Thompson—Trustee
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
August 11, 2015 6.1b
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
DISCUSSION:
Our annual City, County, and Other Government Agency(CCOGA)meeting with Resource
Training and Solutions is August 26th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This is the meeting where
we hear about any changes and updates to our health insurance plans, and also receive our
renewal premium rates for 2016. I will update you at the September Commission meeting with
the information. On a related note, at our insurance broker's suggestion,we are going out for bid
on our dental and ancillary services (LTD, Life Insurance, AD&D) and should have those
premium rates for the September meeting as well.
Two NISC Accounting and Business Solutions (ABS) staff members will be onsite the week of
August 31St through September 4th to provide a review and accounting assistance with the various
ABS modules. We have a number of questions on processes and integration between the
Customer Information Services (CIS)and ABS pieces of the software that we hope to work
through that week. I will provide an update of the visit at the September meeting.
Our Customer Service Manager(CSM), Jennie Nelson, is doing well and has actually been doing
some limited work from home participating in conference calls and responding to emails. She is
currently expected to be out through the end of the month of August.
We interviewed three applicants for the Accounts Payable&Payroll Specialist Position on
August 3rd and 4th. We extended an offer to, which was accepted by, Kathy Greenberg to
tentatively start on August 24th pending the background check and pre-employment drug
screening.
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