6.1c ERMUSR 01-10-2017 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:
January 10, 2017 6.1c
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
DISCUSSION:
• Had four new services.
• Continue working on collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time
permits.
• Continue the tear down of the old infrastructure in River Ranch development.
• Finished feeder 42 line extension.
• Finished making up the underground infrastructure on Quantrelle Avenue in Otsego. This
is to feed the Nystrom building. We also hooked up the temporary service for the
building.
• Presidential Estates rebuild is on hold until spring when the frost comes out.
• Finished replacing some LED light fixtures on Jackson Avenue and School Street. We
are going to be changing out the lights on Twin Lakes Road to LED next.
• Changed out fourteen lights to LED for the City on the walk bridge over Hwy 169 by the
Freeport water tower.
• A vehicle went off the road on County Road 39 and hit a single phase pole in Otsego. We
were able to temporary it and replace the pole the following day.
• Had to replace a street light pole on Vance Circle that was struck by a vehicle.
• Started tree trimming.
• Started rebuilding 165th Ave;this is in Area 2 that we recently acquired from Connexus.
• Completed inventory count and are now working with the office to ensure the accuracy.
• Scott Thoreson, Darren Weber and Jared Rolstad attended the MMUA Transformer
School December 13-16 in Marshall, MN.
• Tom Geiser and I attended the Technical & Operations Conference that Minnesota
Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA)held in St. Cloud, MN. They had some very
good speakers. A few of the sessions I attended were: Quality Leadership, Creating an
Empowerment Culture, Advancing the Safety Culture, Reliability Best Practices, Cold
Weather Rule, Cyber Security, and an MMUA update.
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