6.1d ERMUSR 12-11-2018 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
December 11, 2018 6.Id
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• In November,the locating department had a total of 254 locate tickets consisting of six
emergency tickets, 8 cancellations, 4 meetings, 183 normal tickets and 46 updated tickets.
This is a 53%decrease in volume of tickets from the previous month. The locators
continue to gather GPS points and data as time permits.
• Electric Technicians continue with updating the power bill, substation checks,
disconnects, reconnects, dealing with customer meter and off-peak issues, as well as
installing new meters for commercial customers. Staff has begun infrared imaging of the
feeder circuits coming out of Station#14 substation looking for any potential equipment
failures. On November 29 Engines 1, 2, 3 &4 were ran with only one minor issue which
will be corrected before the next run in December.
• On November 29, the annual generation audit was performed by Minnesota Municipal
Utilities Association (MMUA)with staff at the Power Plant and Landfill Gas Plant
facilities. Significant improvements have been made over last year's audit resulting in
just a few remaining items still needing attention.
• The weekly meter reads continue to go well. Staff has been revisiting accounts that were
notified of not being in compliance with our standards to follow-up on their progress.
• Mapping department continues to enter GPS points and attribute points for all of our
systems assets within the ESRI ArcView GIS system.
• On December 4-6, I attended the MMUA Technical& Operations Conference in St.
Cloud, MN. Sessions of interest were: Safety First, Restoration Second; Cybersecurity:
Understanding the Risks & Threats; and Making the Industry Great Again with
Organizational Culture. I found much value in these sessions and greatly appreciate the
opportunity to attend the conference.
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