6.1c ERMUSR 01-08-2019 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mark Fuchs—Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
January 8, 2019 6.1 c
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• We had 17 new house services.
• Continue working on collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits.
• Finished with the removal of poles that were located in the rear lot line in Otsego.
• Continue to work on the replacement of 16 poles that didn't pass inspection. This task
will be performed as a fill in between other jobs as they come in.
• Completed our annual inventory count of materials; the preliminary numbers look good.
• We went through the street lights that have a controller that turn on multiple lights at
once to fix the ones not working.
• Started tree trimming.
• We had a switchgear fail that feeds United Health Group. They used their backup
generators until the power was restored. We are working with the manufacturer of the
switchgear to determine the cause of the failure.
• Changed out 29 street light fixtures to LED in the Lafayette Woods and Cherrywood
Hills Addition.
• We had to redo the secondary wire at BZ Elk River apartments (original Guardian
Angels) on 925 Angel Street; this allowed them to transition from one meter for the entire
building to 25 separate meters.
• We recently discovered a storm sewer that was damaged at 18233 Carson Court. Matt
Stevens with the sewer department attempted to jet it out, but was unable. After digging it
up, Brentenson Excavating determined that it had been unknowingly damaged by a
contractor that had installed primary wire the fall of 2005. Brenteson Excavating replaced
the damaged pipe and fixed the sidewalk that needed to be removed for the pipe repair.
As the installation occurred over ten years ago, we were unable to file an insurance claim
with the League of Minnesota Cities. Additionally, as this happen back in 2005 we are
unsure if the storm sewer pipe was even located at the time the wire was installed, so the
City has offered to split the cost for repairs with ERMU. There will need to be some
landscape work done in the spring.
• Zac Johnson and Mitch Girtz attended the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association
(MMUA) Transformer School December 11-14 in Marshall, MN.
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