6.1c ERMUSR 04-09-2019 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mark Fuchs—Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
April 9, 2019 6.1c
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Had 7 new house services.
• Continued collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits.
• Continued tree trimming.
• Continued rebuilding the three phase overhead line on Jarvis Street between 165th
Avenue and Highway 10.
• A street light was struck by a vehicle at 18563 Zane Court.
• Updated 12 street light fixtures to LED bulbs on Baldwin Street in the Deerfield Addition.
Replaced a street light on Highway 10 and Lowell Avenue which was struck this winter.
• The City shop is finishing up the Department of Transportation inspections on our trucks
and trailers.
• De-energized the original transformer at the Sherburne County Courthouse to allow
them to perform work on the secondary switchgear inside the building.
• One of the three vacuum bottles on the 69KV circuit switcher at the Waco 1 Substation
needs to be replaced. It gave a low pressure alarm on Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA) so our system engineer was working with the manufacturer to
determine the cause and what parts need to be replaced.
• Assistant Electric Superintendent Tom Geiser attended the Electrical Lineworker
Technology Program Advisory Board meeting at Minnesota State Community and
Technical College in Wadena, MN. He received an update from the Academic Dean,
discussed the existing curriculum, and gave suggestions on ways to improve the
curriculum as the industry changes.
• Lineworker Derek Groebner has accepted a job with Connexus.
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