6.1c ERMUSR 09-10-2019 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mark Fuchs—Operations Director
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
September 10, 2019 6.1c
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Had 24 new house services.
• Continue collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits.
• The infrastructure is in place to acquire Areas 7 and 8, the final sections of the Electric
Service Territory Transfer Agreement with Connexus. We will start by acquiring some of
the customers that require longer outage times the week of September 9,and the rest
will be acquired on September 17.
• We are working on putting in the infrastructure for the Monroe Estates Addition.There
are a total of 13 lots in this addition.
• Continue installing the underground infrastructure for the Lawatsch Farms Addition.
During the installation we will also be rebuilding Pascal Street,Troy Street, and 189th
Avenue.
• Continue working on rerouting the primary wire for the new Multipurpose Facility.
• Installation has begun on the new poles and light fixtures on Main Street.
• We plowed in 600 feet of pipe to accommodate connection of the new Welcome to Elk
River sign on Highway 169 by the landfill.
• Construction equipment hit the pole and tore the single phase wire down at the
Riverplace 2nd Addition on 185th Avenue.There was an outage for some customers until
we could replace the pole and put the wire back up.
• We experienced a half a dozen minor outages related to the storms that came through
Labor Day night.
• As a result of the storms, Connexus called for mutual aid on September 3; ERMU
lineworkers Scott Thoreson and Jake Koehler were dispatched to assist in restoring
power.
• Florida Municipal Electric Association requested mutual aid support for the anticipated
storm recovery work that would be needed in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. On August
31, ERMU sent two lineworkers, Mitch Girtz and Curt Wark, along with a bucket truck to
help in the restoration efforts. As the storm did not hit Florida as hard as expected, the
Minnesota lineworkers were released from duty on September 4.
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