6.1g ERMUSR 08-11-2020UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:FROM:
ERMU Commission Mark Fuchs – Operations Director
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
August 11, 2020 6.1g
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
Staff continues to work with Kodet Architectural Group on the new field services
building. GM Contracting, Inc. has completed the relocation of the force main. They also
disconnected fourresidentialwaterservicelinesthat were no longer in use at the main
so they will not interfere with future work.
Staff hada pre-construction meeting for the County State Aid Highway (CSAH)12road
improvement project. New Look Contracting, Inc. is hoping to begin work on August 10.
Staff has begun moving the overhead and underground electric infrastructure for this
project.
Staff had a meeting with the City of Otsego and Wright County for the third roundabout
at O’Dean Avenue and CSAH 39. They are hoping to start clearing out the right of way in
the middle of August. Once that is completed, we will begin replacing the existing
overhead infrastructure with underground.
Staff had a meeting with City staff to look at options for extending the fiber ring network
to the east side of Highway 169 where the City plans to build its Public Safety Building
and Fire Station 3. The network currently connects ERMU, City, and County facilities,
while ERMU’s long-term plan is to have connections to the wells, water towers, and
electric substations.
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