6.1c ERMUSR 11-12-2019 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mark Fuchs—Operations Director
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
November 12, 2019 6.1c
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Had 15 new house services.
• Continue collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits.
• 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.
• We are waiting on a shipment of decorative poles that will be used for the one
remaining downtown light that still needs to be replaced, and for 29 lights along Quaday
Avenue in Otsego.
• We painted twelve 30' poles on Quaday Avenue in Otsego.
• We upgraded the transformer at Abiding Savior Church to accommodate their new
addition.
• Elk River Cornerstone Ford built a photo booth building for taking pictures of their
vehicles which required a new single phase service.
• Installed a new single phase service at 16000 Jarvis Street for an outbuilding.
• Installed three phase underground primary, added a three phase transformer, and
changed out an existing three phase transformer to a larger one for the Youth Athletic
Complex lights.
• We moved the three voltage regulators from County Road 40 to County Road 13 to
maintain appropriate voltage in the Miske Meadows development and the surrounding
area.
• Mi-Tech Services performed pole inspections on 404 poles. Once we received the test
results we'll be working on changing out the poles that didn't pass inspection.
• Scott Thoreson and Darren Weber attended Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association
(MMUA) Overhead School October 15-18 in Marshall, MN. During the Overhead School,
MMUA held their annual Minnesota Lineworkers Rodeo and Zac Johnson, Nick
Hommerding, and Matt Zipp participated. Zac placed in two of the three events. Scott
was a judge for the rodeo and an instructor for the Overhead School.
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• Luke Hafften and Gene Stoeckel attended the MMUA Cross Training School October 15-
17 in Marshall, MN.
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