6.1c ERMUSR 04-11-2017 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mark Fuchs—Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
April 11, 2017 6.1c
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Had eight new services.
• Continue working on collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time
permits.
• Finished tree trimming for the year.
• Continue rebuilding 165th Ave;this is in Area 2 that we acquired from Connexus.
• Started ordering material for Waco 2 Substation.
• Cargill is upgrading their service for the dairy barn and we replaced the underground
three phase primary at the same time we were doing the upgrades.
• Built a three phase overhead transformer bank and overhead secondaries for the Leachate
Discharge Project that was placed at our west substation site. Waste Management will be
at this site for approximately two years or until the landfill gets their Leachate pipe
installed to the sewer main.
• Working on permits along HWY 10 from Xenia Avenue to Gary Street for the Orono
bridge replacement project that will begin this year.
• A vehicle hit a street light pole at 11150 179th Avenue that needed to be replaced.
• Added a street light pole and changed out the other four fixtures to LED at the Trott
Brook Townhouse Association.
• The Lineworkers Rodeo is quickly approaching. The event is being held in San Antonio,
Texas May 5-6. We have one journeymen team that will be participating at the event.
The journeyman team consists of three people; Matt Schwartz, Mitch Girtz, and Jared
Rolstad. I will be a judge at the event and will also be attending the Engineering and
Operations Technical Conference which immediately follows the rodeo May 7-10.
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