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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Tony Mauren — Governance & Communications Manager
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
April 11, 2023
2.5
SUBJECT:
ERMU's Tom Bovitz Memorial
Scholarship Award Winner
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
BACKGROUND:
On January 8, 2013, the Utilities Commission approved ERMU's participation in the Minnesota
Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) Tom Bovitz Memorial Scholarship. This award program
is offered by MMUA to promote public power and increase goodwill within public power
communities. High school seniors that are a customer or have a legal guardian that is a
customer of ERMU are eligible to apply. At that time, the ERMU Utilities Commission also
approved annually awarding a local winner a $500 scholarship.
DISCUSSION:
Staff advertised and promoted the scholarship through local high schools, social media, and
ERMU's website. The attached, winning essay is a great example of the goal of the scholarship,
providing an opportunity to educate our customers and community about the advantages of
public power.
This essay will now be forwarded on to MMUA judges for a chance to win an additional $500,
$1000, $1500, or $2000 through their scholarship program.
Following MMUA's scholarship award, the local winner will be invited to the May 9 commission
meeting to be formally recognized as the winner of ERMU's 2023 Scholarship.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$500 budgeted item.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Essay -Tom Bovitz Memorial Scholarship —Natalie Murphy
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