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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
ERMU Commission
FROM:
Jenny Foss – Communications & Administrative Coordinator
MEETING DATE:
August 8, 2023
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
5.4
SUBJECT:
Field Services Facility Open House Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
• The ERMU Open House is Thursday, August 24 from 4-8 p.m. with the theme being
“Meet Your Hometown Team.”
• The open house committee has been meeting monthly to ensure all planning tasks are
completed.
• Details about the event, including parking information and an event map, can be found
under Featured News on our homepage.
• Communication of the event will continue throughout the month of August via social
media, newspaper, bill message, newsletters, SmartHub, roadside signage, and call
capture (robo call).
• Visitors will be able to enter the building through either the main doors by the flagpole
or through the lower level west facing garage doors.
• Staff will be wearing highlighter yellow shirts for easy visibility and will be stationed in
all key areas to assist guests as needed. Additional signage will be placed around the
facility to help direct guests as well.
• There will be cupcakes, water, and popcorn available for free and two food trucks with
items for purchase (Mac’s Mini’s and Brain Freezze).
• There will be three games for kids to play (football toss, lollipop wheel, and Gatorade
ring toss) along with four face painters from Elk River High School.
• Lineworkers will be showcasing pole top rescues and bucket truck self-rescues. A hands-
on electrical equipment demonstration will be set up in the lineworkers area as well.
• Water staff will be performing a “Hydrant Hysteria” demonstration every half hour
starting at 4:30. This event requires a team of two to assemble a Waterous fire hydrant
in less than five minutes. There are approximately forty pieces that require strength,
finesse, and speed to be able to piece together a functioning hydrant from street level.
• Additional education tables will be set up featuring electric, locating, water, and rebate
information using displays and flyers. Giveaways will be located at the rebate table
including EV-ER footballs, pens, and lightbulbs.
• The police department will have a Child ID table on site.
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• There will be tables and chairs for guests to sit and visit with background music.
• In addition to the restrooms located in the building we will have two outdoor restrooms
available (one being handicap accessible).
• In the event of inclement weather, we will move all outdoor activities inside the vehicle
storage area.
• Landscaping and irrigation are projected to be completed site-wide with the exception
of the very northeast corner of the grounds where natural prairie flowers will be seeded
closer to fall when the temperature is cooler.
ATTACHMENTS:
• ERMU Open House Map
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WELCOME AREA
>Welcome Table
>Social Area
>Music
>Face Painters
>Games
FOOD TRUCKS
>Mac’s Mini’s
>Brain Freezze
Food truck items are
available for purchase.
ERMU TRUCKS
>Bucket Truck
>Digger Truck
>Bore Rig
>Mini Excavator
>Plow
WATER DEMO
>Hydrant Hysteria
The water demonstration
will take place every half
hour starting at 4:30 P.M.
LINEWORKERS
>Pole Top Rescue
>Bucket Truck
Self-Rescue
>Hands On Electric
Equipment Demo
INFORMATION
>Upper Level Offices
>Electric Education
>Water Education
>Rebates
>Child ID with ERPD
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