6.1d2 ERMUSR 09-12-2023UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Thomas Geiser – Operations Director
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
September 12, 2023 6.1e
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
Staff has been attending meetings with Sherburne County to plan for the County Road
44 project.
Working through a lot of commercial services at this time.
Staff is working through maps for the new GIS mapping system that we plan to move
forward with in the future.
Working on 2024 Budgets.
ERMU provided mutual aid to Mora Public Utilities, August 11-12, after high winds came
through and took down most of their overhead lines in town.
August 24 was the open house for the new ERMU Field Services Building. Things went
very well. Thank you to all staff that made it happen.
We received our last pickup truck for 2023. The three trucks that are getting replaced
will be going to Hiller Auction in Zimmerman.We are still waiting for our new bucket
truck from Altec.
ERMU, Howard Industries, and Irby Utilities have reached an agreement that ERMU will
receive money back for the four fuse pads that we still have issues with. The remaining
eightwe have in service at this time will have a warranty period attached to them.
We had a primary bushing snap off a transformer that we installed for Plant & Things.
We are waiting for Howard to deliver a new transformer to switch it out.
Attended two Wage & Benefits Committee meetings this past month.
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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:FROM:
ERMU Commission Chris Sumstad– Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
September 12, 2023 6.1f
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
Installed 15 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line
once the customer requests service.
Crews continue to work on the underground primary replacement along Pascal Street
south of County Road 32 in Elk River.
Crews are working on both overhead and underground infrastructure along County
Road44 from Highway 10 to County Road 1. We are installing new and moving existing
lines in preparations for the rebuild starting in 2024.
Crews installed the three phase service for the 53 unit apartment building at Twin Lakes
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Avenue NW.
Roadand 175
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Michels Corporation installed the joint trench utilities in Miske Meadows 8 and Villas
at Fillmore developments. Our crews are working on terminating the wire in the Villas
and will start Miske soon.
Crews installed primary wire and two three phase transformers to serve the new Plants
& Things retail and warehouse buildings.
Crews installed electric infrastructure at both the Youth Athletic Complex fields and
Woodland Trails Regional Park to serve new maintenance buildings being constructed at
each location.
Installed atransformer to serve a new billboard on Highway10 east of Jarvis Streetin
Elk River.
I attended the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association Summer Conference held in
Duluth on August 21-23.
Congratulations to Alex Bernier on receiving his Journey Lineworker certificate on
September 2.
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