6.01e ERMUSR 11-14-2023��i
Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Thomas Geiser— Operations Director
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
November 14, 2023
6.01e
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Staff have been attending meetings with Sherburne County to plan for the County Road
44 project.
• Staff is working through maps for the new GIS mapping system that we plan to move
froward with in the future.
• Working on the 2024 Budget.
• Staff assisted the City of Elk River Streets Department by hanging the no overnight
parking signs onto ERMU streetlights along Main Street.
• We were denied the first round of the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships
Regional Grant Topic 3 (Innovative Regional Grid). They encourage all that were denied
to resubmit next round. The timing of that is unknown currently.
• Bucket Truck 4 from Altec has been delivered to Shakopee. We are waiting for a few
adjustments before we take ownership.
• Staff participated in the Downtown Trick or Treat event on Friday, October 27.
• Another fuse pad had an internal fault. We are working with Irby Electric on a solution.
• Temporary Lineworker Jack Gebhardt has been hired as a full time first year apprentice
as of Tuesday, October 31. This will fill the vacancy created a year ago.
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