6.1e ERMUSR 02-13-2024Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Thomas Geiser — Operations Director
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
February 13, 2024
6.1e
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Working through maps for the new GIS mapping system that we plan to move forward
with in the future.
• Attending weekly Advanced Metering Infrastructure meetings along with other ERMU
staff.
• Working through 2024 projects and the equipment that will be needed.
• ERMU's crew is practicing for the American Public Power Association's Lineworker
Rodeo, happening April 6, in Lafayette, Louisiana.
• Attended Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association's Job Training & Safety meeting in
Brainard, MN January 17-18 to go over underground school topics.
• Our budgeted 2024 digger truck has been moved back to a construction start date of
April 2025 due to chassis availability. We also have a new bucket truck scheduled for a
construction start date of June 2025. ERMU's plan is to move forward with adding both
trucks to the fleet in 2025. With that there will be no large trucks ordered in 2026 and
we will replace the last digger truck in 2027.
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