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Elk River ,
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Thomas Geiser —Operations Director
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
August 13, 2024
6.1e
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Staff is working through the second round of maps for the new GIS mapping system that
we plan to move forward with in the future.
• Attending Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meetings weekly with other ERMU
staff.
• Working through 2025 projects and equipment/material needs.
• Working on scheduling equipment demos for our 2025 equipment replacements.
• Still attending weekly Highway 169 Redefine project meetings every Tuesday.
• Working on the 2025 capital budget and wire bid.
• Working with Johhny Pops' electrician on their second service plans.
• Working through Vireo Health's service needs.
• Working with staff on filling the system engineer position.
• Working with staff on our future East substation project.
• We had a tree knock out feeder 62 after the two inches of rain we had August 5, which
caused an outage to roughly 1170 customers. Staff was able to clear the tree and have
power restored within 90 minutes.
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