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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Thomas Geiser— Operations Director
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
November 12, 2024
6.01e
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Working through the second round of maps for the new GIS mapping system that we
plan to move forward with in the future. Maps 1 through 30 are complete.
• Attending Advanced Metering Infrastructure meetings weekly with other ERMU staff.
• Working through 2025 projects and equipment/material needs.
• Working with staff on our future East substation project.
• Working with staff to review Pole Attachment Agreements.
• Working with staff to review the Security/Streetlight Service Agreements and 2025
Utilities Fee Schedule.
• Starting the design process of the Highway 169 overhead rebuild from the North
substation to the landfill. We will be replacing the poles and the 4/0 aluminum -
conductor steel -reinforced (ACSR) cable with new poles and 336 ACSR. This will take a
few winters to complete.
• Working with staff on the Otsego Streetlight audit.
• Reviewing Verizon pole attachment agreements, they are planning a fiber loop from the
Parrish Avenue bridge up Main Street, along Mississippi Road to Waco Street, down
Business Center Drive, over to Gary Street then following Highway 10 back to Main
Street.
• With the mild weather, staff is starting an underground rebuild project that was planned
for spring of 2025. There are a few projects that were scheduled for 2024 that never
developed, so we will utilize those funds.
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