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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Thomas Geiser— Operations Director
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
December 10, 2024
6.1e
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 2025 equipment/material needs.
• Working with staff on our future East substation project.
• Working with staff through pole attachment agreements.
• 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.
• The County Road 44 Rebuild is slated for 2026 due to railroad, right of way acquisition,
and state funding timelines.
• Due to the moderate temperature and lack of snow in November we were able to start
underground primary replacement along Dodge Street that was originally scheduled in
2025.
• All managers attended leadership training with Lisa Negstad on November 21.
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