[0:02] Uh the roll call?

[0:04] >> Here.

[0:04] » Here.

[0:04] >> Here.

[0:05] » Here.

[0:05] >> Jones?

[0:05] » Jones?

[0:05] >> Here.

[0:06] » Here.

[0:06] >> Kapernick?

[0:07] » Kapernick?

[0:07] >> Here.

[0:07] » Here.

[0:07] >> Wallace?

[0:08] » Wallace?

[0:08] >> Here.

[0:08] » Here.

[0:08] >> Collins?

[0:09] » Collins?

[0:09] >> Here.

[0:09] » Here.

[0:09] >> Walters?

[0:10] » Walters?

[0:10] >> Here.

[0:10] » Here.

[0:10] >> Kaufman?

[0:11] » Kaufman?

[0:11] >> Here.

[0:12] » Here.

[0:12] >> We have a quorum. The meeting was

[0:14] » We have a quorum. The meeting was

[0:14] properly noticed.

[0:16] Okay.

[0:17] Uh

[0:18] Item two, we need a motion and a second

[0:20] to approve the minutes of the previous

[0:22] meeting.

[0:24] >> I'll make the motion.

[0:27] » I'll second.

[0:28] >> Did we get the minutes?

[0:30] » Did we get the minutes?

[0:30] >> I didn't see them.

[0:30] » I didn't see them.

[0:30] >> I did.

[0:32] » I did.

[0:32] >> Well, I had to look at them online.

[0:35] » Well, I had to look at them online.

[0:35] >> They're in the packet.

[0:36] » They're in the packet.

[0:36] >> They're in the packet.

[0:37] » They're in the packet.

[0:37] >> They're in the new packet, right?

[0:39] » They're in the new packet, right?

[0:39] >> Yeah, I don't think the minutes from the

[0:42] » Yeah, I don't think the minutes from the

[0:42] joint

[0:42] >> No, I don't have them.

[0:44] » No, I don't have them.

[0:44] >> That was my question. Was it the joint

[0:45] » That was my question. Was it the joint

[0:45] one?

[0:46] >> Those weren't there.

[0:47] » Those weren't there.

[0:47] >> They'll be out for next Tuesday and I'll

[0:48] » They'll be out for next Tuesday and I'll

[0:48] attach them the following meeting, but

[0:50] we did not take them that night.

[0:52] >> She did.

[0:53] » She did.

[0:53] >> Okay.

[0:54] » Okay.

[0:54] >> I'll second the motion.

[0:56] » I'll second the motion.

[0:56] Uh any further discussion?

[0:59] All in favor say aye.

[1:01] >> Aye.

[1:02] » Aye.

[1:02] >> Opposed?

[1:03] » Opposed?

[1:03] >> Good.

[1:04] » Good.

[1:04] >> Uh treasurer's report, investment of

[1:06] » Uh treasurer's report, investment of

[1:06] utility funds, questions, comments?

[1:13] The only comment I made was I find it

[1:15] interesting interest rate 3.0001

[1:18] of a percent and

[1:21] I just I just don't know my money.

[1:26] That seems

[1:28] funny.

[1:28] >> Like why bother?

[1:29] » Like why bother?

[1:29] >> Yeah, kind of like what was gone through

[1:32] » Yeah, kind of like what was gone through

[1:32] for that?

[1:32] >> Yeah, how much time did you spend?

[1:34] » Yeah, how much time did you spend?

[1:34] >> Yeah.

[1:37] Any further discussion?

[1:40] Let the minutes show the treasurer's

[1:41] report was received and filed.

[1:44] Uh item four,

[1:46] monthly electric bills for August total

[1:49] $1,022,547.11.

[1:54] The balance of the July bills total

[1:57] $1,000,000

[1:59] 11,000

[2:03] $72.11

[2:06] You need a motion and a second.

[2:09] » I'll make the motion.

[2:11] >> I'll second.

[2:13] » I'll second.

[2:13] >> Stop.

[2:14] » Stop.

[2:14] >> Uh there's a couple of WPPI community

[2:17] » Uh there's a couple of WPPI community

[2:17] funds in there.

[2:18] Um there's WPPI money for our customer

[2:22] appreciation um

[2:24] October event, our fair, our our parades

[2:27] that we participate in.

[2:30] Um Vic Cortelli was for the audit, which

[2:31] you'll see all three

[2:33] um departments

[2:35] um electric test lab is our rubber

[2:37] gloves. We had our annual fire

[2:39] extinguisher

[2:40] um inspection done for all all the

[2:42] departments. Forester is for the new

[2:46] transformer at the Olson sub. That's all

[2:49] the engineering fees and working with

[2:50] the PSC.

[2:52] Uh the Primos is a first article for

[2:55] uh 12S and 16S um meters. Um I know

[3:00] somebody mentioned tariff surcharge and

[3:02] um

[3:02] are made in Mexico and we are getting

[3:05] It's the only product that I know of

[3:07] that we get a tariff surcharge on.

[3:09] Um

[3:10] Red Shift Electric was uh 10 LED lights

[3:14] that we put out in the streets.

[3:16] It's a uh lower loom and a focus on

[3:19] energy

[3:20] um

[3:21] light that we had $190 in them.

[3:25] In each but we'll get I think total cost

[3:27] once we get our focus money back of like

[3:29] $45 a fixture. So, Jim Schwingel's been

[3:32] pushing that in in all of his

[3:34] communities that he takes care of.

[3:36] >> [clears throat]

[3:38] » [clears throat]

[3:38] >> I think that's pretty much

[3:40] » I think that's pretty much

[3:41] I would say our bill Our bill is

[3:43] our biggest expense every month.

[3:45] >> $921,000

[3:46] » $921,000

[3:47] >> A question just out of curiosity.

[3:49] » A question just out of curiosity.

[3:49] People's Community Bank audit is $9,000.

[3:53] >> That was mine, too.

[3:54] » That was mine, too.

[3:54] >> That's our new OMS system that we're

[3:55] » That's our new OMS system that we're

[3:55] using. So, on our new website, I'll talk

[3:58] about it later, customers will be able

[3:59] to view the areas of town.

[4:02] Um it's part of our new AMI

[4:05] um system, and the linemen and the

[4:08] office will be able to see exactly which

[4:10] meters out with the Open Point Outage

[4:12] Management System that we signed up for.

[4:15] And so

[4:15] >> Is that a

[4:16] » Is that a

[4:16] >> That's a one-time fee.

[4:17] » That's a one-time fee.

[4:17] >> One-time fee.

[4:18] » One-time fee.

[4:18] >> Okay.

[4:18] » Okay.

[4:18] >> So, it's joint action for all of them,

[4:21] » So, it's joint action for all of them,

[4:21] uh W P & I, it's a one-time fee.

[4:23] >> Okay.

[4:24] » Okay.

[4:24] >> We just started it a couple weeks ago.

[4:29] » Any further questions?

[4:32] Roll call, please.

[4:33] >> Jones.

[4:34] » Jones.

[4:34] >> Aye.

[4:35] » Aye.

[4:35] >> Kappernal.

[4:35] » Kappernal.

[4:35] >> Aye.

[4:36] » Aye.

[4:36] >> Wallace.

[4:36] » Wallace.

[4:36] >> Aye.

[4:37] » Aye.

[4:37] >> Collins.

[4:37] » Collins.

[4:38] >> Aye.

[4:38] » Aye.

[4:38] >> Walters.

[4:38] » Walters.

[4:38] >> Aye.

[4:39] » Aye.

[4:39] >> Hoffman.

[4:40] » Hoffman.

[4:40] >> Aye.

[4:40] » Aye.

[4:40] >> Saul.

[4:41] » Saul.

[4:41] >> Aye.

[4:42] » Aye.

[4:42] >> Carrington.

[4:43] » Carrington.

[4:43] >> Okay.

[4:44] » Okay.

[4:44] Uh

[4:46] water bill for August total $82,000 or

[4:48] $87,145.62.

[4:53] The balance of the July bills,

[4:55] $117,531.51.

[5:00] We need a motion and a second.

[5:03] » I'll make a motion.

[5:05] >> I'll second.

[5:06] » I'll second.

[5:06] >> Steve.

[5:07] » Steve.

[5:07] >> Uh the core and main is kind of a

[5:09] » Uh the core and main is kind of a

[5:09] pass-through thing, plus I made 15% on

[5:12] that. That's parts that were used by the

[5:15] plumber that was abandoning services out

[5:17] at the campus for the buildings that are

[5:18] coming down. Uh their normal supplier

[5:21] did not stock 3-in which is kind of an

[5:23] oddball size stuff for them to abandon

[5:25] those service laterals to cap them off,

[5:27] so I was able to get that for them.

[5:29] Uh just passed them off. It didn't

[5:30] actually go into my inventory. We added

[5:33] 15% handling fee on there.

[5:36] Uh Midwest Meter is the replacement

[5:38] meter for well seven. It was in my

[5:40] report last month, along with uh two and

[5:44] two, three, and six-inch meters that

[5:46] have an older style head inside of them.

[5:50] So, the multiplier

[5:52] would change into AMI. There's a

[5:54] conversion factor on top of there in

[5:56] addition to the number of zeros for

[5:57] 1,000 gallon trip. And to eliminate any

[6:00] errors in those, they were all

[6:02] lead-based meters, so we just eliminated

[6:04] them as part of our replacement. And Top

[6:08] Choice Home Inspection is the

[6:12] backflow preventers at the shop for all

[6:15] water kill station have to be

[6:16] third-party tested, so that was for that

[6:19] work to be done.

[6:20] Nothing else really

[6:22] jumps out at me there.

[6:26] Any questions?

[6:28] >> What type HydroCorp or HydroCorp?

[6:32] » What type HydroCorp or HydroCorp?

[6:32] HydroCorp?

[6:32] >> HydroCorp.

[6:34] » HydroCorp.

[6:34] They are the company that we have

[6:36] contracted with to do our commercial and

[6:39] industrial cross-connection inspections.

[6:42] We are finished with the onboarding

[6:44] process down. It was quite a lengthy

[6:46] process.

[6:48] They are going to send out letters in

[6:49] the next couple weeks, and they have two

[6:51] dates set in September to start doing

[6:53] inspections for us. And I think they

[6:55] have a half day already scheduled in

[6:57] October, also.

[6:59] So, we'll be seeing results on

[7:02] We're through the onboarding, getting

[7:03] all of our customer information,

[7:05] addresses, contacts, and the type of

[7:08] classification of them.

[7:10] >> [clears throat]

[7:12] » [clears throat]

[7:12] >> Any other questions?

[7:14] » Any other questions?

[7:14] >> Copenolle,

[7:15] » Copenolle,

[7:15] >> Copenolle,

[7:16] » Copenolle,

[7:16] >> Hi.

[7:16] » Hi.

[7:16] >> Wallace,

[7:17] » Wallace,

[7:17] >> Hi.

[7:18] » Hi.

[7:18] >> Collins,

[7:18] » Collins,

[7:18] >> Hi.

[7:19] » Hi.

[7:19] >> Walters,

[7:19] » Walters,

[7:19] >> Hi.

[7:20] » Hi.

[7:20] >> Kaufman,

[7:21] » Kaufman,

[7:21] >> Hi.

[7:21] » Hi.

[7:21] >> Saul,

[7:22] » Saul,

[7:22] >> Hi.

[7:22] » Hi.

[7:23] >> Jones,

[7:23] » Jones,

[7:23] >> Hi.

[7:27] » Okay.

[7:28] Um

[7:29] Monthly sewer bill for August total

[7:32] $157,710.32.

[7:37] Balance of the July bills total

[7:39] $242,735.95.

[7:44] We'll need a motion and a second.

[7:46] >> 5.5 safety

[7:49] » 5.5 safety

[7:49] 6. MEUW field visit

[7:52] 260728

[7:54] CURC field observations water department

[7:57] curb stop install.pdf

[8:00] 12.26 megabytes

[8:03] 6. MEUW live lines

[8:06] 7. live lines

[8:08] >> Motion to approve the service

[8:11] » Motion to approve the service

[8:11] Second.

[8:12] >> 11.5 2 megabytes

[8:15] » 11.5 2 megabytes

[8:15] >> Okay.

[8:15] » Okay.

[8:15] >> 7. APPA update

[8:18] » 7. APPA update

[8:18] 8. enter text here

[8:25] » All right, the deal gas construction

[8:27] bill on that page for street patching,

[8:30] that's the parking lot [clears throat]

[8:33] just above Scott's house

[8:35] from last year's horse main project

[8:37] going through there. So that parking lot

[8:39] is done.

[8:40] Uh when

[8:42] Gbro comes back to do Steve's project

[8:44] hopefully next week sometime while

[8:47] they're here, they're going to finish

[8:48] doing the grade work that we need to

[8:49] have done

[8:51] just to finish the drainage trench for

[8:52] the storm water to go off the end of

[8:54] that parking lot. Right now, where it's

[8:57] paved for a drainage trench, it's still

[8:59] higher than the pavement. It needs to

[9:00] get scraped down and get pitched so that

[9:02] the water can drain back towards the

[9:04] area. But again, that's all part of

[9:06] their

[9:07] punch list so to speak on that project.

[9:10] Uh

[9:11] a couple lines down, Deluxe

[9:13] Distributors, that's polymer. Again, we

[9:16] buy that a couple times a year, so

[9:17] that's three totes.

[9:19] And then all the way to the very very

[9:21] last page, I just wanted to point out a

[9:23] couple

[9:25] Aronnax Incorporated hose attachments on

[9:27] the very back page, 3,906.

[9:30] That's not only hose attachments, that

[9:32] is 1,000 ft of 3/4 in hose. So that's

[9:35] what we said with this truck. We were

[9:36] going to have 1-in hose delivered with

[9:38] it. We were going to get the 3/4-in

[9:40] hose, we could swap them, and we're

[9:42] going to be getting that switched over

[9:44] onto the unit sometime yet this week

[9:46] here, and then we'll be going on trying

[9:48] to do some tracking of our force mains

[9:50] where we don't know where they're

[9:51] located, which we found out last year

[9:54] it could be a big issue. So, we're going

[9:56] to work with the 3/4-in hose.

[9:59] And I

[10:02] think that's all I had.

[10:04] Oh, Don's tire around there for 1722.

[10:08] That was brand new tires for the skid

[10:09] steer.

[10:10] We wore those off.

[10:15] Questions?

[10:17] Roll call votes.

[10:18] >> Wallace?

[10:19] » Wallace?

[10:19] >> Aye.

[10:20] » Aye.

[10:20] >> Collins? [clears throat]

[10:20] » Collins? [clears throat]

[10:20] >> Aye.

[10:20] » Aye.

[10:20] >> Walters?

[10:21] » Walters?

[10:21] >> Aye.

[10:22] » Aye.

[10:22] >> Hoffman?

[10:22] » Hoffman?

[10:22] >> Aye.

[10:23] » Aye.

[10:23] >> Saul?

[10:23] » Saul?

[10:23] >> Aye.

[10:24] » Aye.

[10:24] >> Jones?

[10:24] » Jones?

[10:24] >> Aye.

[10:25] » Aye.

[10:25] >> Rockefeller?

[10:25] » Rockefeller?

[10:26] >> Aye.

[10:28] » Okay.

[10:30] Item five, safety.

[10:32] >> Done.

[10:33] » Done.

[10:33] Uh attached uh this what Steve Eller

[10:36] from MEUW

[10:38] uh I guess this is an example of what he

[10:39] does when he's here.

[10:41] Um Steve had a project he was working on

[10:43] and these are the uh reports we get

[10:45] back. He is also working on uh one for

[10:49] the electric when we were trenching down

[10:51] the hill from Story Drive down into

[10:53] where the new duplexes are at. The big

[10:56] trencher let go, Darren was on it. Uh

[10:58] the hydrostatic let go, and he rode it

[11:00] out to the bottom. It's up in Osseo, the

[11:03] transmission. Um the gears, everything

[11:05] was gone, has to be rebuilt, but very

[11:08] lucky that he didn't get hurt and enough

[11:10] nobody was at the bottom cuz that's

[11:12] quite an incline.

[11:13] Um but it's a '99

[11:15] trencher, but new ones are 60-70,000 and

[11:19] about 8,000 to fix it, so. But Steve has

[11:22] got um

[11:23] same kind of sheet put together, just

[11:25] waiting from the mechanic to finish it

[11:27] up

[11:30] Otherwise, safety I'm am sure. I haven't

[11:32] heard anything else. That was

[11:34] as far as from the electric side, the

[11:36] closest to

[11:37] an issue, but it wasn't, so.

[11:41] Luckily.

[11:42] >> Yeah.

[11:45] But

[11:46] this is good.

[11:47] Okay.

[11:49] MEUW lifeline.

[11:51] >> I just included it. I had, you know,

[11:53] » I just included it. I had, you know,

[11:53] after we went to, I believe the main

[11:56] conference, Scott, you know, you had

[11:58] talked to Tim Lerch Scott, and looked at

[12:00] Columbus and a few of them.

[12:02] I placed me to include it if they're,

[12:04] you know, with this format of meeting

[12:05] code, the public can read what we're

[12:07] reading. It shows what happened in

[12:10] Menasha, EF3 tornado, that 25 utilities

[12:14] public utilities come help them bring

[12:17] them either materials or linemen. They

[12:20] can reach out

[12:21] this far. They went to Sun Prairie. That

[12:23] was the closest to us, but obviously

[12:26] everybody up in that sector helped them

[12:29] cuz it was mainly Menasha that was

[12:30] affected. I believe there was five crews

[12:33] in Eagle River that same day.

[12:35] But it avoided everything else.

[12:40] You know, if you read that, it shows

[12:43] the APPA, which John, myself, and Todd

[12:46] went up for the legislative wise

[12:49] of,

[12:50] you know, APPA supports

[12:52] rate, you know, protecting the rate

[12:55] payers and

[12:57] not having them offset the cost of data

[12:59] centers and things. So, all that kind of

[13:02] readings are in there for you guys to

[13:04] read if you like, but

[13:05] lots of stuff going on behind the scenes

[13:07] that everybody can

[13:09] check out if you like.

[13:12] >> So, we're on it, Scott. So, I

[13:15] » So, we're on it, Scott. So, I

[13:15] when I recall on here, jumped out at me

[13:17] about coal plant extension orders draw

[13:20] long-term cost concerns.

[13:22] So,

[13:24] in the article, which is rather short,

[13:26] but

[13:28] full of a lot of information

[13:31] and I don't know where

[13:32] they're getting their numbers

[13:34] for cost increasing to our rate payers

[13:38] because

[13:39] these coal plants were kept open

[13:41] and so I guess I'd ask if you could

[13:45] get back to us maybe next meeting

[13:49] find the information if we're actually

[13:52] getting charged more because these

[13:54] plants that were supposed to be shut

[13:56] down on a certain date are staying open

[13:59] and operating.

[14:00] I don't understand the article it looks

[14:02] a little one-sided

[14:04] but I I'd [clears throat] like that

[14:05] information. Thank you.

[14:15] » I have a question for you Scott.

[14:17] So there's a section in there about the

[14:19] bankruptcy practices. Have you guys seen

[14:23] an increase in receiving notices of

[14:26] people filing bankruptcy?

[14:30] >> Not that is No, I would say not here.

[14:33] » Not that is No, I would say not here.

[14:33] You know we did over the last few years

[14:34] we get a few seems like every year but

[14:37] >> One maybe one a year. It's not very

[14:39] » One maybe one a year. It's not very

[14:39] many. Yeah, it's not we don't get a lot.

[14:43] >> I'm guessing in some you know

[14:45] » I'm guessing in some you know

[14:45] communities probably but seems like it's

[14:46] one or two that I've dealt with the last

[14:49] few years that I've seen and that's

[14:51] about it.

[14:55] » Okay.

[14:56] APPA update.

[14:59] >> Yeah, that was just to go along

[15:00] » Yeah, that was just to go along

[15:00] basically with MEUW about the APPA White

[15:04] House Ratepayer Protection Pledge and

[15:06] just to include that

[15:08] that we are a member [snorts] through

[15:09] WPPI of APPA

[15:12] and they're continually working in

[15:14] Washington

[15:15] on both sides trying to

[15:18] protect the ratepayers.

[15:23] » Okay.

[15:24] >> Just information really.

[15:25] » Just information really.

[15:25] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[15:26] » Yeah. Yeah.

[15:26] Along with I'm sure the

[15:28] BE SCI 765 KV transmission project.

[15:32] >> Sure. I uh it's not affecting city

[15:35] » Sure. I uh it's not affecting city

[15:35] utilities, but I have attended

[15:37] um

[15:38] the county board room. We had probably

[15:40] 200 people um in there a couple weeks

[15:42] ago. Um my parents live on a

[15:44] transmission line, so I got the letter

[15:47] um they put out last Monday. The routes,

[15:50] there's three proposed routes through

[15:52] Ripon County. They do not affect city

[15:54] utilities. Um there was a lot of our

[15:57] customers as far as city utility

[15:58] customers very concerned uh Locker,

[16:01] Ledgewood, you know, a lot of those

[16:03] folks were in the meeting. So, if they

[16:05] listen to this

[16:07] or pay attention to our packet, I just

[16:08] wanted to include it if they didn't know

[16:10] how to access it. Um but it is not going

[16:14] through

[16:15] the city limits at all. It is going

[16:16] north. The closest it gets the proposed

[16:19] route is

[16:20] um up by Waupun, just north of Waupun.

[16:23] Um

[16:23] Highway 80 and

[16:26] what is that? Double A comes out there.

[16:28] And then south it would cross just to

[16:30] the east of

[16:32] Highway 14 and 58. It'd go across Dumpy

[16:34] Holmes there.

[16:36] >> But those are two different buses, so

[16:38] » But those are two different buses, so

[16:38] >> There's three routes. They have to

[16:39] » There's three routes. They have to

[16:39] propose to the Public Service Commission

[16:42] at least two routes. And they've got

[16:44] three.

[16:45] And all of those land owners that would

[16:47] be affected have been notified.

[16:50] But this is the packet and encourage

[16:53] people if they're concerned [snorts]

[16:54] August it's a Monday from 10:00 to 1:00

[16:56] at the high school. I think it's the

[16:58] 24th that you can go out for 3 hours and

[17:01] meet with the developer.

[17:03] And I know the people that it affects,

[17:05] that's their opportunity to go see him.

[17:07] So,

[17:08] but just really informational um because

[17:11] of all the

[17:12] city utility customers that were at the

[17:15] uh

[17:17] the few meetings I've attended.

[17:20] Just more education.

[17:23] >> So, where were they cuz there was a huge

[17:26] » So, where were they cuz there was a huge

[17:26] turnout and I've heard it from multiple

[17:30] uh levels of the county is that one of

[17:33] the proposals was to run it right

[17:35] through the city.

[17:36] >> No.

[17:37] » No.

[17:37] >> Was that never an option or was that

[17:38] » Was that never an option or was that

[17:38] just

[17:40] people being

[17:41] >> they just followed all the transmission

[17:43] » they just followed all the transmission

[17:43] lines that cuz my parents are on that.

[17:45] So, that they just, you know, within 180

[17:48] ft of that, they contacted all those

[17:50] folks. So, that would be right behind

[17:52] the White House. That wouldn't come into

[17:54] town. But, in the town is just feeding

[17:57] our substation, which this voltage does

[17:59] not feed our substation. So, it wouldn't

[18:02] drop in off from the hill over here by

[18:04] Karen's off the hill.

[18:06] But,

[18:07] these are the three routes that they

[18:08] have now. I'm not saying they're not

[18:10] going to change it. I have no idea. But,

[18:11] those are the three proposed routes that

[18:13] have been reviewed.

[18:16] >> But, Melanie, that was the strategy

[18:17] » But, Melanie, that was the strategy

[18:17] [clears throat]

[18:18] of that group was to fight any

[18:21] uh power lines that are currently coming

[18:23] through our county.

[18:24] And they contact everybody to let them

[18:26] know that most likely the line's going

[18:28] to go through your property and you need

[18:29] to show up.

[18:31] It's great tactic. I've got to get to

[18:33] know these people cuz they sure stirred

[18:34] up the crowd.

[18:36] You want to get something done, these

[18:38] are the people to contact.

[18:40] >> But, I you know, just informational for

[18:42] » But, I you know, just informational for

[18:42] our customers

[18:43] that the three routes do do not enter

[18:46] the city.

[18:52] » Okay.

[18:54] Water Superintendent.

[18:56] I guess in the spirit of using mini code

[19:00] to its fullest, um the report that I

[19:04] type up for myself as notes and read off

[19:06] to you guys,

[19:08] uh I've been forwarding that to Scott

[19:09] for

[19:11] several months and last month he

[19:12] attached it in my absence and it is

[19:14] attached again this month for your

[19:16] pre-meeting reading and enjoyment. Uh

[19:19] the only thing I guess I would have to

[19:20] add to that was uh Derek has completed

[19:23] his first year with us in the last

[19:26] couple weeks.

[19:27] Uh so things are going well there. Glad

[19:30] to have him on board. And with the uh

[19:33] lead replacements we've got we're down

[19:35] to 19 lead left. I did learn that a crew

[19:39] member is going to be gone in September

[19:41] for some surgery but I've talked to both

[19:43] Scott and Todd and they're willing to

[19:45] help me

[19:46] so we can keep that process moving and

[19:48] get the rest of that lead out of the

[19:50] ground. So

[19:51] if you have any questions on my report

[19:53] and again for

[19:55] uh the the public on the TV as I'm not

[19:58] presenting that you can find that on the

[20:00] city's website and the link to tonight's

[20:02] commission agenda packet in the meeting

[20:05] packet section there.

[20:06] >> I didn't read that report but where are

[20:08] » I didn't read that report but where are

[20:08] you with your meters?

[20:10] >> Uh meters we're we just cracked 1,200 so

[20:14] » Uh meters we're we just cracked 1,200 so

[20:14] we're just over halfway.

[20:16] >> Okay.

[20:17] » Okay.

[20:17] >> I did I have placed the order this week.

[20:20] » I did I have placed the order this week.

[20:21] Uh we have an order that was made

[20:23] last year for

[20:25] two split deliveries in 2026 so I've got

[20:28] another order coming in October

[20:30] and then I just placed this week the

[20:32] order that'll be here in mid to late

[20:34] January and that should finish us up so

[20:37] hopefully by this time next year

[20:39] we're wrapped up on that project.

[20:41] >> Stephen, I have one other thing that I

[20:43] » Stephen, I have one other thing that I

[20:43] read recently about Do you have to

[20:46] publish a water quality report every so

[20:49] often?

[20:49] >> Yeah, every year we have to

[20:50] » Yeah, every year we have to

[20:51] >> Every year?

[20:51] » Every year?

[20:51] >> Yeah.

[20:52] » Yeah.

[20:52] >> Okay. And that is published for the

[20:54] » Okay. And that is published for the

[20:54] general public or just

[20:56] >> Correct. Yep, that's a DNR requirement

[20:59] » Correct. Yep, that's a DNR requirement

[20:59] of our consumer confidence report. It's

[21:02] published uh for them to look at or we

[21:05] would have to send it out. It's an 88

[21:07] page report, so the mailing expense on

[21:09] that would be fairly significant. It is

[21:11] hand delivered to

[21:13] I've got a list of about 30

[21:16] commercial customers that have a

[21:19] high

[21:21] employment

[21:22] >> Okay.

[21:24] » Okay.

[21:24] >> Yeah, I I was just curious after I heard

[21:26] » Yeah, I I was just curious after I heard

[21:26] about that I cuz I mean I don't think

[21:28] I've ever

[21:29] seen anything.

[21:31] >> But it's it's on the state website. Do

[21:33] » But it's it's on the state website. Do

[21:33] you have to do it publish it locally?

[21:35] >> Yeah, it's published

[21:37] » Yeah, it's published

[21:37] >> in the observer

[21:38] » in the observer

[21:38] >> It's one of my certification

[21:40] » It's one of my certification

[21:40] requirements is we have to say where we

[21:42] locally made it available for our local

[21:44] customers. Yes.

[21:46] >> Just an added question on that. Do you

[21:49] » Just an added question on that. Do you

[21:49] do that at each well?

[21:52] >> It's a recap of our compliance testing

[21:56] » It's a recap of our compliance testing

[21:56] from the entire system.

[21:58] >> So all the wells

[22:00] » So all the wells

[22:00] >> Their testing

[22:01] » Their testing

[22:01] is listed in there. There any issues.

[22:04] >> Okay.

[22:05] » Okay.

[22:05] >> Yeah.

[22:06] » Yeah.

[22:06] >> I I was impressed with the

[22:08] » I I was impressed with the

[22:08] the DNR representative happy with where

[22:12] we're at with our lead

[22:14] progress we've made as a city in this

[22:16] >> [cough]

[22:17] » [cough]

[22:17] >> area.

[22:19] » area.

[22:19] >> And we should be seeing that report in

[22:20] » And we should be seeing that report in

[22:20] the next week or two and certainly

[22:23] I'll share that with you when it comes

[22:24] to

[22:28] » Thank you.

[22:29] Todd.

[22:31] I don't really have anything to bring

[22:32] up. Scott asked me to provide something

[22:34] in writing to and I don't really have

[22:35] anything out of the ordinary to tell you

[22:37] this month, so

[22:39] and then I got hit with two emails today

[22:41] that uh obviously cybersecurity on

[22:43] municipal utilities is a big deal right

[22:46] now because there's been some attacks

[22:50] that it feels like we're becoming a

[22:52] bigger hot target.

[22:54] So

[22:56] » Thank you.

[23:00] » Todd.

[23:01] >> Um in the packet I included, you know,

[23:03] » Um in the packet I included, you know,

[23:03] um,

[23:04] the storm event on the 16th. We had five

[23:06] services.

[23:09] Really we've been lucky. You know, we've

[23:10] had a lot of high winds and the trees

[23:12] are super loaded right now with

[23:14] moisture, so

[23:15] um, very lucky.

[23:17] Um, talked about Open Point. Me and

[23:20] Steve in his notes, we attended the

[23:22] Valley View. There was a change order

[23:25] through that to do the grade by the

[23:27] family restaurant. Um, that'll be part

[23:29] of that project that the city will be

[23:31] doing.

[23:34] And the meeting was great.

[23:36] Me and Steve represented city and the

[23:38] utility there for that. Um, we encourage

[23:41] everybody to go out and check out our

[23:42] website.

[23:43] Um, in the notes there Megan's last day

[23:47] in the office was last week. That I

[23:49] think worked out really well. I know,

[23:51] um, in the office there was some cross

[23:52] training and she got down for the last

[23:55] three weeks, probably two weeks.

[23:58] Um, and we were able to start taking

[24:00] videos that Todd has had for years and

[24:02] start getting, um, them stored into our

[24:05] map. So,

[24:06] um, I think that's great. They're not in

[24:08] a on a CD and someday you won't have a

[24:10] CD around to be able to load a CD and

[24:12] launch that, but, um, I think it's

[24:14] Amazon storage for 10 bucks a month.

[24:17] We're able to put all these videos on

[24:19] there, so she was able to start that

[24:21] process and I know Todd's staff's going

[24:23] to continue to get all them done,

[24:25] um, through the winter.

[24:28] Uh, Devon's last day, uh, will be next

[24:31] week.

[24:32] Um, he's been doing all our mowing,

[24:34] working mainly with water and, uh, waste

[24:36] water, but, you know, mowing the

[24:38] Brewer's sub for us, so it's been a win.

[24:42] Um, we had WPPI out.

[24:44] Uh, did all of our infrared testing

[24:47] this week, uh, Monday, Tuesday.

[24:49] Um, update on our digger in the

[24:51] electric. It'll be here in December or

[24:54] January of this year. It's been on order

[24:56] for 3 years.

[24:57] Um, Um

[25:00] Story Field, the primary is in. We got

[25:02] that in this afternoon. Uh we will

[25:04] energize that, so utility-wise will be

[25:07] completed. We put in

[25:09] uh Genie One and Charter also, and we do

[25:12] bill for that. But that way it's all in

[25:14] one trench, and we don't have wires

[25:17] everywhere over there for locating in

[25:19] the future.

[25:21] Um

[25:22] and

[25:23] working on RP3 needs to be done next

[25:25] month. There's 40 questions with a lot

[25:27] of documentation, and starting to look

[25:30] at budget,

[25:31] um CPI, all those kind of things,

[25:33] because I know the city needs that.

[25:35] Um they've supplied some of the uh

[25:37] benefits

[25:39] uh increases, and CPI right now looks

[25:41] right around

[25:42] um 3 and 1/2% as of June 26th. So, just

[25:46] starting to put numbers for you so I can

[25:47] bring that to you in the next month or

[25:49] so.

[25:50] Uh other than that, um

[25:52] again, it's very lucky on electric side

[25:55] with the storms, you know, what what

[25:56] through Monday and Tuesday. South looked

[25:59] terrible at Alma and Laura winds. So,

[26:01] hopefully that stays south or north,

[26:04] not through here.

[26:06] >> Just kind of a general knowledge, and

[26:08] » Just kind of a general knowledge, and

[26:08] when is the How long is the pool open

[26:10] yet?

[26:10] >> The pool?

[26:11] » The pool?

[26:11] >> Yeah.

[26:12] » Yeah.

[26:12] >> Well, I think they start losing staff

[26:14] » Well, I think they start losing staff

[26:14] pretty soon because practice starts up.

[26:16] They start

[26:17] cutting back, it seemed like I don't

[26:18] even know if they're open for the

[26:19] holiday.

[26:20] >> See, I wondered that. It seemed like

[26:21] » See, I wondered that. It seemed like

[26:21] they were closed last year for the

[26:23] holiday, right?

[26:23] >> They usually close around the time

[26:24] » They usually close around the time

[26:24] school starts.

[26:26] >> Yeah.

[26:26] » Yeah.

[26:26] >> School starts up.

[26:27] » School starts up.

[26:27] >> Yeah,

[26:28] » Yeah,

[26:28] it's it's close.

[26:29] It's a quick season, actually.

[26:31] >> Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[26:33] » Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[26:33] They've been busy.

[26:34] >> Yeah.

[26:35] » Yeah.

[26:35] >> I don't doubt it.

[26:35] » I don't doubt it.

[26:35] >> But you hear that a lot.

[26:36] » But you hear that a lot.

[26:36] >> Yeah,

[26:37] » Yeah,

[26:37] I like that. I like it.

[26:39] >> Yeah, that's cool.

[26:41] » Yeah, that's cool.

[26:41] >> Okay.

[26:44] » Okay.

[26:44] Uh any correspondence? [clears throat]

[26:47] Public comment, members of the public

[26:49] are welcome to express their opinion on

[26:51] items that did

[26:52] appear on this agenda. You got anything

[26:54] else to

[26:55] say?

[26:56] >> I'm just here to listen.

[26:58] » I'm just here to listen.

[26:58] >> Yeah, okay. I thought maybe maybe you

[27:00] » Yeah, okay. I thought maybe maybe you

[27:00] had some opinions.

[27:07] » No.

[27:08] >> John?

[27:09] » John?

[27:09] >> I have nothing.

[27:11] » I have nothing.

[27:11] >> Well.

[27:11] » Well.

[27:11] >> I know.

[27:12] » I know.

[27:12] >> [laughter]

[27:13] » [laughter]

[27:13] >> Things going smooth.

[27:14] » Things going smooth.

[27:14] >> Yeah, that's good.

[27:15] » Yeah, that's good.

[27:15] Uh

[27:16] >> Things are going well. I was up on site

[27:17] » Things are going well. I was up on site

[27:17] at Story Field yesterday with the

[27:19] builder. He's thrilled

[27:21] about how everything's going. He told me

[27:22] his first renter is likely to be in

[27:24] place November 1st.

[27:25] >> Oh, really?

[27:26] » Oh, really?

[27:26] >> So, yeah. And if you go up there, you'll

[27:28] » So, yeah. And if you go up there, you'll

[27:28] see walls on one and he's doing the roof

[27:30] next week. He's got all of his uh

[27:32] blacktop and all of that lined up,

[27:34] curbing and gutter lined up, and he's in

[27:36] a wonderful mood up there. And they're

[27:38] getting many phone calls from

[27:40] prospective renters. So, yeah.

[27:43] That's what I have.

[27:44] >> Building building two is up today.

[27:46] » Building building two is up today.

[27:46] >> Yeah, but he told me he was going to

[27:47] » Yeah, but he told me he was going to

[27:47] start it or be doing the walls today.

[27:50] >> And then I guess the other exciting

[27:51] » And then I guess the other exciting

[27:51] thing is Panorama's moving right along,

[27:53] too. I was out there today, too.

[27:55] >> I saw that, too. And it looks real good.

[27:57] » I saw that, too. And it looks real good.

[27:57] >> Are they doing like prefab? Are we going

[28:00] » Are they doing like prefab? Are we going

[28:00] to Are the buildings built somewhere

[28:01] else?

[28:01] >> They're building it on site now.

[28:03] » They're building it on site now.

[28:03] >> That's correct.

[28:03] » That's correct.

[28:04] >> Yeah.

[28:04] » Yeah.

[28:04] >> And they're doing

[28:05] » And they're doing

[28:05] Go ahead.

[28:06] >> It's all stick built.

[28:10] » Anyway, Scotty?

[28:11] >> Nothing.

[28:12] » Nothing.

[28:12] >> No?

[28:13] » No?

[28:13] >> Uh just because it was brought up a

[28:14] » Uh just because it was brought up a

[28:14] couple times tonight about the cyber

[28:16] security,

[28:18] uh yes, be extremely vigilant.

[28:19] [clears throat]

[28:20] Uh Washburn County was the victim of a

[28:23] cyber attack except their 911. Their

[28:26] entire county has been shut down since

[28:28] last Thursday.

[28:30] Every department. 9 So, you don't call

[28:32] 911 for non-emergency stuff, too, at

[28:34] this point. And they have absolutely no

[28:36] idea when they're going to be back up

[28:38] and running.

[28:39] So, right now they have their

[28:41] surrounding counties are trying to step

[28:43] in and help

[28:44] deal with some of the traffic and the

[28:46] phone calls and stuff, but yeah, at this

[28:48] point they have absolutely no way to

[28:50] track that.

[28:52] >> We do have a cyber call for water next

[28:55] » We do have a cyber call for water next

[28:55] week. Next Tuesday. Next Tuesday to go

[28:58] over kind of a

[29:00] on our system. So, yeah.

[29:02] >> And a lot of times they start with you

[29:04] » And a lot of times they start with you

[29:04] click on a link. It's as simple as that.

[29:07] So.

[29:08] I got an email that was supposedly from

[29:10] Scott telling me that he opened a new

[29:12] bank account and he wanted me to update

[29:14] his account before

[29:16] payday. So, I I don't like what they're

[29:19] doing at all.

[29:23] » And then that happened when Todd was

[29:24] mayor quite a few times.

[29:26] >> Yeah, we had that a

[29:26] » Yeah, we had that a

[29:26] >> That we would get emails from Todd

[29:28] » That we would get emails from Todd

[29:28] saying,

[29:29] "Yes, you need to okay the mayor did

[29:31] this." They were It happened several

[29:32] times.

[29:33] >> Yeah, we would make up an email that had

[29:35] » Yeah, we would make up an email that had

[29:35] my name in it, but it's not supposed to

[29:37] be me. Nobody ever reads that far. And

[29:39] it says, "I need you right now." Some of

[29:41] them were asking for money and all this

[29:42] stuff and people were calling me going,

[29:44] "Are you in trouble? Do you need

[29:49] » The ones I got from you were usually to

[29:51] buy gift cards so we could give them out

[29:53] to the employees.

[29:54] >> Yeah, that's not exactly weird.

[29:55] » Yeah, that's not exactly weird.

[29:55] >> It was like [clears throat] he he sent

[29:56] » It was like [clears throat] he he sent

[29:57] an email to go to QuickTrip to buy gift

[29:59] cards for the employees.

[30:01] And I'm looking at this email going,

[30:02] "What?"

[30:04] But they had mine. I mean, they got the

[30:06] staff on it.

[30:07] >> See, they're all online. They can pull

[30:09] » See, they're all online. They can pull

[30:09] all the years into a database and then

[30:11] just make up something to look like me

[30:13] and just send it out. And it's people

[30:15] responded every time. People would call.

[30:17] Some people came in with the testings.

[30:19] Did you email me? What?

[30:22] >> So, they just ask you in person.

[30:25] » So, they just ask you in person.

[30:25] They do have WPI with us using them now.

[30:28] They have a fishing, you know, they have

[30:30] different trainings and

[30:32] things that we can buy that they will

[30:35] check all of us that have email accounts

[30:37] and stuff. So.

[30:38] >> Are you sure?

[30:39] » Are you sure?

[30:39] >> I know at the county we have required IT

[30:44] » I know at the county we have required IT

[30:44] security training we have to do and if

[30:46] you don't complete it, they lock you out

[30:48] of your access until you complete it.

[30:51] >> My wife can testify to that.

[31:00] » Yeah, if WPP offers it, it might be

[31:02] something that we want to look into.

[31:04] >> Sure.

[31:07] » That's it.

[31:09] >> That is not good.

[31:11] » That is not good.

[31:11] >> Agreed.

[31:13] » Agreed.

[31:13] >> Well,

[31:14] » Well,

[31:14] we need a motion.

[31:15] >> Motion to adjourn.

[31:16] » Motion to adjourn.

[31:16] >> I'll second.

[31:17] » I'll second.

[31:17] >> All in favor tonight?

[31:19] » All in favor tonight?

[31:19] Hold. Carried.

Richland Center Utility Commission. 8-12-26

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