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Utility Commission Meeting Monday, February 2, 2026 6:00 PM at Utility Office Building Members Present: Robert Affeld, Doug Lee, Ross Canniff, Dick Evans, Bart Coons, Mayor Wegener, Nick Gahlman, Alex Smudde Members Absent: none Also Present: none I. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM and roll call was taken. Motion by Canniff/Coons to approve the agenda. Motion carried 5-0. II. Motion by Coons/Lee to approve the minutes from the previous meetings. Motion by carried 5-0. III. Public Appearances/Comment. none IV. Monthly Business: A. Approve Vouchers and Checks. Motion by Canniff/Evans to approve payment of WPPI Invoice for $254,048.26 and checks of $226,177.61. Motion carried 5-0. B. Review Prior Month Income Statement. C. Council Acts Affecting Utility. D. Consumption Loss. Bart questioned sewer consumption being negative, Alex speculates it’s the accuracy of the flow meters for Sensient that is throwing off the figures. E. Review Totals of Delinquent Customers. V. Report of Officials: A. Utility Accountant. Absent. A. Electric Superintendent 1. Discuss and possibly approve “Hot Box Assembly” addition to Vac Trailer purchase. Motion by Lee/Coons to approve adding hot box assembly to vac trailer for $8,265.00. Motion carried 5-0. 2. Discuss and possibly approve Resolution “Authorizing Borrowing from WPPI Energy” for Industrial Substation Expansion. No action taken, to be brought back next month. 3. Projects Update. Finished LED conversion, entire city is now LED. Secondary fault on Hyland St, open neutral fault, temporary fix right away, fixed next day; customer asked for compensation, protected by PSC due to issue not caused by staff negligence. GOAB switch failed on goose trail, needed it operational for ATC. North Sub was taken offline last week for ATC to finish rebuild through Juneau; transferring our distribution to poles this week; added new service for ATC’s FAA lighting; A/C Engineering inspected North Sub while offline, need to replace recloser batteries; North Sub back online. Doing year-end closeouts with OpenPoint and rectifying inventory. Presented at MEUW conference on mutual aid. WPPI was not awarded ATC transmission bid. WPPI regional dinner is 6/17 in Okauchee. B. Water/Wastewater Superintendent 1. Review, discuss and possibly approve direct purchases from WWTP loan contingency. Requested purchases: 35’ flagpole, flag, light, wiring and concrete NTE $4,250; Walk-behind Ariens Snowblower $1,550; Virnig snow pusher for John Deere tractor $4,500. Motion by Evans/Canniff to approve requested purchases at prices quoted. Motion carried 5-0. 2. Projects Update. Submitted report to DNR that we flushed 1,951,027 gallons of water in 2025, down from 2,111,091 in 2024. Fighting the cold weather, especially with freeze-ups of the WAS line and digester aerators. Have had issues with wash press failing on high torque, manufacturer suggests changing a setting. Working on lowering chlorine further, will continue to monitor customer complaints. Met with Applied Technologies to discuss desired layout and orientation of the UV system, they’ll begin drawing plans. Have to sign sewer cleaning contract with Aqualis, would like to all sewer laterals on E Center St prior to upcoming repaving projects. Found a 2025 F250 XL on a lot to purchase that is within our budget. We’ll be writing our own lock tag manual, quoted $7,000 from our safety vendor, will have it reviewed when completed. VI. President: none VII. Mayoral Comments: none VIII. Old Business: none VI. New Business: none Motion by Coons/Lee to adjourn meeting at 7:08 pm. Motion carried 5-0. Minutes recorded by: Nick Gahlman