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719 <br />the City of St. Paul from their water supply (Mississippi River and chain of lakes <br />720 <br />feeding it). <br />721 <br />up to the curb stop was to ensure that clear distinction for the City's control point. <br />722 <br />Specific to Roseville City Code, Mr. Culver rep that the City also owns the <br />723 <br />As offered at a reduced energy price and discounted based on low energy demand <br />724 <br />times, Chair Stenlund asked staff for information on whether or not any benefits <br />725 <br />could be realized by the City for its electrical rates if they filled the water tower at <br />726 <br />night when electrical rates would be lower. Chair Stenlund also asked staff to <br />727 <br />address the cost of periodic water tower painting and maintenance and whether the <br />728 <br />radio and cell antennae helped to defray those costs <br />729 <br />II <br />730 <br />Chair Stenlund noted another issue was an interpretation of ownership of the curb <br />731 <br />box, and if he owned it could he prevent the City from shutting it off. <br />732 <br />733 <br />Mr. Culver advised that City Code addressed that issue, and the primary reason <br />734 <br />those twenty-four cities he previously mentioned from staffs survey owned the line <br />735 <br />up to the curb stop was to ensure that clear distinction for the City's control point. <br />736 <br />Specific to Roseville City Code, Mr. Culver rep that the City also owns the <br />737 <br />water meter located in pr' to homes, an <br />t access to service the meter. <br />738 <br />739 <br />Specific to hydrant flushing, Chair Stenlund asked staff to report at the next meeting <br />740 <br />on the typical number of gallons expelled in the spring and fall for each and the <br />741 <br />overall number of hydrants, and if and how that consumption is rolled into water <br />742 <br />costs and rate structures.,,,,. <br />743 <br />744 <br />For firefighting, Member Wozniak asked who paid for water used during <br />745 <br />firefighting efforts, whether that cost is assigned to the location of the fire or if the <br />paid r it <br />entire cit aid fo <br />746 <br />111 <br />748 <br />r. Culver responded that water a or firefighting isn't metered, but wrapped <br />4 <br />749 <br />to operating costs as an ov <br />rall loss. <br />750 <br />751 <br />A another follow-up or nex onth, Member Wozniak asked staff to report on <br />752 <br />how many residents hate e opted out of an AMR — radio meter reading. <br />753 <br />754 <br />To that point, Mr. Culver responded that staff is currently developing a policy or <br />755 <br />program allowing people who feel strongly about opting out having a radio within <br />756 <br />their home to have a non -radio enabled meter. However, Mr. Culver clarified that <br />757 <br />this policy had not yet been implemented as it remained in final steps for internal <br />758 <br />review. As part of that, Mr. Culver noted that the meter inside the home would still <br />759 <br />be replaced, and an additional fee would be applied to those utility bills to cover <br />760 <br />the cost and monitoring of their individual submission of a quarterly meter reading <br />761 <br />and city staff s manual input of that data into its automated system. Mr. Culver <br />762 <br />noted this would also require city staff to periodically read the inside meter <br />763 <br />themselves to ensure accurate readings were being submitted to avoid future <br />Page 17 of 18 <br />