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the City of St. Paul from their water supply (Mississippi River and chain of lakes feeding it). As offered at a reduced energy price and discounted based on low energy demand times, Chair Stenlund asked staff for information on whether or not any benefits could be realized by the City for its electrical rates if they filled the water tower at night when electrical rates would be lower. Chair Stenlund also asked staff to address the cost of periodic water tower painting and maintenance and whether the radio and cell antennae helped to defray those costs. Chair Stenlund noted another issue was an interpretation of ownership of the curb box, and if he owned it could he prevent the City from shutting it off. Mr. Culver advised that City Code addressed that issue, and the primary reason those twenty-four cities he previously mentioned from staff's survey owned the line up to the curb stop was to ensure that clear distinction for the City's control point. Specific to Roseville City Code, Mr. Culver reported that the City also owns the water meter located in private homes, and can request access to service the meter. Specific to hydrant flushing, Chair Stenlund asked staff to report at the next meeting on the typical number of gallons expelled in the spring and fall for each and the overall number of hydrants, and if and how that consumption is rolled into water costs and rate structures. For firefighting, Member Wozniak asked who paid for water used during firefighting efforts, whether that cost is assigned to the location of the fire or if the entire city paid for it. Mr. Culver responded that water used for firefighting isn't metered, but wrapped into operating costs as an overall loss. As another follow-up for next month, Member Wozniak asked staff to report on how many residents have opted out of an AMR — radio meter reading. To that point, Mr. Culver responded that staff is currently developing a policy or program for City Council review allowing people who feel strongly about opting out having a radio within their home to have a non -radio enabled meter. However, Mr. Culver clarified that this policy had not yet been implemented as it remained in final steps for internal review. As part of that, Mr. Culver noted that the meter inside the home would still be replaced, and an additional fee would be applied to those utility bills to cover the cost and monitoring of their individual submission of a quarterly meter reading and city staffs manual input of that data into its automated system. Mr. Culver noted this would also require city staff to periodically read the inside meter themselves to ensure accurate readings were Page 17 of 18