Join other hometown utility and city professionals at this interactive conference. 

Here you will engage in active discussion and idea sharing—an ideal venue to increase your understanding of the mutual aid process, offer recommendations for improvement, and deepen relationships with fellow industry professionals. Planning, exercising, and training can help enhance your emergency response plan, so you can anticipate deficiencies and proactively address potential consequences due to an emergency.

Who should attend?
If your utility is ever in need of receiving mutual aid or interested in traveling, in-state or out-of-state, to assist with mutual aid, this conference is for you. 

Typical conference attendees include superintendents, general managers, city administrators, crew leaders, or safety managers, but it is certainly not limited to these positions.

• Review of recent mutual aid events
• Developing a bird dog
• Locating, allocating, and managing crews, equipment, and resources
• Mapping and prioritizing system restoration (i.e. critical customer base) 
• Internal and external communication in an emergency
• The importance of a written pay policy
• Billing for reimbursement
  • Documenting mutual aid approval by authorized  entity
  • Work narrative, equipment operation, and use
  • Receipts, time sheet, and other documentation

Agenda

Wednesday, July 12

Noon-1:00 pm  Registration/check-in
1:00 pm  Welcome and opening remarks
1:15 - 2:15 pm  Mutual aid: 2022 year in review *
2:15 - 2:30 pm  Break
2:30 - 3:30 pm  Improving the mutual aid process *
3:30 - 4:30 pm  Comprehensive review of mutual aid resources *

Thursday, July 13

8:00 - 9:15 am  Mapping related to mutual aid *
9:15 - 9:45 am  Break
9:45 - 10:45 am  Developing a bird dog *
10:45 - 11:45 am  Billing for reimbursement *
11:45 - 12:00 pm  Closing remarks and wrap-up
12:00 pm  Adjourn

* Professional development hours (PDH) available. Attendee is responsible for tracking their PDHs.

Agenda subject to change without notice.

Hotel Information

Holiday Inn, 75 37th Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN 56302

MMUA has secured a room rate of $109 per night + tax. Use our special link for online reservations. Click this link, then enter dates of stay (July 12-13) in order for MMUA’s room block details to be pulled up. We suggest you make your reservation as soon as possible as availability is limited and cannot be guaranteed. The hotel block closes on June 11, 2023 or when sold out.

Registration Fees

This Conference is for Members only: $360 per person if registered by June 11, 2023.
Registration fee includes tuition, materials, refreshment breaks. Registration fee will increase $50 after June 11. 
Deadline to register is June 20.

Cancellations

Cancellations are subject to a $35 charge per person if received by 4:30 pm on June 20. No refunds issued after June 20.

Photographs

By registering for this conference, I/we the registered attendee(s), authorize Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) to photograph me at this event and use such photographs in MMUA marketing pieces (both electronic and print). I understand that I will not be paid for giving this consent.

Questions?

Contact Theresa Neddermeyer by calling 763.551.1230 or email tneddermeyer@mmua.org.