The City of Melrose, Minnesota, home to 3,639 residents, is located in Stearns County in central Minnesota and is just 35 miles from St. Cloud and 100 miles from the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. Melrose boasts excellent employment opportunities, quality educational and healthcare facilities, a strong economy, and plenty of recreational activities and events for the family. THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT The Electric Utilities Department consists of an Electric Operations Director and three full-time Journeymen Line Workers. There are 1,332 residential, 299 commercial, 2 industrial and 55 rural electrical customers. The electrical load on the electric system has reached 21 megawatts. The Electric Utilities also has four diesel power generators with a total o