MCO error reported from Windows 2008 puppet runs with disabled Windows Task Schedule service

When Windows Task Schedule service is disabled, windows agents report errors on agent runs from pe-mcollective.

GUI Error reads as follows:
"Failed (1)
Scheduled_task[pe-mcollective-metadata] (/opt/puppet/share/puppet/modules/pe_mcollective/manifests/server.pp:131)
Property Message
undefined method `+' for nil:NilClass"