February 2008 minutes
all minutes are in draft form
February 4, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Basement of the United Church of Underhill
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT GUEST PRESENT
Peter Mitchell Marc Maheux
Joe O'Brien CLERK PRESENT
Dick Eldred Jane Maheux
Peter Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
1. Review & approval of previous minutes. Minutes from the January meeting were approved .
2. Review & approval of financial statements. The financial reports for the January meeting were approved.
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3. Operations Report.
A. Operator's report.
i. Water usage. 50906 gal/day
ii. Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
B. Marc has detected a sulfur smell at the pump house, he has increased the chlorine to see if this will resolve the problem. When the weather permits he will check the man hole across the river.
C. Voc or Radium test results have not been received yet.
D. Ritters house on Brook Bend will be coming in this week, Marc will schedule the meter going in.
4. Customer concerns/comments
A. Sue Carter reported discolored water, Marc told her to run it and it cleared up.
B. Tom Owen on Park Street reported discolored water and that it smelled like pond water. Marc checked out the water and feels that maybe the smell is due to the increase in chlorine to help combat the sulfur smell at the pump house. He will turn the chlorine down and see what this does. He feels this could be similar to a problem like this years ago. He is going to contact Water Supply for help with the sulfur smell.
5. Repairs and Maintenance.
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6. Old business.
A. Discussion continued on the Capital Plan. Peter is going to take the input that was discussed and put it on a spread sheet to prioritize them and he will add some cost to the items that have been discussed.
B. Discussed Source Plan. On target for deadline April 2008.
7. New Business.
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8. Bills to review & approve for payment. Bills were reviewed and approved.
9. Next Meeting Date: Next regular meeting March 10, 2008 at 7:00 PM
10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Maheux clerk/ treasurer
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Peter Mitchell President