April 2009 minutes
all minutes are in draft form
April 6, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Basement of the United Church of Underhill
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT GUEST PRESENT
Peter Mitchell Marc Maheux Steve Guay
Dick Eldred CLERK ASST. OPERATOR
Joe O’Brien Jane Maheux Sara Ritter
Peter Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
1. Review & approval of previous minutes. Minutes from the March meeting were approved. The minutes from the March 22nd meeting were also approved.
2. Review & approval of financial statements. The financial reports for the March meeting were approved.
3. Operations Report.
A. Operator’s report.
i. Water usage.47794 gal/day
ii. Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
B. Marc put in a new chlorinator at the pump house.
C. Someone is riding bikes at the water tower .
D. Marc was contacted by the owner of 7 Farmhouse road requesting a meter he informed them that they must pay for the connect fee and he will give them a meter and discuss with their plumber how to install what is needed.
E. Sara is going to apply to some water classes.
4. Customer concerns/comments
A. Steve Guay requested 2 more services for his PRD of 270 gallons each for a total of 540 gallons. A motion was made by Joe to approve the allocation and seconded by Dick and the motion was approved.
5. Repairs and Maintenance.
A.
6. Old business.
A. Discussion was started on the Stimulus project. Joe made a motion to increase the base fee by $4.00 to continue to increase the Capital Fund, this was seconded by Dick and so approved. Peter was concerned about doing this during the current economy. He said that we are qualified for a loan from the State, from the Revolving Loan Fund. The motion was approved.
B. A motion was made by Joe to adopt the printed warning, resolution and ballot as changed. The change was the amount going from $120,000.00 to $145,000.00. Motion seconded by Dick, the motion was approved.
C. Discussion on Engineering, Marc recommended that we go with O’Leary & Burke. The Board supported that we go with O’Leary & Burke for engineers.
D. Jane will call the Secretary of States office to get information on proper procedures for the vote. Marc will work on getting a proper checklist for exit and entrance at the polls. People to work poll will be paid $6.50 per hour. Jane will check with Sheri Morin about using a Ballot Box and a bag for the ballots, also will check on the procedure for Absentee Ballots.
7. New Business.
8. Bills to review & approve for payment. Bills were reviewed and approved.
9. Next Meeting Date: Next regular meeting May 4 2009 at 7:00 PM.
10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Maheux clerk/ treasurer
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Peter Mitchell President