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​​​​​Jericho Underhill Water District Underhill, VT

April 2014 minutes

all minutes are in draft form

 

April 7, 2014

7:00 p.m.

Basement of the United Church of Underhill

 

TRUSTEES PRESENT          OPERATORS PRESENT          GUEST PRESENT

Peter Mitchell                               Marc Maheux                                                     

 Joe O’Brien                                                                                              

 Jason Ritter                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 CLERK                                      ASST.  OPERATOR                                

  Jane Maheux                                

                                                             

                               

Peter Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

 

  1. 1.      Review & approval of previous minutes. Minutes from the March meeting were approved.
  2. 2.       
  3. 3.      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. 50729  gal/day 

         ii. Test Results and Testing.

             Bacteria results negative.

             Fluoride results within tolerance.

            

    B. There is still problems with the chlorinator work will continue to solve the problem Marc will contact Ti Sales.

 

    C. Mike and Marc cleaned and reorganized the Control Building.

 

    D. Marc ordered phosphate and put the empty barrels in the white storage building.

 

    E. Marc was not pleased with the letter from Linda Greaves about secondary containment and safety equipment he is going to ask her to correct the letter. He also reported we will need a new saturator as well as secondary containment. There is money available through the Health Department we can apply for.

 

4. Customer concerns/comments.

 

5. Repairs and Maintenance.

 

  1. A.    Marc is still waiting to hear back from John on the Tank Level sensors

 

  1. B.     Marc reported that the screen on Well #1 needs to be replaced to keep the wasp out , Peter is to see if there will be easy access through the Oxbow for the Sanitary Survey and when he does he will put the screen on. The electrical that needs repair over there will be done in spring.

 

6Old Business.

 

  1. A.    Grant for Leak Survey was approved we can plan on it for summer.

 

 7.  New Business.

 

  1. A.    Marc was contacted by a company PSN –Online Payment they noticed on our web site we do not have a place for online payments. They could put a secure link on our website and people could pay there. There is a cost of $89.00 annually. Marc also presented information on the Intuit system to do this as well. The Board requested that Marc get more information and present at the next meeting

 

8. Bills to review & approve for payment. Bills were reviewed and approved.

 

9. Next Meeting Date:  Next regular meeting May 5, 2014

 

10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,                                       

 

Jane Maheux clerk/ treasurer                          

                                                                                                  

 

 

 

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Peter Mitchell President