December 2014 minutes
all minutes are in draft form
December 1, 2014
7:00 p.m.
Basement of the United Church of Underhill
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT GUEST PRESENT
Peter Mitchell
Joe O’Brien Jason Ritter
CLERK ASST. OPERATOR
Jane Maheux Mike Willard
Peter Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm to adopt the agenda, which was approved.
1. Review & approval of previous minutes. Minutes from the November meeting was approved.
2. Review & approval of financial statements. The financial reports for the November meeting were approved
3. Operations Report.
A. Operator’s report.
i. Water usage. 51843 gal/day
ii. Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
B. Marc has requested that Helen test chlorine levels weekly instead of daily since the analyzer does it daily if the analyzer goes down have her go back to daily.
C. Mike exercised and greased all hydrants; he let Marc know any he had problems with.
D. The chlorine pump was rebuilt, working much better.
4. Customer concerns/comments
A. Rev Mike Murray has a request for water at the Catalyst Church to build a Community Skating Rink. The Board discussed this and would charge a $12.00 flat fee for water and bill the church for one of our operators to be present to make sure the hydrant was used properly. Joe is going to see how large a rink they are talking about, and he would like Marc’s opinion on this.
5. Repairs and Maintenance.
A. Marc reported that the well head electrical has been done by Doug Bliss.
6. Old business.
A. Conversation was had about accepting the easement for Jacobs Hill, Peter is going to check other easements to see how many feet there is to work in so we can keep this uniform.
B. Jason did not have the information for the Capital Plan. He will meet with Marc this weekend to help prepare it.
C. Joe spoke with Nate Sullivan about the exposed insulation on Maple Ridge from where they worked on the road. Nate said they will put one foot of riprap over it to cover.
7. New Business.
A. Tom Mitchell would like some phosphate barrels the Board approved this.
8. Bills to review & approve for payment. Bills were reviewed and approved.
9. Next Meeting Date: Next regular meeting January 5, 2014 at 7:00 PM.
10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Maheux clerk/ treasurer
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Peter Mitchell President