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

January 2014 minutes

all minutes are in draft form

 

January 6, 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                                Mike Willard

                                                             

                               

Peter Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.

 1.      Review & approval of previous minutes. Minutes from the December meeting were approved.

2.      Review & approval of financial statements. The financial reports for the December meeting were approved.    

3. Operations Report.

    A. Operator’s report. 

        i. Water usage. 48984   gal/day 

         ii. Test Results and Testing.

             Bacteria results negative.

             Fluoride results within tolerance.           

    B. Water line has been installed at the Martin property next to the Control Building. A dual line was installed one for each unit approx. 300 feet.

    C. There was a power outage on Poker Hill 1-6-14 the generator did not start, error code under voltage. Marc believes there is moisture in the regulator he reset it and it worked fine. He is going to talk to Patterson’s about putting dry gas in the propane. Mike reported the Control Building generator did not start on Friday but did start on Saturday but it turned over slow.

    D. Marc will pick up bottles for the Nitrate test since it is due this quarter. 

4. Customer concerns/comments.

     A. Glenn Martin requested per email to use plastic pipe in place of copper for his new installation. Jason made a motion to waive the copper requirement in lieu of plastic pipe installed to our Regulations. Joe seconded the motion and the Board approved it.  

 5. Repairs and Maintenance.

6. Old Business.

A.    The Board is going to wait until the end of February before it orders the System Cards for the Mission System.

B.     The discussion continued about the Capital Plan. Peter suggested we start with deficiencies, at the top of the list would be the Cistern. Then review all expenses and review Alan’s and Stone’s reports and bring it up for discussion again.        

 7.  New Business.

      A. The 2014 PACIF Scholarship and Equipment Grant Applications can be requested if we need anything.

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

9. Next Meeting Date:  Next regular meeting February 3, 2014

10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 PM.

Respectfully submitted,                                       

 

Jane Maheux clerk/ treasurer    

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Peter Mitchell President