March 2015 minutes
all minutes are in draft form
March 9, 2015
7:00 p.m.
Basement of the United Church of Underhill
DRAFT
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT GUEST PRESENT
Peter Mitchell Marc Maheux
Joe O’Brien
CLERK ASST. OPERATOR
Jane Maheux Mike Willard
Peter Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm to adopt the Agenda, which was approved.
1. Review & approval of previous minutes. Minutes from the February meeting were approved with grammar corrections.
2. Review & approval of financial statements. The financial reports for the February meeting were approved
3. Operations Report.
A. Operator’s report.
i. Water usage. 50964 gal/day
ii. Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
B. There have been 5 frozen water lines up until this meeting Green Mt Foam this was their responsibility and will be billed 15 hrs, Henault x2 will be billed 2 hours for the second time, Matt Morse our responsibility, Frede will be billed 2 hrs, and Steve Jennings our responsibility.
C. Chlorine has been ordered and delivered. Hach reagents have been ordered also ordered reagents for the chlorine analyzer. Upcoming sampling: Manganese.
D. Found a reel to put the plastic line for the steamer on it cost approx. $104.00 plus shipping the Board approved this item for purchase. Also ordered parts for the Pulse Thawer
E. Source protection is done and has been approved by the State everything on the website.
4. Customer concerns/comments
A.
5. Repairs and Maintenance.
- Wayne Russin said he is willing to do time and materials for the RT 15 project.
6. Old business.
- Efficiency Vermont said there really is not a cost savings for variable speed drives.
- Sinking Fund: The Board suggested that we put in roughly what the loan payment would be on the $75000.00 in a money market labeled Sinking Fund until we actually have to start paying the loan. Joe made a motion to take $20000.00 out of the current money market and put it in the Sinking Fund and the next billing quarter put in $1250.00, and continue this each quarter with the $1250.00. Motion was seconded and approved by the Board.
7. New Business.
A. Marc would like to take a class on line in Asset Management the cost is $345.00, Mike would like to take a class in Leak Detection $150.00. The classes are for the recertification of their Operators licenses. Joe made a motion to approve the classes, the motion was seconded and so approved. Marc reported that only 50% of continuing education for recertification can be done on line
8. Bills to review & approve for payment. Bills were reviewed and approved.
9. Next Meeting Date: Next regular meeting April 6, 2015 at 7:00 PM.
10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Maheux clerk/ treasurer
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Peter Mitchell President