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

December 2016 minutes

all minutes are in draft form

 

December 5, 2016

7:00 p.m.

Basement of the United Church of Underhill

 

TRUSTEES PRESENT          OPERATORS PRESENT          GUEST PRESENT

Jason Ritter                                      Marc Maheux                                                     

Joe O’Brien                                                                                                                                 Steve Jennings                                                                                                                 

                                                                 CLERK                        ASST.  OPERATOR                               

                                                              Jane Maheux                                          

                                                              

                               

 

Joe O’Brien called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm to adopt the Agenda, which was approved.

 

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

 

2. Review & approval of financial statements. The financial reports for the November meeting were approved. Jane asked to transfer a 3 cent balance from the project checking into the regular checking so it could be closed out. The Board approved this.

 

3. Operations Report.

    A. Operator’s report. 

        i. Water usage. 43383 gal/day 

         ii. Test Results and Testing.

             Bacteria results positive. Retesting done and all were negative.

             Fluoride results within tolerance.

            

    B. When the positive Bacti sample came back Mike and Marc drained about 2/3rds of the Poker Hill Tank added bleach and refilled this made a higher level in that area. Marc has to go over flushing again with Mike so there is no negative pressure

 

    C. Marc talked about cutting back on chlorine over the winter to keep the water from getting to dirty. Mike will be connecting the remote at 9 Poker Hill on the 19th.

 

4. Customer concerns/comments

   

  1. A.    Tracy Martin reported rattling pipes it seems to be going away.

 

5. Repairs and Maintenance.

     

 6. Old business. 

 

     A. Language of JUWD regulations, Joe to take a shot at this and bring it to the Board in January.

 

     B. The new Allocation form will have all our specifications on it.

 

     C. Joe to meet with Marc about level of services agreement.

 

     D. Marc to have a meeting with O’Leary and Burke to go over the work they have done to date. He also needs to get data on Main Line Valves.

 

 7.  New Business.

 

  1. A.    Marc to research a new computer for the clerk per the Board’s request.

 

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

 

9. Next Meeting Date:  Next regular meeting January 2, 2017 at 7:00 PM.

                                       

10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 8:19 PM.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Jane Maheux clerk/ treasurer

 

 

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Joe O’Brien President