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

all minutes are in draft form

 

February 5, 2018

7:00 p.m.

Basement of the United Church of Underhill

 

TRUSTEES PRESENT                   OPERATORS PRESENT               GUEST PRESENT

Joe O’Brien                                                 Marc Maheux                             

Jason Ritter                                        

Steve Jennings                                                      CLERK

                                                                Nancy Benson

 

1.   Call to Order and Welcome.  Joe O’Brien called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. to adopt the Agenda, which was approved.

 

2.   Review and approval of minutes of previous meeting(s).  Minutes from the January meeting were approved.

 

3.   Review and approval of financial statements.  The financial reports for January were approved, noting that the profit and loss report would be corrected.  The revised report was e-mailed to the Trustees.

 

4.   Customer Comments. 

 

A.  Nancy spoke with Chris Charuk regarding questions about the charges for his water.  Joe sent him a portion of the regulations explaining the charges.  We have not heard back from him.

 

5.   Correspondence. 

 

A.  Newsletters.

 

6.   Operations Report.

 

1. A.    Operator’s Report.
   1. i.                    Water usage.  36,297 gal/day
   2. ii.                  Test Results and Testing.

Bacteria results negative.

Fluoride results within tolerance.

 

B.  Marc said the water use is good and was the lowest in January.

 

C.  Marc received approval from Joe for an inch worm, 4”, that will be stored at Poker Hill.

 

D.  Marc stated the sampling is being done this week.  Nitrate and gross alpha are required in the first quarter.

 

7.   Repairs, Maintenance, and Connections.

 

1. A.  Marc stated Mike is doing routine items and cleaned the control building.

 

1. B.  Marc stated the chlorine tubing needs to be changed.  It should be done every 30 days to extend tubing.

 

1. C.  Marc said the lab is not matching the field sample for fluoride.  Colder water is less accurate.  Mike made subtle adjustments to the fluoride and it was fine with the lab.

 

1. E.  Marc stated his license expires June 30.  Joe will put the discussion on the March agenda.

 

8.   Old Business.

 

1. A.    Marc stated Layne will be here to test both pumps when they can get across the river.

 

B.  There was nothing new on the Mill Development update.

 

9.   New Business. 

 

1. A.    The capital plan was discussed.  A couple changes were made to the plan.  Some new meters may need to be purchased.

 

B.  The Town will work with us for the generator for Maple Ridge booster station and electrical upgrade.

 

10. Next Regular Meeting.  Next regular meeting March 12, 2019 at 7:00 PM.

 

11. Review and Approve Bills.  Bills were reviewed and approved.

 

Adjournment.  The regular meeting was adjourned at 8:01 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Nancy Benson, Clerk/Treasurer

 

 

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Joe O’Brien, President