January 2019 minutes
all minutes are in draft form
DRAFT
January 8, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Basement of the United Church of Underhill
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT GUEST PRESENT
Joe O’Brien Marc Maheux
Steve Jennings
CLERK ASST. OPERATOR
Nancy Benson Mike Willard
1. Call to Order and Welcome. Joe O’Brien called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. to adopt the Agenda, which was approved.
2. Review and approval of minutes of previous meeting(s). Minutes from the December meeting were approved.
3. Review and approval of financial statements. The financial reports for December were approved.
4. Customer Comments.
A. Nancy spoke with Nate Harlow regarding the sale of his father, William Harlow’s, property. A final bill was sent. The account has been switched over to the new owner.
B. Marc spoke with Scott Thibodeau regarding the cost of getting water to a building. He was interested in purchasing the old ID school and turning it into three apartments. Marc told him he would have to pay the difference of switching from a ¾” connection to a 1” connection.
C. Marc spoke with Brenda Daniels regarding issued with water pressure on Valley’s Edge. Marc told her it should be static pressure and the pressure valve going back. He told her to have her plumber look.
5. Correspondence.
A. Calendar and VLCT report.
6. Operations Report.
- A. Operator’s Report.
- i. Water usage. 37,048 gal/day
- ii. Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
- B. Marc said he is working on new pages for web site.
- C. Marc applied for waivers. The waiver was denied for VOC. Marc to talk with them about concerns.
- D. Marc said we need to keep track of the reserve allocations per the State.
- E. Mike spoke with Nate from the Town and service needs to be redone on Maple Ridge. Nate will work with us on that.
- F. Marc stated Andy did training with Dwight for the December readings.
7. Repairs, Maintenance, and Connections.
- A. Marc stated the Layne pumps are here. They will look to see what testing needs to be done on January 9.
- B. Mike said the Poker Hill generator valve was closed. It had 75 lbs. of compression. The actuator was replaced and seemed to fix it. Mike will check.
- C. Mike said there was a fire on exhaust gas lining at the Control Building generator. Mike said there may have been mice building under the lagging. He will keep an eye on it.
8. Old Business.
- A. From the Mission daily reports, one well may not start every day. Marc said we may not see both pumps going at the same time.
- B. Nothing has been heard on the Mill Development.
C. Fees and rates were reviewed and put into the New Policy document.
9. New Business.
- A. Gross alpha and nitrate for this quarter – Marc to bring in samples. Sampling 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters. Special sampling in August. VOCs in August (on Marc’s sheet). There is a wavier on the SOCs.
- B. Capital plan to be discussed at next meeting as Jason was not at the meeting.
- C. A motion was made to accept the Rob Groff water request, which was approved.
- D. Mike will be out from January 24 through January 28.
10. Next Regular Meeting. Next regular meeting February 5, 2019 at 7:00 PM.
11. Review and Approve Bills. Bills were reviewed and approved.
Adjournment. The regular meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Benson, Clerk/Treasurer
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Joe O’Brien, President