June 2019 minutes
all minutes are in draft form
June 4, 2019
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 ASST. OPERATOR
Nancy Benson Andy Forsberg
1. Call to Order and Welcome. Joe O’Brien called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. to adopt the Agenda. Joe added a pay scale review and sanitary survey to New Business. The revised Agenda was approved.
2. Review and approval of minutes of previous meeting(s). Minutes from the May meeting were approved, with one change in the third sentence of the third paragraph of 4B: “They agreed to put in a trace wire.”
3. Review and approval of financial statements. The financial reports for May were approved.
4. Customer Comments.
A. No customers present.
B. Joe spoke with his neighbor, Sarah, after the flushing. She had a build up in the service line. He told her to run an outside faucet and it was fine after that.
5. Correspondence.
A. Annual report.
6. Operations Report.
Operator’s Report.
- i. Water usage. 43,858 gal/day
- ii. Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
Marc said work is continuing on the dance studio. Line was pressure tested and disinfected. No results back yet.
Marc said an application to set aside 1,120 gallons per day was submitted by Joe Bissonette for 329 Route 15 and came in late afternoon yesterday. It is the lot behind Jolley’s. It will be four two-bedroom units. A proposed 2” pipe will run out to Route 15. Marc to see the design. A curb stop should be put in front of each unit. There will be a charge for $3,000.00 per unit to hook on. The application was accepted.
There was an application from Matt Zambarano for 420 gallons per day for 382 Route 15 to turn the old library into a three-bedroom house. The application was accepted.
Marc said the bank was turned on. He received a call from Green Mountain Power that they are replacing poles from Jolley’s towards the Villeneuves and wanted the location of shutoffs and wire lines.
Marc looked into painting the hydrants. He obtained a sample of glass beads. Will need a contractor size generator to run the scalers. They are about $200.00 a week to rent. He suggested taking off a couple end caps and try to get them painted and put on the beads to see which you can see better. You shake the beads on after they are painted. Marc will put on hydrants and see.
Marc picked up orthophosphate and picked up 60’ 3” PVC and 60’ 2” PVC for Maple Ridge electrical work.
Marc is working with Andy on Wednesday mornings. It is working out quite well.
Marc said we were out of compliance with the State, but were not, and it was a problem with the State.
7. Repairs, Maintenance, and Connections.
Marc said everything was good.
8. Old Business.
- A. Nothing new on the Mill development.
B. Marc addressed earlier.
C. Joe, Jason and Steve will distribute remaining CCR reports.
9. New Business.
- A. Mike’s schedule is to work on Monday and then leave Tuesday through Thursday or Friday.
Marc said there is a sanitary survey person that will tour the water system on June 13 at 10:00 a.m.
It was agreed that Andy will be paid $17.00 per hour until he is licensed as an assistant operator. The start date will be the last meeting.
Joe said to keep ears open for anyone willing to run for trustee. A note will go out in the July statements.
Andy said Bob Stone wanted to park his camper inside the gate and pay the District rent until it is sold. Marc will talk with him to come up with a reasonable rate.
10. Next Regular Meeting. Next regular meeting July 2, 2019 at 7:00 PM.
11. Review and Approve Bills. Bills were reviewed and approved.
Adjournment. The regular meeting was adjourned at 7:59 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Benson, Clerk/Treasurer
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Joe O’Brien, President