February 2021 minutes
All minutes are in draft form
February 2, 2021
7:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT WEB MANAGER
Joe O’Brien Kirk Patch
Tanner Palmer
Steve Jennings CLERK ASST. OPERATOR
Nancy Benson John Trombley
1. Call to Order and Welcome. Joe O’Brien called the meeting to order at 7:02 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.
4. Customer Comments. Peter Geise’s tenant was complaining of a smell from their water. Kirk suggested they call a plumber to flush the hot water tank. Peter was going to discuss with Marc.
Kirk talked with Randy Clark and called Marc regarding a situation with the hot water tank. With the age of the water tank, there are probably mineral deposits and sludge. This could be dealt with by regular flushing. Joe also talked with Randy. He was receptive to him and Marc.
Joe checked on Park Street on his walks and has seen no other problems.
Joe talked with Bernard Coffey’s son, who lives in Williston. Bernard is in the hospital and his son said he would take care of it. The house was taken off the market. Joe sent the bill and lien to the son, but hasn’t heard back. He wants to negotiate. Joe told him the lien would stay on until the bill is paid. The son wanted assurance that the water would not be shut off.
5. Correspondence. Steve mentioned receiving a letter from the United Church of Underhill that they are purchasing 9 acres of land from Phil Jacobs adjoining their property. They are working with Habitat for Humanity to build affordable housing. The Board believes quite a bit of work will be needed for that project.
6. Operations Report.
Operator’s Report.
- Water usage. ________ gal/day
- Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
7. Repairs, Maintenance, and Connections.
Kirk said January has been pretty quiet. He has been working with John on dailies. John is now doing those. It is going really well.
Kirk met with Mike last week. Mike is doing generator maintenance.
Kirk did have to brush snow off the solar panel.
Kirk said the chlorine pump is going great.
8. Old Business.
A. Nothing new on Mill Development. Joe did say he saw Tatro’s guys working in the Mill looking for water line off where Dickinson Drive comes in.
B. Remote meters on hold.
C. Kirk started drafting verbiage for the hydrant RFP proposal. He hasn’t finished yet. He will attach pictures of hydrants and a sketch that O”Leary Burke did. Kirk will line itemize each hydrant per address. Joe asked if there were multiple companies that would bid. Kirk said there are about a dozen companies that do it. He suggested getting a list together and sending it out instead of going public. Joe said the replacement is important for the capital plan.
D. No new allocations.
E. Wells and pumps are doing well.
G. Done.
H. Tank inspections will be done in warmer weather – April or May. Joe said the inspections were part of the budget.
9. New Business.
A. Kirk said John is doing a good job.
B. Not discussed.
C. Not discussed.
Joe did have a question for the Board members as to whether the collection person receives free water. Joe checked with Marc and Marc said if they just did collections, they did not get free water since they are paid for collecting. That made sense to the Board members and they saw no reason to change.
10. Next Regular Meeting. Next regular meeting March 9, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
11. Review and Approve Bills. Bills were reviewed and approved.
Adjournment. The regular meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Benson, Clerk/Treasurer
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Joe O’Brien, President