August 2022 minutes
All minutes are in draft form
August 2, 2022
6:00 p.m.
United Church of Underhill
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT WEB MANAGER
Joe O’Brien
Tanner Palmer
CLERK ASST. OPERATOR
Nancy Benson
1. Call to Order and Welcome. Joe O’Brien called the meeting to order at 5:59 p.m. to adopt the Agenda. Joe asked to add D to 7 New Business for the leak detection grant. The Agenda was adopted as revised.
2. Review and approval of minutes of previous meeting(s). Minutes from the June meeting were approved with the change in 6A of Tanner, not Jason.
3. Review and approval of financial statements. The financial reports for June and July were approved.
4. Customer Comments. Quite a few customer complaints of cloudy water. Joe has been forwarding them to Lucas and Mike. Lucas and Mike were going to stop at a few houses to check today.
5. Operations Report.
Operator’s Report.
- Water usage. ________ gal/day
- Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
Routine sampling was done. The blowoff near 58 River Road was flushed multiple times in July.
6. Old Business.
A. Nothing new on Mill Development update.
B. Nothing new on development grant.
C. No new allocations.
7. New Business.
A. The tanks were inspected. They are in good condition, but need to be drained and cleaned to remove the excess sediment. We will wait for a bid. No one in Vermont does cleaning and Champlin does not have the equipment.
B. The sanitary survey showed a need to repair the overflow standpipe at the Maple Ridge cistern. It will need to be drained to fix the leak.
The water pressure at distribution for the homes connected to the Maple Ridge Cistern will need to be recorded.
The O&M Manual will need to be updated to include information on the VFD’s and instructions on raw water sampling at the pump house.
We have a letter from the State extending the deadline to fix the three items.
C. Joe will put information together for the budget for the September meeting.
D. Joe was notified that the State was applying for a leak detection grant in June. Joe had Mike apply and we were approved. They will come look at the lines for free. Mike is to get back to them to arrange dates.
8. Next Regular Meeting. Next regular meeting September 6, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.
9. Review and Approve Bills. Bills were reviewed and approved.
Adjournment. The regular meeting was adjourned at 6:37 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Benson, Clerk/Treasurer
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Joe O’Brien, President