March 2023 minutes
All minutes are in draft form
March 14, 2023
6:00 p.m.
United Church of Underhill
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT WEB MANAGER
Joe O’Brien
Tanner Palmer
Steve Jennings CLERK ASST. OPERATOR
Nancy Benson
1. Call to Order and Welcome. Joe O’Brien called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Joe asked to change the Agenda to add 911 addresses for hydrants to New Business and to move Tank Cleaning from Old Business to New Business. The Agenda was adopted with the changes.
2. Review and approval of minutes of previous meeting(s). Minutes from the February meeting were approved.
3. Review and approval of financial statements. The financial reports for February were approved.
4. Customer Comments. One complaint of brown water. Joe left a message and did not hear back.
5. Operations Report.
Operator’s Report.
- Water usage. ________ gal/day
- Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
Routine testing and operations.
Joe talked to Brian at Town Meeting. He is liking the job and said it is fairly easy to do. Joe asked what Simon was doing. They did put a lockbox on the outside of the building and no one knows the code.
Marc said the test results are not the right tests. Joe wrote to two of the people at Simon regarding the monthly reports, but has not heard back. He will follow up.
6. Old Business.
A. Nothing new on the Mill Development.
B. Joe said there was a summary on the United Church in the Underhill Town Report. They are doing assessments. They synopsis shows 9-10 units and conservation of part of the land. They are waiting on an archaeological survey. They do have the funding.
7. New Business.
A. For the sanitary survey, three houses need to meet the minimum of 20 lbs. of pressure per square inch. Two of three meet the minimum. We need to get the approval from the homeowners that they are happy with the water. Joe talked to Kevin Campbell and he is happy. He will talk to Grady. Joe will send a note to them that they are okay with the water. A waiver is not needed for those two houses. A third party inspection is needed every year. 70 Maple Ridge is at 19 lbs. and does not meet the minimum. The owner has to apply for a waiver from Natural Resources. We cannot apply. If they will not apply for the waiver, they would have to be disconnected from the system and a well will have to be drilled at our expense. Joe will talk with them. Discussion including re-engineering the cistern, building a pumphouse and increasing the height of the cistern.
B. The Fire Department wants 911 addresses on the hydrants. Marc said there are already equipped with GPS. The Trustees will look to see if there are GPS coordinates on the maps. If there are, they will send them to Andy Forsberg. If not, Joe will as Marc to do it.
C. The woman that was supposed to do the tank cleaning in April does not want to do it now. Marc said you should drain the water through usage and pump the rest. It was asked if we could push it out to the fall. Joe will start searching and ask Simon if they have preferred people. We did have divers previously. Should we have the inspection and cleaning at the same time going forward?
Hydrant flushing should be due soon. Perley had different opinions on it. Should every hydrant be flushed? Should the tanks be cleaned and then the hydrants flushed? Joe will check with Simon.
8. Next Regular Meeting. Next regular meeting April 4, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
9. Review and Approve Bills. Bills were reviewed and approved.
Adjournment. The regular meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Benson, Clerk/Treasurer
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Joe O’Brien, President