January 2010 minutes
all minutes are in draft form
January 4, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Basement of the United Church of Underhill
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT GUEST PRESENT
Peter Mitchell Marc Maheux Joe O’Brien Clerk ASST. OPERATOR
Jane Maheux Sara Ritter
Peter Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
1. Review & approval of previous minutes. Minutes of the December meeting were approved as amended with the change in F to the word confirmed.
2. Review & approval of financial statements. The financial reports for the December meeting were approved.
3. Operations Report.
A. Operator’s report.
i. Water usage.46339 gal/day
ii. Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
B. Marc installed the hard drive in the old computer, he also backed up the files on to his computer and then transferred them to the new computer he will reload Lotus on the new computer.
C. A list of meters Marc has changed to date was handed out.
D. Marc is currently working on the Chlorine Analyzer. Chlorine needs to be purchased.
E. Marc needed to design a system to be able to flush out the line for the chlorine analyzer.
F. Marc spoke with Matt Gerino from water supply to confirm it was ok for Sara to cover for him while he is out for back surgery.
G. Marc is going to remove snow at the Poker Hill Tank.
H. Sara preformed the quarterly test for h2s and iron and manganese they were fine, she is going to test both wells also. Sara is going to attend a class for the new Ground Water Rules on February 10th, she also provided the board with a place in St.Albans to recycle the barrels at the pump house.
4. Customer concerns/comments
A.
5. Repairs and Maintenance.
6. Old business.
A. Peter wants to make sure that it will be possible to get natural gas for the generator at the pump house. He also wants to find out if a propane generator can be changed to natural gas at a later date if they have to go that route.
7. New Business.
A. Joe made a motion for the Board to pay the cost of Sara’s Operators Certification, Peter 2nd the motion and the motion was so moved.
8. Bills to review & approve for payment. Bills were reviewed and approved.
9. Next Meeting Date: Next regular meeting February 1, 2010
10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 8: 29 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Maheux clerk/ treasurer
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Peter Mitchell President