January 2024 Minutes
All minutes are in draft form
January 2, 2024
6:00 p.m.
United Church of Underhill
TRUSTEES PRESENT OPERATORS PRESENT WEB MANAGER
Joe O’Brien
Steve Jennings CLERK ASST. OPERATOR
Tanner Palmer Nancy Benson
1. Call to Order and Welcome. Joe O’Brien called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Joe added generator service on January 2, 2024 to the Operations Report. The Agenda was adopted as revised.
2. Review and approval of minutes of previous meeting(s). Minutes from the December meeting were approved.
3. Review and approval of financial statements. The financial reports for December were not available as the laptop died. Nancy will e-mail to Trustees when available.
4. Customer Comments. Joe spoke with two people after they received the shutoff notices that they thought they had paid and would take care of it.
5. Operations Report.
Test Results and Testing.
Bacteria results negative.
Fluoride results within tolerance.
Routine testing and operations.
The last time Brian ran the generator for ten minutes, it backfired and wouldn’t start. The generator service was scheduled for today, which happened. Nate from Caterpillar said the generator had a bad ignition module. It blew out both mufflers and there was a mystery coolant leak. It needed a new ignition, mufflers and spark plugs. Brian will run and check for leaking. It takes two weeks for parts.
Brian flushed Guay’s hydrant.
Brian turned the water back on at the old Gert’s property. The feed into the house was not disconnected and ran through the house and was plugged. The plumber was upset.
Brian and Joe took the hydrant that was hit to the pumphouse.
The low battery backup warnings were from snow covering the solar panels.
Brian ordered new parts for the chlorinator.
6. Old Business.
A. Nothing new on the Mill Development. They did put on a new door.
B. Nothing new on United Church.
C. Joe hasn’t heard from Simon on the tank cleaning.
7. New Business.
A. Joe told Lance to get a new hydrant to replace the one at 385 Vermont Route 15. It will probably be replaced in the spring.
B. For capital planning, we will start with the hydrants and will have the shut off boxes tested. The tank cleaning is also a priority. Joe will talk with Marc about the curb stop issues.
A new laptop has to be ordered as the current one died.
C. Nancy will take over the fluoride testing. Joe will talk with Helen about setting up a training.
8. Next Regular Meeting. Next regular meeting February 6, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
9. Review and Approve Bills. Bills were reviewed and approved.
Adjournment. The regular meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Benson, Clerk/Treasurer
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Joe O’Brien, President