April 2015 Minutes

April 6, 2015

7:00 p.m.

Basement of the United Church of Underhill

 DRAFT

TRUSTEES PRESENT          OPERATORS PRESENT          GUEST PRESENT

Peter Mitchell                           Marc Maheux                                               

Joe O’Brien

Jason Ritter                                                                                                           

 CLERK                        ASST.  OPERATOR                              

Jane Maheux                Mike Willard 

 

Peter Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm to adopt the Agenda, which was approved.

 

1. Review & approval of previous minutes. Minutes from the March meeting were approved.

2. Review & approval of financial statements. The financial reports for the March meeting were approved.

3. Operations Report.

    A. Operator’s report. 

        i. Water usage. 54964 gal/day 

         ii. Test Results and Testing.

             Bacteria results negative.

             Fluoride results within tolerance.

    B. Marc finished his training in Asset Management. Mike to take a class in June and he received credit for Arc Flash Training.

    C.  Marc sent information to VTrans for the work permit for RT 15 project.

    D. Marc has ordered parts for the chlorine analyzer.

4. Customer concerns/comments

A.    Marguerite Walsh called that her water was dirty and sluggish Marc let her know it was starting to freeze so to let it run.

5. Repairs and Maintenance.

  1. Marc has not yet contacted Randy Troupe but will be doing so the work cannot be done until spring / summer.
  2. Peter reported that we could potentially save around $2500.00 yearly with making changes to have the system run during off peak. Marc will talk with John Champlin about what it would cost to put the pumps on off peak. We also noticed that we are paying sales tax to GMP Jane will contact them to resolve this.

 6. Old business. 

  1. Carl at O’Leary & Burke told Marc that they needed to load a newer version of Auto Cad and then they will be moving forward.
  2. The run water list has been updated.
  3. Reviewed the list of projects to do and revised it. Seven engineering companies were chose to send it to. Joe made a motion to approve the letter and proposed projects; the motion was seconded by Jason and was approved. Peter will put it together and Jane will mail it out.

 7.  New Business.

  1. Joe made a motion to approve the CCR the motion was seconded and approved. A letter will be included in the current billing to inform customers where to view it or how to receive a copy.
  2. Joe reported that there several developers looking for land for the installation of solar panels. Joe is going to ask neighbors around the pump house to see how they would feel about a solar panel field.

8. Bills to review & approve for payment. Bills were reviewed and approved.

9. Next Meeting Date:  Next regular meeting May 4, 2015 at 7:00 PM.

10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Jane Maheux clerk/ treasurer

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Peter Mitchell President