April 28, 2009

Call to Order: 

President Reynold Wolfe called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm

Present:

Authority Members:  Reynold Wolfe, Dean Williard, Kurvin Batdorf, Ed Wiestling, Jackson Wetzel

Employees: Tammy Osman, Andy Bobb,

Solicitor:  Joe Michetti

Citizens:   None

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes:

After a review of the previous months meeting minutes, Ren declared the minute’s approved as presented motion made by Dean and second by Jackson.

Financial Report and Payment of Listed Bills:

Dean Williard presented financial statements for review by the Authority. There is a balance in the PLIGIT account of $61805.34.   After the review of the bills to be paid tonight and the addition of  payments to Tim Schrawder for $40.00 and Ricky Spotts for $355.00 and Dean Williard for $114.00 motion was made by Dean and 2nd byEd to proceed with the paying of the bills as presented and the additions.

Communication and Notices:  Dean informed the Authority that there are new owners for LDG 37 (Reigel Property) which is Fannie Mae—Penn One Real Estate.

Water System Operator:

Andy informed the Authority that he met with Valerie Stover for the annual DEP water inspection; she stated that the Authority passed however she questioned the Emergency Response plan.  She was informed that the Authority is in the process of completing it. Andy also reminded the Authority that there will be hydrant flushing on May 12, 2009 and that there should be signs posted at the post office, hardware store and Rick Leach’s.  Andy then informed the Authority that the post DQ tank was cleaned with the help of Jackson Wetzel.  Andy changed the UV bulbs which need to be done annually.  Andy informed the Authority that he needed to replace the Effluent pump, and Ren questioned whether the old one was worth repairing.  Ren is going to take it and see if it can be fixed. 

Solicitors Report: 

Joe gave the Authority the $1136.00 check from the Koperna’s which is for the Criley property, the Koperna’s are the new owners of that property as of May 1, 2009.   They have until August meeting to have the property torn down or they will be billed for the sewer service at the property.  Joe informed the Authority that they should continue to bill Kooken, even tough there is no one living at the property.  Andy then stated that the water had been shut off for billing purposes however they need to raise the curb stop at the residence.  Joe then opened the two bids for the diesel generator. The winning bid was for $800.00 from L&M Machinery.  There was a motion made by Ed to award the winning bid to them and second to the motion was made by Jackson. 

Old Business:

Ren and Dean are going to be meeting at 10 am on Friday to go over the six disconnects.  Ren informed the Authority that Fersters’ had delivered the pipe to the well site to work on the next phase of that project; however they were unable to work on it because there was a lot of run off water there, therefore that project is on delay.  Andy informed the Authority that the calls out alarms at 3 and 4 have been corrected however there still remains the original problem of them calling Andy when the pumps are just running.  Andy stated that it is a radio problem and that JB Electric is the contractor that did that portion of the original project.  Ren then discussed having Ferster’s and Jack finish grading the 5 port locations.  Ed gave the Homeland Security Assessment paper work to Ren to review.  

New Business: 

Ren informed the Authority that LDG has completed the NPDES and it will need to be submitted to DEP, which will require a check in the amount of $500.00 be sent along with the report to the Commonwealth of PA. Dean made the motion to proceed with the motion to pay the $500.00 to the Commonwealth of PA second to the motion by Jackson.  Kurvin gave an overview of the Emergency response plan that he has been working on.  It was decided that Ren, Andy and Kurvin will need to get together to review the report. 

Andy then informed the Authority that the ramp at the WWTP was still not high enough for the deliveries.  There was a suggestion made that Andy check into ordering smaller amounts of the item that is having trouble unloading.  Ren also suggested that they get another truck load of stone and haul it to the WWTP to make the ramp higher. 

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting held at the Herndon Borough Municipal Building adjourned at 8:05pm

Respectfully Submitted By:                                                        Tammy Osman, Secretary

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