April 26, 2011

Call to Order:

President Reynold Wolfe called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm

Present:

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

Employees:  Tammy Osman and Andy Bobb

Solicitor:  Tony Michetti

Citizens:  NONE

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes:

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

Financial Report and Payment of Listing Bills:

Dean Williard presented financial statements for review by the Authority.  There is a balance in the PLGIT account of $521.28 and the balance in the general account of $22,950.93.  After the review of the bills to be paid tonight and the addition of payments to Andy Bobb for $1,080.00, Bobb’s Plumbing & Heating for $960.00 and Glacial Energy for $1700.56 a motion was made by Dean & 2nd by  Jackson to proceed with paying the bills as listed and the add ons.

Communications:

None

Water System Operator:

Andy informed the Authority that he discovered a water leak at the Chris & Shirley Klinger property.  He found the leak to be from the curb stop to the house.  Tony suggested that a letter be sent to the property owners as a leak like this is a property owner’s responsibility to get it fixed.  The letter is going to give the owners 30 (thirty) days to get the leak fixed.  Andy informed the Authority that he has received the dates that the four log analyzer needs to be up and running.

Waste Water Operator:

Andy had PA Environmental Solutions perform a smoke test.  The smoke test revealed that there are 3 leaks, one at Cliff Sprenkle property at the observation port, one at Arlo Lenker property at the manhole cover, and the last one at Adam Netiz property at the observation port.  No repairs have been made on any of these issues.

Solicitors Report:

Tony informed the Authority that a letter has gone out to Myers Pump in regards to the issues that the Authority has had at pump station 2.

Old Business:

Ren and Dean are going to be meeting on May 1,2011 after Ren gets back in town to go over delinquents.  The curb stop at June Deppen is still pending.  The fence is now up around the wells, the contractors need to hang the gate yet.  Ren and Jackson cleaned out the water course.  The 4 log analyzer is still pending.  Ren presented a comparison on the electricity consumption.  Ren got quotes from Patriot Energy for .08530 per kwh for 36 months, and a quote from Affordable Power for .0998 per kwh for the next 24 months all inclusive.  A motion was made by Dean to switch to Patriot Energy for 3 years at a fixed rate of .08530 per kwh second to the motion by Ed.  Andy informed the Authority that he could not get parts to repair the fire hydrant.  He did get the cost of a replacement but he forgot to bring the paperwork with the review.

New Business:

Ren presented a change order for LDG in regards to the fence project.  A change needs to be made from $8,000 to $10,000 to cover LDG’s expenses that they incurred for the fence project.  A motion was made by Dean and 2nd by Jackson to proceed with the change order for LDG.  Jackson discovered that a vent was missing at the Andrew Brewster property, Ren & Jack met with him and requested that the vent be reinstalled.  It has been completed.  Ren discovered that there are 5 areas for storm water and dirt infiltration at Herndon Reload.  Ren has contacted the owner about the issue.  The seedlings from NCCD are available for pick up on April 27.  Plans are to start planting on the 28th.  There is a 10kw portable 1 phase generator available for an emergency situation for PS 3 & 4 and the reservoir at Dalmatia thru PAES, Todd Mace.  A permit valid for one year has been received to work on State Route 147 in an emergency.  Ren is also going to check with another entity that repairs and services  Generac generators to get prices for their services, since Hunter Lomison’s contract is about up.

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting held at the Herndon Borough Municipal Building adjourned at 8:18pm

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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