August 22, 2017

Call to Order: 

Vice President, Jeff Aurand called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

Present:

Authority Members:  Dean Williard, Jeff Aurand, John Davis and Peter Bergstresser

Employees:  Andy Bobb, Tammy Osman

Solicitor:  Tony Michetti

Citizens:  None

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes:

After a review of the previous month’s meeting minutes a motion was made by John and second by Pete to approve the minutes as presented. 

Communications and Notices:  Dean provided information in regards to an early termination fee for the PPL bill through Champion.  There was fee due of $50.00 however, Dean called and spoke to them and informed them that we would not be paying that bill as we had already paid a $200.00 early termination fee.  A message was on the answering machine stating that the $50.00 bill had been removed and was no longer due. 

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 $525.07 and the balance in the general account of $21276.19 and a balance in the Northumberland National Bank Savings account of $1,013.66. A motion was made by Dean and 2nd by Pete to pay the bills as presented along with the addition of payments to Andrew Bobb for $1560.00 (operator) and Bobb’s Plumbing and Heating for $828.00 to repair the leak at 3rd and Midway Alley.

Water/Wastewater System Operator:  Andy informed the Authority that on Sunday morning the town was out of water.  Herndon Reload had capped off the sprinkler system and when they did the repair it blew apart.  The water is still turned off to that but the town was back up and running within ½ hour.  Andy needed to call about a dozen people to let them know what had happened and that the water was back on.  Andy is going to do exploratory on the leak at Midway and 3rd street.  He is going to start at Tony Gilligan’s property and see what he can find.  Andy questioned if he should order from Merit Pump and Dean said yes order we want to compare and make sure we are getting the same items for lesser cost.  Andy replaced the level sensor in the digester at the plant and also put the belt back on the blower.  Chlorine analyzer needed to be pulled and maintenance completed and it is back on line now. Andy also informed the Authority that he did have a few PA One Calls this month as PPL was scheduled to reinforce the poles, he did take care of all of them. 

Solicitors Report:  Tony took care of filing the liens on the four properties.  The Constable is still trying to serve the Yocum, Laise, and Bender/Brown.  Tony did verify that the tax papers that were received from the County do need to be followed up on and filed. 

Old Business:

Dean is going to handle the delinquents and shut offs with Andy.  The list of improvements still pending is canopy modifications.  Andy is to work on the canopy modifications when he has time to do it and Paul is able to help.  Paul was able to get the grate project completed.  The line trimming around the fence at the Well Site has been completed by Hoover’s Lawn Maintenance from Malta. The spraying still needs to be completed.  Andy is going to call Green Acres fencing to get an estimate for a fence at the WWTP. 

New Business:

There was no new business

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting adjourned at 7:28pm.  Motion made by Dean and 2nd from John

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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