December 21, 2010

Call to Order: 

President Reynold Wolfe called the meeting to order at 7:11 pm

Present:

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

Employees: Tammy Osman, Andy Bobb,

Solicitor:  Tony 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 Ed and second by Kurvin.

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 $521.22.   After the review of the bills to be paid tonight and the addition of  payments to Dean Williard for $30.00, Andy Bobb for $1000, and $1080, and to Bobbs Plumping and Heating for $1814.56 motion was made by Dean and 2nd by Ed to proceed with the paying of the bills as presented and the additions.

Communication and Notices:  Ren informed the Authority that LDG 117 is requesting to be 2 EDUs, when the new owner takes over.  Tony will contact Steve Tressler the present owner and inform him that once Curtis Wray takes over the property it will need to be inspected in order to be down to 2 EDU’s and then the Authority will adjust the billing accordingly.  The reason for the reduction from 3 edus to 2 edus is that presently there are 3 apartments in this residence.  Mr Wray in his letter advised that he was expanding 1 of the 3 into an extended living area and would therefore not be of rental value.  

Water System Operator:

Andy informed the Authority that the annual inspection by DEP on 11-19-10 was uneventful.  Andy also stated that he was requested to shut the water off at the Samual Kaufman property.  When he proceeded to do this he ended up have some issues of low pressure.  He was able to get the issue fixed. 

WWTP System Operator: Andy informed the Authority that he once again had multiple motor failures at Pump Station 2.

Solicitors Report: 

Tony informed the Authority that he did send a letter to Glacial Energy in regards to a request made by Dean on the gross receipts tax.  However, as of the meeting date he had not received anything response.  Tony also got word that the Swinehart lien might be getting paid off as the property is about to sell.  Andy then stated that he turned the water on at the Hoffman property; however he did not let Dean know about this to adjust the billing.  Andy is to get the date of turn on so that the billing can be adjusted.  Dean informed Tony of the issue with the James Yocum property, Tony is going to first call him and if he cannot get him then they are going to file a lien against the property. 

Old Business:

Ren and Dean are going to be meeting at 7 pm January 2, 2010 to go over the delinquents. The River Shore vents are still pending.  The generator for the reservoir is still pending.  The curb stop at June Deppens is still pending.  The stump removal at the reservoir is still pending; there are also two trees that are to be removed at the Reservoir.  There was a motion to approve the budget for 2011 in the amount of $201980.00 that Dean had presented at the last meeting.  Motion was made by Dean and second by Jackson. 

New Business: 

Meeting  dates for 2011 were set as follows: January 25, February 22, March 22, April 26, May 24, June 21, July 26, August 23, September 27, October 18, November 15, December 20, 2011.  A motion was made to approve 2011 Engineer Consult service to Larson Design Group.  Motion was made by Ed and 2nd by Jackson.  Ren informed the Authority that he is having a meeting on January 5th with Bill Segal from SEDA-COG.  Ren also has a meeting with Paul Krizan and Brent Spangler regarding pump station 2, they are going to proceed with installing hard start. It has already been installed on the control panel.  A letter was received from DEP advising of a new ground water rule that the Authority water system must be in compliance with by April 2012.  The Authority will be required to report the date, time and lowest value each day the free chlorine residual remains equal to or greater than 0.20 mg/l.  The Authority will need and house a chlorine analyzer.  Discussion raised hopes of being able to incorporate the daily readings using the SCADA system once it is installed.

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting held at the Herndon Borough Municipal Building adjourned at 8:46pm

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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