December 18, 2018

Call to Order: 

President, Paul Witmer called the meeting to order at 7:11 pm.

Present:

Authority Members:  Dean Williard, Jeff Aurand, Paul Witmer, John Davis and Pete Bergstresser

Employees:  Tammy Osman, Andy Bobb

Solicitor:  None

Citizens: None

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes:

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

Communications and Notices:  Dean informed the Authority that the PPL price to compare is going up but that does not have an affect on the Authority as they are locked in on a lower price.  A letter was received from the Borough reappointing Brian/Pete for another 5 year term.  The WWTP computer is now back up and running.  Todd Mace from PA Environmental Solutions is going to look into parts for the OSB Board.  Dean made a deal with the Laises's on there water and sewer that is owed on the property.  They paid $700.00 and still owe $841.50. The Authority’s municipal lien will stay in place and the water will not be turned back on until all dollars are paid back.  As part of the work out, Laise’s brother in law (John Kelson) who is rehabilitating the property will be billed the $61.50 monthly sewer rate and pay the water reconnect fee once the lien has been satisfied.  Dean needed to fill out forms for Department of Revenue in regards to the sales tax that was already paid to PPL.  Dean talked to Adams in regards to Flagger Force and Adams informed him that the reason that they use Flagger Force is because they only have 2 persons that are certified, and the liability insurance is expensive. Dean and Andy are going to look into what cause overtime and when there are projects that need to be completed they are going to schedule them so the Authority does not incur overtime charges if possible. 

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 $534.56 the balance in the general account of $13219.14 and a balance in the Northumberland National Bank Savings account of $1,020.63. A motion was made by Pete and 2nd by Jeff to pay the bills as presented along with the addition of payments to Andy Bobb for $1560.00, Diehl, Dluge, Michetti, and Michetti for $977.50 and TDS for $127.36. 

Water/Wastewater System Operator:  Andy informed the Authority that he was still attempting to locate a possible leak in the system.  He check with Herndon Reload and nothing new has started there, he checked with Ryan Zeigler who was not aware of any leaks in the Fire House.  Since he has checked with both location the leak has subsided.  Andy checked about having stone delivered to the Reservior and Meckley's does not tailgate stone this time of year.  Therefore, the driveway at the reservoir is going to wait until spring to be fixed. 

Solicitors Report:  None present. 

Old Business:

Dean will handle the delinquents and shut offs with Andy.  The Mike Roth property is going to have a municipal lien placed on it as it has failed to pay the sewer only.  The water has been shut off already.     The widening of the road and clearing of brush to Well #2 is the sole remaining improvement from the yearly walk through and is pending until Spring.  The Manhole cover will not get fixed until Spring, the riser that was requested has been purchased by SS Witmer Paving, the Authority will reimburse only for the riser and not labor.  Dean went over the budget and a motion was made by Pete and second by John to accept the budget as presented.  Dean made a request that the members review the budget closely as things are getting tight.  A rate increase is going to happen this year. The amount of the increase has yet to be determined.  Dean would like to give the public notice prior to the increase.  There has not been a rate increase since the sewer plant went into operation July 2007, over 11 years ago and with the rising costs of parts and labor it has become evident that an increase is needed.  Dean is looking at increasing around 3rd quarter of 2019.    

New Business: 

The meeting dates for the 2019 year are as follows: January 22, February 26, March 26, April 23, May 21, June 25, July 23, August 27, September 24, October 22, November 26, and December 17.  Dean analyzed the PPL usage for 2018 and the Authority used 3000 more kilowatts. 

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.  Motion made by John and 2nd from Pete.

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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