February 21, 2012

Call to Order: 

President Reynold Wolfe called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm

Present:

Authority Members:  Reynold Wolfe, Dean Williard, 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 month’s meeting minutes a motion was made by Ed and second by Jackson to approve the minutes with the corrections.

Financial Report and Payment of Listed Bills:

Dean presented financial statements for review by the Authority. There is a balance in the PLIGIT account of $521.41 and the balance in the general account of $23435.12.   After the review of the bills to be paid tonight a motion was made to proceed with the paying the bills as listed and also to pay the pending operators bill for Andy Bobb for the months of December and January.  Motion was made by Dean and 2nd by Ed. 

Communications: Dean went over letter that was received from Deb Rosencrans and also read the response from Dluge and Michetti’s Office. 

Water System Operator:

Andy informed the Authority that there is still and intermittent draw on the system.  Andy borrowed equipment from Pennsylvania Rural Water to locate the issue.  He was unable to see or locate an issue.  Andy is going to talk to Herndon Reload and see if they know anything.  Andy said there is no evidence of a leak. 

Waste Water Operator:

Andy informed the Authority that he is going to pull pump 1 and change the cutters.  Andy was given permission from the Authority to purchase another set as a spare.  Ren is going to be meeting with Andy to see if the cutters can be sharpened. 

Solicitors Report: 

Tony informed the Authority that he wanted to hold an Executive session prior to the close of the regular meeting. 

Old Business:

Dean and Ed are going to be meeting to go over delinquents on March 2, 2012.     Dean is going to follow up with Shane Wetzel in regards to the delinquent account.  Dean turned over Pauline Feese and James Yocum to Attorney Michetti to file liens on these properties.  Dean also is going to follow up with Kooken on the bankruptcies on her property.  The 4 log analyzer is still pending and the faucet is in place to comply with the April 1st deadline with PA Department of Environmental Protection.  The monitoring will have to be done manually until the final project is completed.  There is a public meeting on February 28th and Ren is attending and would like Ed to attend as well.  This meeting is for the grant funding that will be made available.  The proposal for the funds needed is due by March 8th, Ren and Andy are working on getting figures together for this.  Ren said that the Authority is going to commit $15,000 to the 4 log project.  Ren and Andy also informed the Authority that the new electrical service will only need to be single phase.  Andy informed the Authority that an inspection was done at the Curtis Wray property and it is in compliance and beginning February 1st it should be billed as 1 edu. 

The Walk through Items Pending  

Improvement to the Catch Basin Site area for riding mower use

Repair concrete edge of Catch Basin

New water tight Electrical Service Enclosure at Reservoir-4 log system

LDG is working with HRI regarding raising the platform and electrical cabinet at PS3.    

New Business:

Ed mentioned that he wanted to discuss raising the fees for disconnects and reconnects.  This item will be discussed at the next meeting in more detail.  The purpose of the executive session was for the president to sign verification of documents are true and correct for filing writ of summons against Myers Pumps. 

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting held at the Herndon Borough Municipal Building adjourned at 8:21 pm

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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