January 25, 2011

Election of Officers: Special guest Bill Segal opened the election of officers with election for President.  Dean nominated Ren Wolfe as president second was made by Kurvin.  Elections were closed and Ren was voted unanimously president.  Next office open for election was Vice President and Jackson nominated Ed Wiestling and 2nd by Dean voted unanimously and election closed.  Next office up for election was Treasurer, Ren nominated Dean Williard and Ed second to the motion.  Voting was unanimous and election was closed.  Finally the last office that was open was Secretary, Ren nominated Kurvin and 2nd by Ed.  Nominations were unanimous and voting was closed.  A motion was then made to approve the ballot as follows: President Ren Wolfe, Vice President Ed Weistling, Treasurer Dean Williard and Secretary Kurvin Batdorf, motion was made by Jackson, and seconded by Ren.

Call to Order: 

President Reynold Wolfe called the meeting to order at 7:12 pm

Present:

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

Employees: Tammy Osman, Andy Bobb, and Ricky Spotts

Solicitor:  Tony Michetti

Citizens:   Bill Segal from Sedacog

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes:

After a review of the previous month’s meeting minutes Ren declared the minute’s approved as presented motion made by Dean 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 $521.23 and the balance in the general account of $12155.86.   After the review of the bills to be paid tonight and the addition of payments to Seewald for $107.00,  Wolfe Realty for $70.00 and Wolfe Realty for $12.43, Jones Hardware for $10.99, and Tim Schrader for $52.50 motion was made by Dean and 2nd by Jackson to proceed with paying the bills as listed and the add ons.    

Communications:

Rick Spotts provided a letter dated Jan. 25, 2011 that notifies the Authority "thirty days" in advance of the termination of his contract this to be effective 2-28-11.

Water System Operator:

Andy informed the Authority that Jeff Adams has been notified that the trench is sinking from the water main break on January 18th, 2011.  Ren is going to meet with Jeff to see what can be done.  When the water main broke on South Main Street at the Melvin Spade property part of 147(trench 4 foot by 7 foot) had to be dug up to fix the break.  It had to be dug up 2 feet from the curb, and a special permit had to be gotten. 

Waste Water Operator:  Andy also informed the Authority that it has been 7 weeks with no problems at pump station 2 since the hard start device was installed.  Ren was also informed that Rodney from RAM called and the last pump is fixed and ready for pick up.

    

Solicitors Report: 

Tony informed the Authority that he got an answer from Glacial Energy in regards to the gross receipt tax that Dean had questioned about.  After looking at a previous PPL bill it was noted that they (PPL) also charged gross receipt tax when PPL was our supplier of electricity.

Old Business:

Ren and Dean are going to be meeting on Thursday at 7:00 pm 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.   

The fence project had an onsite visit on January 25, 2011, which there were four contractors present.  It was also noted that several contractors had been on the LDG website. All bids are due by 4:00 PM Thursday Feb.10, 2011 they will be opened and publicly read at that time.  A motion was made to accept the low bid for the fence project on the recommendation of LDG and Seda Cog and proceed to provide the Authority’s Solicitor with the Bond and Certificates of insurance for review and approval.  Motion was made by Ren and 2nd by Ed.  Dean questioned what was needed to be in conformance with the new rules that are going to be passed in connection with the chlorine measurements.  Andy informed that the Authority would need to look into getting a 4 log analyzer which would cost about $5000.00. 

New Business: 

An application for an Emergency Permit Card was completed with PennDot for future emergencies similar to the past water main break at Melvin Spades.  This card will permit immediate high way access to state route 147.  This will eliminate the wait in the process.   Due to the timber cut within the well site area, Ren suggests reforestation by planting NWP seedlings throughout the area. USDA Northumberland County Conservation District can have seedlings available for an early May planting and quoted the cost for 3' length seedlings, 25/bundle for $16.50/bundle. Ren recommended (4) bundles as a start.  A motion was made by Dean to proceed with the purchase of these trees.  Bill Segal was present and gave the Authority an update of where the fence project is at.  A motion was needed to proceed with a professional engineering agreement with LDG.  Dean made the motion and Ed second to the motion.  

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting held at the Herndon Borough Municipal Building adjourned at 8:35pm

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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