January 22, 2013

Election of Officers:

Ren called the elections to order at 7:06 and asked Joel Wetzel to conduct the elections.  Joel started with nominations for President.  Dean nominated Ren Wolfe and Jackson second to the motion.  The nominations were then closed and Ren remained President.  Ren nominated Jackson for Vice President, Dean second the motion and there being no other nomination Jackson was elected Vice President.    Next office up for election was Treasurer; Jackson nominated Dean Williard and Barry second to the motion.  Voting was unanimous and election was closed.  Finally the last office that was open was Secretary; Barry wanted to know what the position entailed.  Ren and Dean informed him that the Secretary is not the recording Secretary at meeting.  Ren then nominated Barry and he accepted.  Nominations were unanimous and voting was closed.  A motion was then made to approve the ballot as follows: President Ren Wolfe, Vice President Jackson Wetzel, Treasurer Dean Williard and Secretary Barry Hughes, motion was made by Jackson, and seconded by Ren.

Call to Order: 

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

Present:

Authority Members:  Reynold Wolfe, Dean Williard, Barry Hughes, Jackson Wetzel

Employees: Tammy Osman, Andy Bobb

Solicitor:  None

Citizens:  Von Nichols

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes:

After a review of the previous month’s meeting minutes a motion was made by Jackson and second by Dean to approve the minutes with the corrections to the dollar amount for the lightening strike.

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 $521.56 and the balance in the general account of $52096.99.  After the review of the bills to be paid tonight and the addition of payments to Williards Services for $25.00, PPL $1809.41, Andy Bobb$1040.00, and Bobb’s Plumbing and Heating $159.76 a motion was made by Dean and 2nd by Jackson to proceed with paying the bills as listed and the add-ons. 

Communications:  Ren received a letter from PA One Call and he will follow up with them on it.

Water System Operator:

Andy informed the Authority that he meet with Amy who is the DEP sanitarian who did a sanitarian survey and he will meet with her again on Friday to get the results of this. 

Waste Water Operator:  Andy informed the Authority that he had a problem with PS3 over the holiday.  He found that there was water in the disconnect connectors and was shorting out bearings.  He pulled them and replaced them.  He has two good pumps that are working. 

Solicitors Report: 

Tony called Ren prior to the meeting and informed him that he would not be able to make the meeting tonight.  He told Ren that the Deposition is scheduled.  Ren and Andy will be meeting on January 31st at the Municipal Building.  Ren and Andy are meeting one hour prior to the scheduled meeting.  Tony sent request to Danielle Bell informing her that we need to have her payment plan by February 1st and if the Authority does not have one what would they like to do next. 

Old Business:

Dean is going to be handling the shut off with Andy.  Shut off date is February 1, 2013.       The 4 log analyzer is underway; Andy met with Gary and Rocky from Baer Architects.  They went over and fine tuned the specs and emphasized the bidding of the project in February.  The 4 log analyzer need a pulsating pump with continuous pressure, Andy looked into this through Orchard pumps and they just got back to him.  He will look into this further.  The walk thru improvements are: 

A) Existing control building at reservoir to be renovated

B) Vines on fence at well site cut and removed all bollards, 

C) All bollards at WWTP & pump stations to be painted

D) Andy to look into a proper cover for the Post EQ tank to retard algae growth. 

The mail box is still pending.  Dluge and Michetti wrote the operators contact and once all members had a chance to review a motion was made by the Authority to approve the new Operator contract for Andrew Bobb.  Motion was made by Jackson and second by Barry.  The Authority then reviewed the sludge proposals, the first from PA Environmental Solutions (PESI) who proposed .085 cents a gallon to haul the sludge, and the second from Stahlneckers who quoted .097 cents a gallon.  Dean made a motion to go with PESI as it would save the Authority around $936.00 per year in sludge removal, second to the motion by Jackson.  All the repairs and bills have been received by the Authority, Dean and Andy need to get together to go over the bills and remit them to Snyder Eyster to file a claim with the insurance company.  We are awaiting word from the insurance company on the lightening strike.  Total amount remitted to insurance company for reimbursement is $4886.65, $4295.65 materials and $591.00 labor. 

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting held at the Herndon Borough Municipal Building adjourned at 8:26 pm

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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