January 23, 2018

Election of Officers: 

Tammy Osman opened the elections for President; Dean Williard nominated Paul Witmer and Jeff Aurand second the nomination.  There were no other nominations for President.  A motion was made to appoint Paul Witmer as President, all were in favor.  John Davis nominated Jeff Aurand as Vice President and Paul Witmer second to the motion.  All were in favor of Jeff Aurand as Vice President.  John Davis nominated Dean Williard as Treasurer and Paul seconded the nomination, all were in favor of Dean Williard as Treasurer.  Jeff Aurand nominated John Davis as Acting Secretary and Dean Williard second the nomination.  All were in favor of John Davis as Acting Secretary. 

Call to Order: 

President, Paul Witmer called the meeting to order at 7:25 pm.

Present:

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

Employees:  Andy Bobb, Tammy Osman

Solicitor:  None

Citizens: None

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes:

After a review of the previous month’s meeting minutes a motion was made by John and second by Pete to approve the minutes as presented with the correction of the one minor error that Andy pointed out that it was Andy that located the issue with the Modular Plug not Optimum Controls. 

Communications and Notices:  Dean went over some property transfers for the month and also informed the Authority that he notified Michetti’s Office about the Kurtz property being listed in the Shamokin Paper.  Andy did not locate the curb stop for that property but has been in contact with the bank’s agent (property has been foreclosed) to locate as it is believed to be somewhere under the porch.  He was able to shut it off inside the house.  There was closing on the Murch property this month.  Dean also informed the Authority that there are about 4 more months left on the PPL discount.  Then the rate could potential go up.  He will monitor it. 

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 $526.92 the balance in the general account of $21635.98 and a balance in the Northumberland National Bank Savings account of $1,009.60. A motion was made by Pete and 2nd by John to pay the bills as presented along with the addition of payments to Andy Bobb for $3120.00, Dennis Williard for $25.00, Site Specific for $515.66 and Bobbs’s Plumbing and Heating for $1403.45

Water/Wastewater System Operator:  Andy informed the Authority that there was a water main break at the south end of town.  At the end of December he noticed that the water levels were down.  He called in Chris Shutt from PA Rural Water to help locate the break.  They located the leak and agreed to meet on Saturday to fix it.  It snowed on Saturday and Penn Dot informed them that they are not permitted to block the traffic, so it was postponed.  On January 3rd they dug again and this time they were not able to locate the leak.  Andy called Chris in again and he located the leak again.  This time they decided to reorganize and made the repairs on January 4th.  Andy did tell Tim Tressler that once the weather breaks the Authority will have to repair his yard and amesite.  Andy then lost communication with the well site; TDS found that there was water in the dry box.  He called TDS in to make the repair and when they were in they also discovered that their drop line was wrapped around a tree.  They cut the tree down.  Andy also informed the Authority that he had trouble with the pump at Pump Station 2, he had to pull it two times, he took the pump to Orchard Pumps but nothing was found to be wrong with the pump.  He found that the cutters were dull again, he called Myers about the cutters and they requested that they see the cutters if it happens again.  The UV sensors have been installed and it brought the system back to where it needed to be.  Pump Station 3 has 2 pumps in the wet well and the one pump is running constantly and the other is not running at all.  Andy and Site Specific found that the float was broke and has since fixed it.  Andy also informed the Authority that he needs to reorder reagents for the chlorine analyzer.  Dean requested that he get the information to him and he will do a price search for the items needed.  The Kurtz water has not been shut off since he was not able to locate the curb stop.  Andy is going to contact Roy Adams in regards to the bills that the Authority has received.  The bills potential do not belong to the Authority but instead to the Borough. 

Solicitors Report:  None present

Old Business:

Dean is going to handle the delinquents and shut offs with Andy.  The list of improvements still pending is canopy modifications.  Andy is to work on the canopy modifications when he has time to do it and Paul is able to help. Paul got the times that Andy is typically at the plant so that they can work on the modifications.   Andy is going to call Green Acres fencing to get an estimate for a fence at the WWTP.  There is also a fencing place in the Berrysburg area that Andy is going to check into to see if they can get an estimate for the fence at the WWTP.  The paving is pending until spring. Paul is going to talk to Jackson Township and Paul is going to talk to the Borough to see if and when they do paving projects if the Authority can tag a long as the cost would be cheaper for all parties involved.  We are looking at hopefully repaving that street in April. 

New Business:  The Authority decided to retain LDG and Dluge, Diehl, and Michetti Law offices for the 2018 year.  Paul will sign the retainer letter and then it will be mailed back to Larson Design Group.  A motion was made by Dean and second by John to retain both LDG and Michetti’s.  Dean requested that a comparison be done on PA Environmental Solutions 2017 prices for services versus the new prices for 2018.  All prices are remaining the same except for 2 items which are going up by $5.00 each. 

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting adjourned at 8:18 pm.  Motion made by Jeff and 2nd from John.

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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