November 20 2007  

Call to Order: 

President Reynold Wolfe called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

Present:

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

Employees: Tammy Osman, Andy Bobb

Solicitor:  Joe Michetti

Bond Counsel: None

Public:  Ms. Hackenberg

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes:

After a review of the previous months meeting minutes, Ren declared the minute’s approved as presented motion made by Ren and second by Dean.

Financial Report and Payment of Listed Bills:

Dean Williard presented four financial statements for review by the Authority. There is a balance in the general fund of $1789.74 and in the PLIGIT account of $19063.99 after the review of the bills to be paid tonight there was a motion made by Dean and 2nd by Jackson to proceed with paying the bills that are listed. Dean then presented an overview of each of the checking accounts that the Authority has and what funds are available in each.  The Authority was informed that LDG # 208 was Jean Walter is now Jason Wisser.

Water System Operatior:

Andy informed the authority that John Lundy was going to be in to look into the check values.  Bill from OCC informed Andy and Rick that the high level alarms does not show on the new SCADA equipment, he is going to investigate this issue further. 

Solicitors Report:  Joe informed the Authority that the Criley’s are going to be served.  The situation with the Marvin Paul Sr. residents was looked into as well and Joe reported that Ms. Inkrote telephone him back with an update and informed him that they are still looking for housing.  They applied at various places but have not been able to find anything.  Ren is going to contact Ms. Inkrote about the Riverfront Apartments.  The Authority then discussed the list of non paying customers and it was decided that Friday would be the cutoff.   

Old Business:  

Dean has been in contact with PenDot and once all of the paper work is in place the Authority will be getting the $27,000.  It was determined earlier to proceed with a new water service line and a curb stop for the Laundromat.  It was determined to have L/B water Service do a hot tap and only the Laundromat would be out of service for the time of the project.  The was a motion the to proceed with Bobb’s Plumbing for plumbing and piping in the amount of $1500.00 and to have Mark Ferster and Sons Excavating do the excavation their quote was $1175.00.  The Authority made a motion to proceed with the total project costing $2675.00.  The Norfolk Southern flagman issue has surfaced again.  HRI has agreed to pay $3792.66 to Norfolk Southern.  Paul Krizan suggests that the Authority send a check in that amount to Norfolk Southern and the Authority then deduct that amount from final remit to HRI.  The motion was made to approve pending Joes review with the engineers of offering compromise of $3792.66 to Norfolk Southern.  Ren made the motion and Jackson 2nd. 

New Business: 

The Authority approved Requisition 36 in the amount of $29137.06.  $10000.00 payable to LDG for the O&M manuals and then $8393.25 payable to contract 3, with the remaining $10743.81 payable to contract 3.  The motion was made by Ren to proceed with this requisition and 2nd by Dean.  Dean then presented to the Authority his first draft for the 2008 budget.  It will be furthered examined at the December meeting.  Dean also went over the 2008 meeting dates.  The dates are going to be the 4th Tuesday of each mont.  January 29, February 26, March 25, April 22, May 27, June 24, July 22, August 26, September 23, October 21, November 18, and December 16 2008. The Authority then needed to determine what the final amount of money they are going to loan to complete the project.  It was determined that they are going to need to take a loan in the amount of $200,000.  A motion was made to approve the additional loan of $200,000 to complete the project.  Motion made by Dean and 2nd by Jackson.  Ren then informed the Authority that he got information on the costs of putting signs at the WWTP.  The quote total for the signs would be $210.00 Motion was made by Jackson to proceed with these signs and 2nd was by Dean. 

Next Meeting: December 18, 2007

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting held at the Herndon Borough Municipal Building adjourned at 8:50pm

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

Herndon Borough - Jackson Township

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