November 28, 2017

Call to Order: 

President, Paul Witmer called the meeting to order at 7:00 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 Jeff  and second by John to approve the minutes as presented. 

Communications and Notices:  Dean mentioned that he received a notice from Brian Lenker in regards to his late fees owed.  Dean did reply via a letter the remaining amount of late fees Brian owes.  The flood insurance booklet and acknowledgement paper needs to be signed by the President and then mailed back.

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 $526.10 and the balance in the general account of $13,581.81 and a balance in the Northumberland National Bank Savings account of $1,013.66. A motion was made by Dean and 2nd by John to pay the bills as presented along with the addition of payments to Andrew Bobb for $3120.00 (operator) and Bobbs Plumbing and Heating for $238.15.

Water/Wastewater System Operator:  Andy informed the Authority that there was a blue two-toned van parked at the Reservoir.  He was unaware of who the van belonged to so he reported it.  He found the owner and the owner stated that it would be removed before the past weekend and it has not been removed yet.  Andy is to inform the Borough if it is still parked there before their meeting on the first Monday of the month.  The Susquehanna River Basin Commission wants the system to be certified.  If certified within 6 months will give free certification.  This will need to be completed by the end of June 2018.  Does it need to be completed yearly?  Andy to follow up with the information requested.  Herndon’s fire chief heard running water at the Bender property, it was discovered that the curb box was turned back on, after it had been shut off for non payment.  Andy lost communication at the well site about 2 weeks ago, but it has since been fixed and back up and running.  He also had to pull the pumps at well number 2 (railroad tracks) and replaced the cutters.  However, that did not fix the issue. The issue was with the starting control panel; he was able to get it fixed but found out that the control panel at the WWTP will be obsolete.  Andy requested a quote on what it would cost to replace the whole thing and the 30 day quote was around $47,000.00 just for the control panel at the WWTP.  The authority would also need to replace the SCADA System as well since they work together.  Andy gave Dean the information on the UV bulbs that are needed so he can shop around and see if he can find a better cost than what Andy is getting right now. 

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 Paul 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, however, Paul did meet with Tony Gilligan and looked over the street (Midway) to make sure that it would be ok for the plow trucks and both decided that it would be fine.  We are looking at hopefully repaving that street in April.  Dean presented the preliminary budget for 2018 and reviewed the changes that he made.  The final budget will be complete for the December meeting. 

New Business:  Meeting dates for 2018 will be decided at the December meeting.   

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting adjourned at 8:14 pm.  Motion made by John and 2nd from Jeff.

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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