October 22, 2013

Call to Order: 

President Reynold Wolfe called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm

Present:

Authority Members:  Reynold Wolfe, Dean Williard, Jackson Wetzel, Jeffrey Aurand, Joel Wetzel

Employees: Tammy Osman, Andy Bobb

Solicitor:  Tony Michetti

Citizens:  None

Review of Previous Meeting Minutes:

After a review of the previous month’s meeting minutes a motion was made by Jackson and second by Joel to approve the minutes as presented.  

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 $521.67 and the balance in the general account of $40237.60.  After the review of the bills to be paid tonight and the addition of payments to Bobb’s Plumbing and Heating for $378.52, Randy Krallman for $71.50, John Wert for $97.50, Wolfe Realty for $75.45, and Jones Hardware for $2.97 a motion was made by Dean  and 2nd by Jackson to proceed with paying the bills as listed and the add-ons. 

Communications:  Ren reviewed the correspondence that he had received for classes that the Operator of the system could take.  He also received a sales flyer for another company who was advertising their testing service.  Andy is happy with Seewald, so there is no need to pursue. 

Water System Operator:

Andy informed the Authority that he met with Terry from Optimum Controls and had the phone number for the SCADA system changed.  Andy was getting a call out for low levels in the Reservoir, Andy thought that there might have been a leak, they walked the fields and were unable to find any leaks.  Andy is 99% sure that there is not a leak in the system. 

Waste Water Operator:  Andy asked if there was another pool cover company that anyone could think of.  Joel mentioned one and Andy is going to look into it.  Koppy’s filled the propane.  Andy purchased an APC and it is installed and working.  Andy is to contact PA Environmental Solutions about cleaning the SBR tanks.  Andy has the curb stop top that is needed at the Rick Newman property, the curb stop just needs dug up.   

Solicitors Report: 

Tony still did not hear anything back from the bank that has the Kooken property.  Tony gave an update on the Curtis Wray property and Curtis is not on the same page as Steve Tressler.  Therefore, the Authority is going to wait until they get something in writing from the property owner before they will change the number of EDU for the property.    

Old Business:

Dean is going to handle the delinquents and shut offs with Andy. The only walk thru improvement for 2012 that is still open is the pool cover and Andy is working on that.  The man holes have been repaired. 

The walk thru for 2013 list of improvements:

A.) Propane at well site is at 20% it needs to be filled-- completed

B.) Put grates on head wall of 18” pipe at well site

C.) Brush back road at sides of the road to well #2

D.) Clear brush on the inside of the fence

E.) Replace ladder and fix vents at well #3---completed

F.) Control the moisture in 4 log building---Andy will make sure he watches

G.) Clean the “rags” out of the basin at 1 and 2

New Business:

Connie Tressler did not pay her water portion of her bill on one of her properties.  Since she did not have tenants in the property she was not going to pay the water.  A letter will be sent to her advising that if she does not want the water to the property then a $50.00 disconnect and another $50.00 reconnect will be changed once she wants the water turned back on.  Or she could continue to pay the $15.00 a month for the water service.  Ren then went over the quotes from PESI in regards to cleaning out the Post EQ tanks.  PESI will clean it out for $1500.00 or less. A motion was made by Dean and 2nd by Jackson to proceed with PESI.  Ren then read the quote from PESI to clean the SBR tanks.  PESI quoted $5000 to 8000.00 to clean the “rags and debris” from the 2 tanks.  A question was raised who would be responsible for the dumpsters.  Ren is going to make sure that he asks if that is part of the quoted dollar amount or would the Authority be responsible for the dumpsters.  This would then be ongoing maintenance; Andy suggests that they be cleaned every 3 years.  A motion was then made by Jackson and 2nd by Jeff to proceed with PESI.  Ren then read a letter from PESI asking that he be able to dump clear water into the system.  Andy and Ren talked to Todd about this and it will not cause any harm to the system.  Therefore, since it will not cause harm, the Authority voted to charge PESI 4 cents a gallon for PESI to dump clean water into the system.   A motion was made by Jackson to approve the proposed 4 cents a gallon.  All votes approved unanimously. 

Adjournment:  There being no further business, the public meeting adjourned at 8:07pm

Respectfully Submitted By:Tammy Osman, Secretary

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