Board of Selectmen Meeting
9-25-08
Selectmen present: Chairman Gerald McCarthy, Vice Chairman Martin Gilman, Joan A. Funk, Paula Proulx and Gail Ellis.
Also present: Water Sewer Superintendent Dale Sprague, Wright and Pierce representatives Ed Leonard and Gary Smith.
Board went into public session for the purpose of receiving report from Wright Pierce as to suitability and possibility of Rapid Infiltration Basins (RIB)~to be located at Town property in the vicinity of the Waste Water plant.
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Conclusions drawn were that the site would support RIBs. Discussion then ensued about capacities and it was concluded based on the recent data from flows that the present design could handle the average present and future~flows but that the~occasional Daily Max or Monthly Max would require the use of an additional site to be determined in order to handle the max capacity.
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Discussion then ensued about other options such as limited flow into the river, staying in the river, or getting out of the river altogether. The Board was asked to determine what option they best believed was viable for the Town. The decision by unanimous vote was to get out of the river all together. This in~effect, would eliminate US EPA oversight and all discharges would be strictly land based.~~
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Discussion was then in the area of finding an alternative overflow site and how this was not initially figured into the study. Wright Pierce would be able to conduct this study, a viable site has been identified known as Farmington E-1. Wright Pierce would be able to evaluate this site using a majority of the data and models used in testing the main site. Therefore, costs needed to complete this study would be kept to a minimum.
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Dale Sprague was going to research how much money was available for this study in his Enterprise funds and would then report back to the BOS. Wright Pierce would also report as to the additional costs anticipated. The Board still has an outstanding issue to decide before plans can be drawn up and~construction costs estimated and that would be the actual capacity of the plant. That is the next decision required to be done at another meeting, date to be determined.
At 7pm, Gerald McCarthy motioned to adjourn the meeting seconded by Marty Gilman, all in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Anthony Mincu
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Gerald McCarthy Martin Gilman
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Joan A. Funk Paula Proulx
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Gail Ellis
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