Members Present: Chairman Marshall L. Harris, Vice Chairman Stephen C. Lobik, Clerk Douglas R. North
Superintendent: Craig W. Jalbert
Secretary: Dale Barnes-Johnson
Open the Meeting: The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m.
REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD: Re-election of Stephen C. Lobik made it necessary to reorganize the Board. Marty made a motion to nominate Stephen C. Lobik as Chairman, Doug seconded motion, motion passed unanimously. Steve made a motion to nominate Douglas R. North as Vice Chairman, Marty seconded motion, motion passed unanimously. Steve then made a motion to nominate Marshall L. Harris as Clerk, Doug seconded motion, motion passed unanimously.
Accept the Minutes: A motion was made by Doug and seconded by Marty to accept the Meeting Minutes from March 28, 2007. Motion passed unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS:
S.R.F. Project: Craig has begun work on the presentation which will be forward to the Commission for their thoughts and feedback prior to the public hearing set for April 25, 2007 at the Selectmen’s Conference room.
Craig attended the Tuesday, April 10th Selectmen’s meeting to discuss the department’s article requests submitted. When discussion took place with regards to the State Revolving Fund (S.R.F.) Project Craig made every effort to let people know this was not an override, and would affect the water ratepayers only.
The Commission discussed how this is pretty much the last shot for SRF funding. A big chunk of the cost is for site and engineering work. Painting of the existing tank ($235,000 estimate) cannot be included in the S.R.F., however the Bunyan Road Bond will be paid in five years so it is likely we could move forward with that then without raising rates and paint the existing tank once the new one is in place.
The water tank telemertering system that uses CB radio frequencies vs. the telephone lines was demonstrated to us. We used temporary transmitting and receiving antenna locations to do a worst case evaluation of the system. Although, all three pump stations received a signal, the Bunyan Road signal was not consistent enough. We will now mount the transmitter antenna on the tank and retest the system.
Sewer Grinder / Monson Developmental Center (MDC) Agreement: Jane Arthur from MDC has signed the agreement. Bid opening for the new grinder is set for Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Craig will be obtaining installation pricing.
NEW BUSINESS:
NEXT MEETING: The next meeting has previously been set for Wednesday, April 25, 2007 after the public hearing at the Selectmen’s Conference room.
ADJOURN: At 7:15 p.m., a motion was made by Doug and seconded by Marty to adjourn from open session to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing Ely Road Land Appraisals and not to return to open session. Motion passed unanimously.
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Marshall L. Harris, Clerk
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