Wellfleet Board of Water Commissioners
Minutes of Meeting of March 8, 2006
Senior Center, Long Pond Room
Present: Mark Berry, Chairman; Moe Barocas, Lynn Hiller, Erik Mitchell and Jean Schaefer
Also Attending: Helen Miranda Wilson, Selectwoman and former Water Commissioner
Chairman Mark Berry called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Preparation for Meeting with Board of Health
The Water Commissioners considered a number of questions to discuss with the Board of Health at their meeting of March 22, 2006. Mark Berry moved to send the Board of Health the list of questions in advance. Moe Barocas seconded. The motion carried 5-0.
Minutes of 2/16/06
Mark Berry moved to approve the minutes of the meeting of February 16, 2006. Barocas seconded. The motion carried 4-0-1.
Hand-outs
Material to consider was distributed. Included were two newspaper articles, meter readings, a list of hook-ups, Charter Review Board’s revisions to the Charter and legal opinion on the changes from Kopelman & Page. The Charter Review Committee will be placing the changes on the Town Meeting Warrant as a petitioned Article.
Map Work
The Water Commissioners decided not to proceed with hand map work because the GIS computer system will produce the information the Board wants to know about abutters. Mark Berry will contact Rex Peterson to arrange for Cape Cod Commission training and a print out of the Environmental Partners Wellfleet Municipal Water System overlay. Erik Mitchell will provide the Board an introduction to the Wellfleet GIS computer system.
Mail
On March 28, 2006, Town Counsel Kopelman & Page is offering training sessions for boards regarding Open Meeting, conflict of interest laws and land use laws. The first session is from 1-3 p.m., and the second session from 3-5.
Other Business
The Board considered making available at Town Meeting material on the future capacity of the water system.
Board members raised questions on the meter reading spreadsheets regarding fees, follow-ups and daily usage figures.
At a future meeting the BWC needs to go over finances. Also Lynn Hiller will present information she is compiling from a survey of other Cape town water systems.
The next meeting will be held March 16. At 5 p.m. Eric Mitchell will introduce GIS computer capacities, and at 7 p.m. the Board will meet with Eastham Water Boards.
Adjournment
Berry moved to adjourn; Mitchell seconded; the motion carried 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Mary Rogers, Committee Secretary Mark Berry, Chairman
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