Schuylerville/Victory
Board of
Water Management
February 10,
2009
The Schuylerville Victory
Board of Water Management held a meeting on Tuesday February 10, 2009 at 7pm in
the
Chairman
Colvin led the meeting.
Present:�� Chairman Colvin, Commissioners Kahnle,
Lloyd, and Pink,
Recording Secretary
Buchanan
Announcements:
March Meetings:�� It was determined to only have one meeting
for the month.
Tuesday, March 10th
in Schuylerville at 7pm.
Minutes:
January 13, 2009 and January
27, 2009.
Commissioner Lloyd made a motion to approval the
January 13 and the 27th, 2009 meeting minutes and they were seconded by
Commissioner Pink, all ayes, motion passed.
Treasurer�s Report:
Balances in the accounts
were read.
TRANSFSER MONEY
There was a resolution #2008.2009-17 presented to
transfer $125,000 to apply to the outstanding vouchers, payroll and for those
miscellaneous expenses this month and prior to the next meeting for the water
department.� This is to authorize the
transfer from the water savings account to the water checking account.� Commissioner
Kahnle made a motion to approve and sign this resolution #2008.2009-17 to
transfer $125,000 from Savings to Checking, and it was seconded by Commissioner
Pink, all ayes, motion passed.
Operational Items:�
���� ������ Disability Benefits:� Information has been received from Adirondack
Insurance agency with coverage rates for NYS Statutory Benefits.� The current provider is Guardian ($28.21each
male, for one year) with the new information from the First Rehabilitation Life
Insurance Company of America it is $35.40/each male, for one year.� This would increase the statutory benefit
from $170.00 per week to the maximum of $340.00 a week.
Commissioner Lloyd made a motion to accept the change
from the company Guardian ($28.21/male) to Life Insurance Company of America
($35.40/male) for Disability Benefits, for a weekly benefit increase from
$170.00 to $340.00, it was seconded by Commissioner Kahnle, all ayes, motion
passed.
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� ��������� �Budget
Time:� The treasurer�s report
reflected a reminder to the board that the tentative budget is due mid-March,
and that it is time to appoint a budget officer.� Commissioner
Lloyd made a motion to authorize Whitney Colvin to be the budget officer and it
was seconded by Commissioner Pink, all ayes, motion passed.
Capital Improvement Project:
Substantial completion:� Still pending
Acceptance of the Victory Water
Treatment Plant: Still pending
WM Shultz Punch List:� No update has
been received as to the completion of the punch list items.
����������� Town
of
Closeout Documents:� The Treasurer
reported that each of the Contractors received a letter from Laberge, outlining
the necessary documents in order to close out the project.
Foreman�s Report:
Gas operated pumps: �Mr. Colvin
stated he would look over the quotes that were provided to him by the Water
Foreman at a previous meeting.� He hoped
to have an update at the next meeting, he has not been able to provide an
update as of yet.
Foreman Dennison presented a written report.
It stated that there was a
frozen water main �NYS RT 4 Bridge.� This
main took several days to repair and had an electrician come in to replace the
electrical tape and do some other repairs.�
Mr. Dennison stated that a
Technician from Clean Waters Inc. came to review customer complaints in the
Schuylerville Area.� They discussed
procedures and the water main layouts, and they took water samples.
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He reported that the water
sample results showed proper treatment and confirmed that manganese and iron
will settle out in low lying or dead end areas.�
Frequent flushing in these areas will reduce customer complaints.� An additional fire hydrant installed in the
loop close to the canal on
Foreman Dennison stated
that Ross Value has been at the plant on numerous occasions recently trying to
correct ongoing problems with the bypass flow valve.� A Teflon sleeve was installed to replace the
stock brass sleeve in this valve.� The
control unit was also reconfigured and a faulty circuit board was
replaced.� The valve appears to be
operating as designed.
Mr. Dennison reported he
received the 2009 Sample Schedule from DOH.�
This included an additional 582 tests throughout the year.� Mr. Dennison was also notifying the board
that the DOH 2008 Yearly Report is due in March:
Chairman Colvin stated
that he was contacted by Mr. Dennison and he is looking for approval for an
additional 1 hr -3 to 4 days a week, until Ted gets back in March.� After a short discussion it was agreed to
approve 3 hours per week just for the month of February.
Victory Plant:� no report
Old Business:
Units in question:
Security Camera�s Grants
through
New Business:�
Pechette-
Public Comment:
Wendy Lukas of
Schuylerville inquired about the disability that was discussed earlier in the
meeting, along with the amounts of reimbursements to the villages for the
$88,651.00 payment that was made for the capital financing.� Chairman Colvin stated that Schuylerville was
reimbursed $67,374.76 and Victory was reimbursed $21,276.24.� She also asked about who was doing water
samples.� Chairman Colvin stated that
both villages� employees are doing the sampling.�
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She also asked when the
closing out of the finances for the plant will occur.� When it was expected to get closed out, and
asked if then there would be any more need for a project manager.� Chairman Colvin stated that they are working
on finalizing the costs and waiting for some more things to come in.� Ms. Lukas also was stating concerns on her
water pressure and black pieces in her water.
Executive Session:
Commissioner Pink made a motion to go into executive
session for matters with the pending litigation with Laberge and it was seconded
by Commissioner Lloyd, all ayes, motion passed.
Commissioner Kahnle made a motion to return from the
executive session and resume the regular meeting, with no action taken, it was
seconded by Commissioner Pink, all ayes, motion passed.
Adjourn
Commissioner Lloyd made a motion to adjourn the
meeting and it was seconded by Commissioner Pink, all ayes, motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda S. Buchanan
Recording Secretary