Schuylerville/Victory
Board
of Water Management
January
13, 2009
The Schuylerville Victory
Board of Water Management held a meeting on Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 7pm in
the Village of Schuylerville.
Chairman Colvin led the meeting.
Present:�� Chairman Colvin, Commissioners Kahnle,
Lloyd, and Pink,
Recording Secretary Buchanan,
Mayor Sullivan
Announcements:
February Meetings:�� It was determined to only have one meeting
for the month.
Tuesday, February 10th
in Victory at 7pm.
Minutes:
December 9, 2008 were
provided for approval.
Commissioner Lloyd made a motion to approval the
December 9, 2008 meeting minutes and they were seconded by Commissioner Kahnle,
all ayes, motion passed.
Treasurer�s Report:
Balances
in the accounts were read.
TRANSFSER MONEY
There was a resolution #2008.2009-16 presented to
transfer $55,000 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
Lloyd made a motion to approve and sign this resolution #2008.2009-16 to
transfer $55,000 from Savings to Checking, and it was seconded by Commissioner
Kahnle, all ayes, motion passed.
Capital Improvement Project:
Bollards:� The bollards have been installed, with the painting remaining at a later date due to the cold weather.
Substantial completion:� Still pending
Acceptance of the Victory Water Treatment Plant: Still pending
WM Shultz Punch List:� This was provided to the Commissioners for their review.
Eligible Project Expenses:� It was reported the Victory Water Treatment Plant received approval from DOH on several items necessary and will be paid for out of the capital fund. �These were in many cases OSHA compliant items and were approved.�
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Foreman�s Report:
Temporary backup operator:� There
was a discussion on hiring a temporary backup operator.� (Brett Johnson) Foreman Dennison stated he would
need 24 hours of basic training for the operation.� It was stated that Mr. Johnson has a 11A operator�s license and
is willing to cover the hours needed, he also was requesting $20.00 per hour.� He was advised that he would be put on the
payroll as an employee.�
Commissioner Lloyd made a motion to hire Brett Johnson
as a temporary backup operator at a rate of pay of $20.00 per hour, as an
employee, this motion was seconded by Commissioner Kahnle, all ayes, motion
passed.
Gas operated pumps: Foreman Dennison stated he provided the quotes to
Chairman Colvin.� Mr. Colvin stated he
would look them over for discussion at the next meeting.
Victory Plant:�
Foreman Dennison stated that
the victory Plant is running great, it has cut 2/3 of production in the Schuylerville
plant.� The Water Board should see a
significant saving on cost.� Mr.
Dennison stated that the quality of water has improved.� All tests so far have come back good.� Very low traces of iron and manganese have
shown up.� He also stated that we are
way above production.
Punch list: Foreman Dennison stated that he is working with Steve
on this.
Old Business:
Personnel Manual meeting set
for January 27th in Victory at 7pm.�
Commissioner Kahnle stated he would not be able to make this meeting.
Units in question: Broad
Street- There was a discussion on a section of Broad Street that should have an
evaluation for units.� Chairman Colvin
stated he spoke give Gil Albert and he was going to be checking in on this, he
will see him again to get an update.
LGRMIF: update-quote for
$1,800.00, Commissioner Lloyd stated he should hold off on this. Storage tank
needs to be looked at.� At this time
there is no plan or no money set aside, which is recommended in the grant writing
process, but to the time restraint, we would not be able to get sufficient
documentation completed.� Mayor Sullivan
explained we need to stated what we are going to do and what our plan is to how
to spend it.� It was determined to table
this for now.
Security Camera�s Grants
through Home Land Security-update. Chairman Colvin stated he is going to meet
with someone that has agreed to help him write a grant this month, he called
him and will let us know how things go.
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New Business:� none
Public Comment:
Wendy Lukas asked what the
intentions of the board were on the storage tank issue.
Commissioner Lloyd stated
that this needs to be looked into, to help with pressure problems and other
issues.�
Roger Sherman asked what the
boards reason for charging outside users a higher rate for rents. Mayor
Sullivan explained that this issue was throully researched and discussed before
this decision was made.� He stated that
there was a survey done on the local authorities, the least was 1 � times.�
Attorney Dixon stated that
the bonding issue for the infrastructure was also an issue.
Wendy Lukas asked for the
board to make a recommendation to the Town to collect the bills for the town
residence.� Mayor Sullivan explained
that this is for a water district and we are not there at this point.� This issue also has been brought to the
town�s attention with no resolution.
Executive Session:
Commissioner Kahnle 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 Lloyd, all ayes, motion passed.
Adjourn
Commissioner Kahnle made a motion to adjourn the
meeting and it was seconded by Commissioner Lloyd, all ayes, motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda S. Buchanan
Recording Secretary