Minutes — May 16 2023

Attendees: Brian Stevens, Fred Lavenberg, Jeff Earl, Charlie Windisch.

Meeting location: Deborah Rawson Library meeting room

The meeting was called to order at 7:06pm

  1. The minutes from the April 2023 meeting were approved.
  2. Water bill payment status: Four (4) households still have not paid the second quarter bills (bills were due 1 April). Late notices have been sent out. 16 households are now on automatic bill payment via Community Bank. 3rd quarter bill notices will be sent out on or about June 6 (they are due 1 July).
  3. Bond status – JFD #1 was finally able to obtain a “Unique Entity ID” (UEI). This number is needed for our loan application to be finalized. We expect our loan dollars to be available in 4 – 8 weeks.
  4. Culligan greensand filter repayment – $14K remains to be paid. 
  5. Brian noticed a spike in our electricity usage in the pump house several months ago. It turns out that the heater (which ran off propane) in that building had failed, and SOS installed an interim electric heater. The propane heater needs to be repaired.
  6. Pump in the reservoir – about a month ago one of the pumps stopped working. It turns out it was just a relay that needed to be replaced (minor repair). The pump is back on line.
  7. Curb stop replacement – Jeff Earl is working to get a list (from SOS) of the curb stops that need to be replaced. Once we have this list we can engage an excavator and coordinate with SOS to have this work done.
  8. The septic tank near the well head needs to be pumped and the system back flushed. P&P Septic will be contacted.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:42pm.

Minutes — April 18 2023

Attendees: Fred Lavenberg, Jeffrey Earl, Drew Bulfer, Charlie Windisch

Location: Deborah Rawson Library meeting room.

Meeting was called to order at 7:05pm

  1. Minutes from the March 2023 meeting were approved.
  2. Bill payment status: Marilyn Marshall reports that all payments for quarter #1 have been received. For quarter #2, 17 households have not yet paid. Late notices to go out shortly. (As an aside, 12 households are on the autopay option; 2 more will sign on).
  3. The committee recommends bills to be sent out no later than the 15th of the month before they are due (e.g., bills due April 1st will be sent out no later than March 15).
  4. SOS has hired a new person: Ryan Cotnoir. (SOS monitors the our water system and is responsible for water quality testing, among other things).
  5. The  SOS Consumer Confidence Report (water quality report) was emailed  to all residents. Please contact Charlie if you have any questions.
  6. Curb stop replacement: Several valves need replacing this summer/fall. Jeff to get the list from SOS. Charlie to get in touch with Chris Wells (excavator) to get this work scheduled.
  7. Asset management program (AMP) – Drew has completed the application as is ready to release to the State.
  8. Bond status: We conntinue to be hung up in obtaining an identification number for the sam.gov website. Brian is on vacation, as is the State worker we have been working with, so nothing new to report. This sam.gov issue is a known problem that has affected a variety of other loans.
  9. Pothole near the entrance to the reservoir: The plan is to have Wilfred King repair this when driveway paving begins in the neighborhood.
  10. Communication between the pump house and the reservoir appears to be acceptable. This issue will be revisited if things change.

Meeting adjourned at 7:40pm.