Present: Fred Lavenberg, Brian Stevens, Drew Bulfur, Ann Kroll Lerner, Dan Lerner, Charlie Windisch

Location: Deborah Rawson Library Meeting room

Meeting called to order at 7:08pm

  1. Minutes from the August meeting were approved.
  2. Bill payment status: Marilyn reported (via email prior to the meeting ) that one family still has not paid the July 1st bill. She is trying to reach out to arrange for payment. (Note: 4th quarter bills are due October 1st).
  3. The recent electrical issues were discussed (there were several). The latest involved a circuit breaker failure at the pump house, which resulted in no water being pumped to the reservoir. Fred was able to contact an electrician who replaced the breaker. (Note: The breaker that failed was only rated at 60 amps, while our service is 100 amps. We were lucky this breaker lasted as long as it did). The pumps at the reservoir (of which there are two) have been intermittent at best, also leading to low pressure water issues. SOS swapped out one of the pumps with a “loaner” to keep us going. The swapped out pump is being refurbished. The other pump had a leak which SOS was able to repair. The prudential committee unanimously approved the purchase of a new pump (approximately 2K $). The net is we will have a new pump, a refurbished pump, and a spare pump going forward.
  4. One recent violation from the State has been resolved. Testing results were submitted by SOS a few days earlier than required; the State thought no data had been submitted. Issue resolved.
  5. Snow plowing the road from Foothills Dr to the reservoir: This road also leads to the Lerner’s driveway. Ann and Dan have agreed to split the cost of the plowing with JFD #1. (Note: Chuck Wiegand has agreed to do the plowing next winter).
  6. Small paving job near 38 Foothills – There is a small patch of asphalt that was ripped up last winter by the town plow. This section needs to be paved before next winter. Drew to contact Wilfred King to get an estimate.
  7. Financials: Brian reports we are in very good shape at the present. We finally received the $60K bond dollars (very lengthy process). The remaining balance owed Culligan for the greensand filter replacement was paid off. We are coming in at or below budgeted items in most areas.
  8. The Asset Management Plan (AMP) was approved by the State. Jeff Earl attended the first workshop meeting held on September 19. Two more workshops will need to be attended (attending the workshops is a condition of the Management plan approval. Thank you Jeff!)
  9. A new requirement by the State for all water districts is to conduct a “service line inventory” (SLI) by October 2024. The purpose is to insure there are no lead pipes in our system. The State will provide the money to conduct this inventory.

Meeting concluded at 8pm.