6\/18\/2015<\/p>\n
The monthly meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners was held at Freedom Hall at 5:00 p.m. Commissioner Barnicle and Commissioner Campbell were present as well as Superintendent Chris Wiseman. Commissioner Mastro was not in attendance.<\/p>\n
Russ Kleekamp and Mark Drainville from GHD Engineering were also in attendance.<\/p>\n
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
The 05\/14\/15 minutes were approved.<\/p>\n
All warrants were signed.<\/p>\n
Mr. Wiseman reviewed the water quality testing results. Manganese tested high at one station and reached the threshold at another. Mr. Wiseman will flush the lines at the stations and retest.<\/p>\n
The following information was also included in the Superintendent\u2019s report:<\/p>\n
PUMPAGE 2014 2015
\nMay 2014 Pumpage 19,880,000
\nMay 2015 Pumpage\u00a030,101,000<\/p>\n
Several factors contributed to the high usage including a dry May, the flushing program that ended early in 2014, and some tank overflow during flushing while the Santuit Tank was the lead tank.<\/p>\n
There were 3 new services and 2 replacement services completed in May.<\/p>\n
The annual flushing program continues and should be completed before June 30th.<\/p>\n
Mr. Wiseman confirmed with the commissioners that Patrick O\u2019Neale of the engineering firm Tata & Howard will be available to review the Total Coliform Report with the Commissioners at the July meeting.<\/p>\n
Mr. Wiseman, at the request of the commissioners, also confirmed with Attorney Boudreau that the law limits the district to signing a 10 year lease, which will be relevant to future discussions regarding solar energy.<\/p>\n
Russ Kleekamp and Mark Drainville, Office Manager and Senior Engineer at GHD address the commissioners with information regarding a new solution to move forward with the fiber option program. They reviewed the scope of a project happening in the Town of Chatham and recommended that they commissioners visit Town of Chatham to review the project in person.<\/p>\n
Russ Kleekamp will provide Mr. Wiseman with a contract for review and signature for the new tank construction, as the appropriation was approved in May.<\/p>\n
The commissioners also asked Mr. Wiseman to proceed with obtaining an RFQ (Request for Qualification) with Greg Wirsen of Green Seal Environmental.<\/p>\n
The board voted to elect Commissioner Ted Barnicle as the new Chairman.<\/p>\n
Mr. Wiseman advised the board that Bortolotti was the apparent low bidder for the annual service contact with a bid of $38,217.90.<\/p>\n
The Forestry Stewardship item has been tabled for the next meeting at Commissioner Mastro was not in attendance.<\/p>\n
The next meeting will be held on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. at Freedom Hall.<\/p>\n
The meeting adjourned at 6:03 p.m.<\/p>\n
Respectfully submitted,<\/p>\n
Theodore Barnicle, Chairman<\/p>\n
Cc: Prudential Committee<\/p>\n