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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - WC - 05/23/2017 Cohasset Water Commissioners RoIfN. Gjesteby D E P A R T M E N T Leonora C. Jenkins SBI" ff(1t2 awr�sure 1950 John W. Steinmetz Minutes of the Cohasset Board of Water Commissioners 339 King Street—Water Treatment Plant May 23, 2017 @ 9:00 am Members Present: Rolf Gjesteby, Chairman Leonora Jenkins, Vice-Chairman John Steinmetz, Clerk Recording Secretary: Brenda Douglas Guests Present: Carl Hillstrom,Joe Geary, Glenn Pratt Rolf called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. 2"d by Lee all in favor. Reorganization of Water Commission Rolf nominated Lee 2"d by John Lee nominated John as vice 2"d Rolf John nominated Rolf as clerk 2"d by Lee Glenn Pratt approached the board and stated there are 120 radios in the system currently. We are at the point where a 2"d repeater is needed due to high traffic. Years ago the board gave $5,000. Rolf asked if Glenn has spoken to Chris Senior. Glenn explained that he wants to meet with each department prior to going to town hall. John asked what kind of money he was looking for from each department. Glenn stated between $1,000- $1500.00. There is another issue which arose yesterday the connection to the antenna on the Bear Hill tank. This should be approximately $300 per department. John made a motion that the Water commission agree to pay$300 to replace the antenna on the Bear Hill tank, 2"d by Rolf, all in favor. In 2004 the water department purchased several parcels of land, Glenn supplied the board with a map of the areas purchased. Lou Harvey has split off 6 acres and trying to sell off as individual lots. Glenn wanted to know if the board would be interested in getting involved in purchasing. John said they can't afford to buy but would back CPC. Carl stated that there is funding thru the state about protection of the watershed. Joe will look into it. There was review of monies left in capital projects. Since Mary Gallagher is on vacation this will be tabled until next meeting. Lee asked how the expenditure budget looked. I explained they are in good shape. Verizon cancelled the conference call and have not heard from AT&T. 339 fling Street,Cohasset,Massachusetts 02025 Tel:(781)383-0057 Fax:(781)383-2906 www.cohassetwater.org Woodard & Curran Caustic Conversion is complete, but they found a pipe that needs to be replaced due to corrosion. Carl said the pipe was order 3 weeks ago but it was lost but they will be installing June 6 , Brad Small will be doing the work. Lee wanted to know when they could expect to have it online. Joe said it should be online by the beginning of the fiscal year. Carl then spoke about the chemical consortium which was bid wrong and is being rebid. Discharge permit was discussed. Carl explained that they are going to do 12 weeks of testing to see where we are at meeting the 750-ppm maximum daily on 86 microns monthly. Right now it does not look like we are going to meet the aluminum limits. John asked if there were other options other than a new lagoon. Joe suggested possibly getting chemical changes. John asked if there was a way to check to see if there are coagulants to reduce the aluminum levels. John asked if they could shut us down, Carl said no but they can impose significant changes which could cost a lot of money. Flushing—No flushing this week due to THM's and bacteria sampling. Carl said that they are half way thru the town. Summer intern Brian Pumphret started yesterday and he will be painting hydrants and then we will have him working in the lab. Carl had someone come in yesterday to look at doing the benthic barrier as well as vacuuming out front of the intake structure. We are waiting for quotes on the work. Lee asked Carl about the weed growth in the pond. Carl said that they are already having issues with weeds clogging the intake. Dam repair—Monies are available July l'and Carl has reached out to Pare Engineering to get a quote and he will be getting quotes on the grouting. Looping—Carl has reached out to Greg Morse @ Morse Engineering waiting for quote. John suggested that we reach out to Cavanaro Consulting for another quote. Carl informed the board that he received a quote on the tube settlers upstairs in the amount of$11,000. Joe has reached out for a cost to replace individual as well as all. Lee asked for info to be supplied at the next meeting. One of the raw water pumps has been pulled and sent out for repair. Carl also said one of the high lift pumps needs to be rebuilt. Carl then told the board that the pond if the bound brook construction is not completed soon may be an issue keeping the levels up in the pond. Commission Comments John ran into Mike Milinoski and he commented that he is doing volunteer work with the baseball league. Mike is trying to get water back to an area where there used to be a spigot and said it was a small issue. It was explained that it would not be a small issue due to the fact that a meter pit would need to be installed with a meter. They would then 339 Kng Street,Cohasset,Massachusetts 02025 Tel:(781)383.0057 Fax(781)383-2906 www.cDhassetwater.org receive a water bill. There was a brief discussion what would be needed to including cost of meter, excavation,plumber etc. Lee spoke with Mary @ DPW and asked that the signs at dump state water/sewer bills due June 1" Communication Upgrade Then there was a discussion about upgrading the communications and cameras. John wanted to have a separate line item to discuss in more detail next month. The issue that he board had was that the subcontractor fees were not broken down by task. Because they were not broken out by area John would like to have Joe confirm numbers so that a contract can be signed at the next meeting. Next meeting Tuesday, June 27d' @ 9:00 am. John had to leave meeting at 10:30 due to a prior commitment. Lee asked if anyone has heard of anyone interested in cleaning up the raingardens. No one has heard from anyone. Ellms Meadow cleanup went well and Lee said that the large trees have been removed. Lee would like to turn the area into a bird sanctuary. Rolf made a motion to adjourn at 10:42, 2"d by Lee. Respectfully Submitted, Brenda Douglas, Recording Secretary Approved By: Date 4� 2 7 G Rolf Gjesteby, Clerk Cohasset Board of Water Commissioners 339 King Street,Cohasset,Massachusetts 02025 Tel:(781)383-0057 Fax(781)383-2906 www.cohassetwater.org