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Minutes of the Cohasset Board of Water Commissioners
339 King Street—Water Treatment Plant
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 @ 9:00 am
Members Present: Leonora Jenkins, Chair
John Steinmetz,Vice-Chair
Rolf Gjesteby, Clerk
Recording Secretary: Brenda Douglas
Guests Present: Joe Geary, Carl Hillstrom, Jason Federico, Jon Grant,Pat Scanlon,Doug
Tinell, Brian Joyce,
Lee called the meeting called to order at 9:00 am., 2nd by Rolf all in favor.
Public Comment—None
James Lane—Not in Attendance
Easements
Easement for 179 Atlantic Avenue -John made a motion to approve this was 2nd by Lee
all in favor.
Scituate Hill Easement—John is confident that Lou has investigated it and is comfortable
with signing. The Commission then called in to Lou Ross. John wanted to know if Lou
was comfortable with the board signing the easement. Under the new document the
Water Department does not lose any rights. There is more than water involved, its
electricity and drainage as well. John wanted confirmation that they could not in the
future build on our easement. Lou confirmed this. If the owner would want to build on
the easement they would have to go in front of the board. John wanted to know if there is
sufficient access to repair the pipe. It is 30' wide normally it is 12-15'. There is 1 part of
the water line which is close to the easement,which is furthest away from King Street.
There is nothing they can do about it because this is how it has always been. 30' right of
way is more than sufficient per Lou. John made a motion to sign the relocation of
easement for Scituate Hill water tank,this was 2nd by Rolf All in favor.
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Financials
Don said that he did not have anything new to report. He did supply the board with what
was billed and what has been received. Unfortunately using SoftRight it will not give the
breakdown, i.e. the correct current budget projected revenue numbers that Lee is looking
for. The report indicates actual former year numbers rather than budget and fudges
others to make the total budget number correct which makes it difficult to get a clear
picture of actual status. The summary sheet will give the board what they had originally
voted on. Lee is looking for the debt service going back to 2007 to try to determine why
the roll off is erratic with roll off being relatively low under$100K till the year 2031
when it is over$1 MIL. Next year the debt rolling off is $249,000 but the following year
will only be $27,000.
SCADA Upgrade—
1. Upgrade water tanks upgrade all controllers. Lee thought that Nate stated what was proposed
was obsolete. This was suggested by Nate so that all were using the same controllers.This does
not have to be done right away for the communication upgrade.
2. Treatment Plant PLC Upgrade which is the largest cost to the upgrade. This is still supported but it
is being phased out. This is why W&C looked to do the upgrade. Rockwell will be phasing out
what is currently in place. Jon Grant wanted to know how they came up with the$150K,the raw
cost of materials is around$110K. Jon wanted to clarify that the 31d party recommended the
changes. Everyone agreed with that statement. Brian wanted to know the end of date for CPA
and CP-2, Doug said that he would get that information to Brian. Jon would like to get something
from the committee stating that they agree with these changes. Jon said he would be in favor of
these changes if they are in agreement. This part can be put off for a later date.
Jon said that if the board agrees to proceed with 1, 3-6 the communication upgrade can
move forward. Brian had a conference call with MWRA yesterday and they said that the
DMP3 is not widely used in the water industry. It is more used in electrical and defense.
Nate said that this is a correct statement, but this upgrade would make it that much more
secure. Jon and Nate then had a discussion about pc vs. plc
3. Nate felt the firewall is necessary and said that Ron Menard would be the expert on this. Lee
asked if this firewall is used at other W&C facilities. Jon stated that it is.Customized programming
would need to be done on the firewall. Nate wanted the firewall to be between the plant and
outside sites. Lee said that this means that there would be a line 7. Lee wanted to know which line
items need to be done to proceed.
4. Existing Operator Interface Terminals(OIT)at Ellms Meadow, Bound Brook,Aaron River and
Whitney Crossing are discontinued and no longer supported. Cost estimate provided is for
replacing existing AOITs with Allen Bradley Panel View Plus 6 600 an active and supported Allen
Bradley OIT. Nate said that if you are going to replace put in something that is supported not
outdated.
5. Replace Polling Master PLC with Kepware Server using DNP3 protocol for encrypted
communication with remote sites. Cost estimate provided is for the installation and configuration of
a Dell T330 server(including UPS)with Kepware EX DNP3(10 device license)and Kepware
LinkMaster.
6. Change from a DVR Based Security Camera Solution at the Lily Pond Treatment Plant to one
integrated with the Town Wide Network Camera Solution. Cost estimate is provided.
Rolf made a motion to go with#1, #3,#6 and also include the additional firewall not to
exceed$7000. This would protect the plant network and remote sites, total would be
$19,800 2"d by Lee. The board agreed that 2 & 5 will be coupled together at a later date,
and they are not going to do 4.
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Looping S. Main to Ledgewood Farm Drive—Jason received the first pay requisition for
review,he will submit this week.
Tube Settlers—They will be here on Monday,project will take 2 weeks.
Verizon Antennas—Inspection complete start work on the 19''&20'`.
Scituate Hill Water Tank—Drained&inspected,filling starting today. Only Y2"of
sediment on the bottom. A report will be supplied from David Merrithew which will be
used in the bid process. There is extensive work which needs to be done on the roof,
there is corrosion inside and outside of the tank.
THM Study—Data is being collected by Will. Jason is also working on getting the
historical data together for Lee ding a spreadsheet for the4 past and current results of the
testing data so that it can be easily viewed and compared on a seasonal and yearly basis.
Dam Repairs—Jason will work with Carl. DCR needs to be contacted as well as
Conservation Commission.
Milfoil—Jason has not been given a date when they will begin harvesting.
Meter Installations—Just over 500 to replace
Universal Television—The distribution staff assisted onsite supplying them with water.
The water commission billed out$1,000 for hydrant rental and received payment.
Warrants signed and approved.
Rolf made a motion to approve the meeting notes from March 2nd by Lee all in favor.
Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday,May 23rd @ 9:00.
Lee made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 11:26 am,2nd by Rolf all in favor.
Respectfully Submitted,
Brenda Douglas,Recording Secretary
Approved By: 2- 4 '�-- Date: 2L"1
Rolf N. Gjesteby, Clerk
Cohasset Board of Water Commissioners
339 King Street,Cohasset,Massachusetts 02025
Tel:(781)383-0057 Fax:(781)383-2906 www.cohassetwater.org