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O ET - Leonora C.Jenkins
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Minutes of the Cohasset Board of Water Commissioners
339 King Street— Water Treatment Plant
Thursday, October 25, 2018 @ 9:00 am
Draft
Members Present: John Steinmetz, Chairman
Rolf Gjesteby, Vice-Chairman
Leonora Jenkins, Clerk
Recording Secretary: Brenda Douglas
Guests Present: Joe Geary, Jason Federico, Don Piatt, Chief Silvia
John called the meeting called to order at 9:00 am., 2"d by Rolf all in favor.
John congratulated Rolf on his marriage.
Scituate Hill Water Tank Painting
There was an omission on the technical portion of the specs,Jason received change order
amount$39,065.87 it did not include the repair of the tank dome which had some rusting.
The spec was done by Merithew for the technical portion. Lee wanted to know if we use
them often, and if so should we be looking at a different vendor. Jason has replaced them
with CorrTech, for the final inspection. John made a motion to approve the change order
2"d by Rolf, all in favor.
Chief Silvia attended the meeting and John asked him to speak. He reported that the
Town of Scituate has requested an additional antenna to be put on Bear Hill tank. The
antenna currently is for Scituate Police/Fire, they want to add an arm to the existing
antenna,they would like to run an additional line. This would not be an invasive project.
The Chief has been told that it would not interfere with any of the current things on the
Bear Hill Tank. The conduit will run parallel with the current conduit. This is part of
public safety infrastructure. Allows Cohasset to interface with Scituate. John stated that
as long as it won't interfere and there will be no cost, John is in favor of this. Chief said
that he will request a full scope of work be put together, once done it will go to Jason for
review. John made a motion to approve the Chief's request to move forward 2"d by Rolf
all in favor.
Verizon—There was a call on Tuesday, it was agreed that the increase should have been
applied already, and Brenda will work with Ali on this. The addition of the antennas will
give a bigger bandwidth to the current area. They were told that they cannot proceed
with anything new until the original work is completed. We are also still
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awaiting the report of the dead zones. They have requested to be on the next agenda.
The chief said that dealing with them is difficult. He thinks that the board has a great
opportunity to get Verizon to look at the issues in dead zones in Cohasset.
Financials
Don reported that the DOR was in on Tuesday morning and did the preliminary retained
earnings$713,238. The$240,000 will come out of that for the Dam Maintenance. There
was a lengthy conversation about the Capital Recovery Charge. There was a discussion
about the rates covering debt and expenditures. Jason said that he,Don and Chris could
take a look at the rate structure and possibly come up with a new one. Don wants the
board to start looking into the 2020 budget. Don reviewed all the reports with the board
on how the retained earnings were calculated.
Dam Repairs
Capital Budget is on board with the amount requested at Special Town Meeting in the
amount of$240,000.
3A Paving
Jason reported that the state only paved because the district had extra money and the area
was in very bad shape. The plans for the state coming back in approximately 2 years to
do their required work from Beechwood to the Scituate line is still on schedule,which
means that we will be working on the water line at that time.
Communication/SCADA Upgrade
This was approved by Fall River Electric. Expected to be done in February, Doug will
set up kick off meeting
Aaron River Dam EAP Update
Jason requested an extension with the state Weston& Sampson said they could do it for
$13,200. John made a motion to approve 2°d by Rolf,all in favor
Cedar Street Loop Project
This is on capital plan for the spring. Borings will be done in the spring, length 1600'
with lots of ledge
Are Flash Study
This has been complete,with the exception of the main breaker. In order to change the
setting Mike Pieczak of Hi-Voltage did not want to use the breaker for fear of it breaking
and there is no way to get parts for that unit.
Reservoir Levels/Rainfall Update
Pond 79%res 85%full over 3"rain this month. 40.13"this year,not include the .3 we
got yesterday, 36.1 is the normal amount for this time of year.
Automation work to commence November 5th&6th, Steve Rose will be here at the
treatment plant.
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Abatements/Warrants/Minutes
Lee made a motion to approve 8/22/18 meeting notes, 2"d by John,all in favor.
Lee made a 2"d motion to approve the 9/12/18 meeting notes, 2"d by John, all in favor.
Public Comment&Commission Comments
Lee asked if Brenda had increased the monthly cost to sewer. Sewer has refused to pay
the 2 1/2%yearly increase for the yearly services we provide. After the end of the
American Contract, sewer was not billed for 1 V2 years. A meeting was convened at that
time and a reduced rate was agreed upon with the same 2 V2%increases that the town
charges for their services. John suggested inviting the Sewer Commission to the next
meeting to discuss the increase.
John made a motion to adj ourn the meeting at 10:17 am,2"d by Rolf, all in favor.
Next meeting Tuesday,November 13th @ 9:00
Respectfully Submitted,
Brenda Douglas,Recording Secretary
Approved B CCAL Date:
Leonora C. Jenkins, Clerk
Cohasset Board of Water Commissioners
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