TOWN OF SOMERS
WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL AUTHORITY
P. O. Box 308
Somers,
Connecticut 06071
WPCA MINUTES
4/5/05; 7:30
p.m.
Town Hall
Conference Room
I. Call
to Order:
Chairman Jim Botellio called the meeting to order at 7:32 p.m. Members present were: Jim Botellio, Charles Colby, Dan Fraro, Steve Getman, George VanTasel and Jim Faust. Also present was Steve Jacobs, Sanitarian.
II. Approval of Minutes: 3/1/05
Charles Colby made a motion to approve the 3/1/05 minutes, as written. This motion was seconded by Steve Getman and unanimously approved by the Authority.
III. Somersville
WPCF
a. Expansion Update
b. Lipton Project
Steve Jacobs had a preliminary meeting with the design engineer. About (80) units will be built. Two-thirds to three-quarters of these homes will have to be served by a pump station because of the grades on the property. The Authority may want to have our own engineer design a pump station, if it is necessary. Gravity feed sewers would be preferred. Members of the Authority asked Steve Jacobs to research all alternatives to building a pump station.
Mike Mocko of Ward Engineering arrived at 7:45 p.m. to give an update on the sewer plant expansion. He said survey work in the field has been completed and the wetlands have been delineated. The elevations are good and there is no problem with the basic
proposal. Mike presented a drawing of the proposed expansion. Two new sand beds will be added and several septic tanks. 100,000 gallons per day is required to service the ARH development and the Somersville Mill renovation. The new new sand beds will be larger than those presently in service. The Authority did not favor adding square footage to the existing beds and preferred making the new beds larger. Steve Jacobs discussed the installation of a filter chamber. Mike Mocko will present the preliminary plan to the DEP next week, as a state permit is required. Mike presented his bills for work already accomplished. Payment is drawn from an escrow account provided by the developer.
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4/5/05
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IV. Sewer/Water
Billing:
a. Collection Update:
Collections for water are good. There are only (10) delinquent properties including the long-term delinquencies. Letters have been sent out threatening to lien the properties.
b. Delinquent Accounts:
These have been sent to a collection agency. Two accounts are on Maple Ridge. Meyers Motors paid $1,000 of his delinquency but has not come in to set up a payment plan for the balance. It was the consensus of the Authority that this account should be paid in full for all delinquencies during the month of April or it will be sent to the collection agency. 107 Maple Street for some reason never got on the assessment list in the Town Clerk's office. This property was part of the Maturo estate. Antonacci's own the property now and it has been billed and paid by them.
c. Collector:
Jim Botellio has written a letter to the First Selectman asking him to identify who will be handling the billing system during the month of April.
V. Correspondence/Audience
Participation
Steve Jacobs received a work plan for the additional investigation of the old wastewater treatment plant at the prison.
Steve also received a quarterly report from DOC. Normal monitoring of DVE and MW8 areas and PCE concentrations are pretty stable. Total cost of the project is at 6.5 million dollars.
Steve would like to attend a seminar in May on on-site wastewater and soils as a soil scientist member at the University of Rhode Island. The cost is $75.00 and there is money available in the seminar account. Charles Colby made a motion to approve Steve Jacobs' attendance at this seminar; seconded by Jim Faust and unanimously approved by the Authority. This will go to the selectmen for their approval.
Steve received a bypass incident report from DOC at their pump station on 3/26/05. There was a spillage of 9,000 gallons. Steve talked to Dave Batten and asked for an update on the new sewer line. He said plans should be done in 3 - 4 weeks. Then it will be put out to bid. It could take 6 - 9 months to choose a contractor. The entire project will take (18) months to complete which brings us up to June of 2007. Bill Hogan, of DEP, will try to get this project prioritized.
George VanTasel said he heard a representative from the health district was coming in to discuss a health district versus having an individual sanitarian, such as Steve Jacobs is now.
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VI. Bills:
Ward Engineering $3.520.00
Skip's Septic (pump station) $110.00
R. H. White (emergency service call) $698.51
Seaman's (flowmeter) $1,157.05
Journal Inquirer $78.70
Steve Jacobs (soil scientist dues) $35.00
Transfer $90,531 to the General Fund to pay the water assessment debt service.
Transfer $11,323 for Maple Ridge debt service.
Transfer $2,971.50 for the Sewer Plant Supervisor's salary.
Transfer $190 from food inspector to cell phone service account.
Charles Colby made a motion to approve the transfers; seconded by Jim Faust and unanimously approved by the Authority.
Charles Colby made a motion to approve payment of the bills; seconded by George VanTasel and unanimously approved by the Authority.
There was a brief discussion about payment for hydrant maintenance to Hazardville Water Company.
VII. Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn made by Charles Colby; seconded by Jim Faust and unanimously approved by the Authority. The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Dan Fraro, Secretary
Connie Carenzo, Recording Secretary
MINUTES
ARE NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL APPROVAL AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.