HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-09-04 WDWD Meeting Minutes Wes t Danby Water Mee ng Minutes
September 4, 2024
Mee ng called to order at 5:06 pm by Ben Coakley
A ending: Ben C oakley, Marrell Cortright, Shawn Wendt, Sco Wendt, Les lie C onnors , Peter
McDonald, Skip Fairchild, Town C ode O fficer - Steve Cortright, Town of Hig hway Super – Keith
Shipman, Joel Gagnon
The minutes from the July mee ng were read for approval and refres h our memory – Peter
made the mo on to accept as read, Skip Seconded this , all were in favor.
There was no Aug us t mee ng due to s icknes s and travel.
Vouchers -
Yaws - monthly water tes ng - $55.00
June Postage – $42.40
Amrex - $332.00
Danby Fire Dis trict – generator bei ng s erviced – Water Dis t part - $1126.39
Privilege of the floor -
None
Keith has come to the mee ng to explain the placement of the office building and dis cus s the
s teps that need and the order they need to happen in.
Operator Report -
Pump numbers are good this month with our average daily volume being 11,900gal. We recently
upped our chlorine s olu on added. We a re now adjus ng the tank ag itator. The recent s ulfur
s mell was becaus e the a g itator breaker had tripped off in the recent power outages on/off from
the power generator. Skip made a mo on to g et an electrician to go up and check this breaker to
s ee if he can tell what is making it trip occas ionally. Peter s econded this and all are in favor.
According to our contact at Badger we need to plan to replace the handheld reader. It is
outdated and at s ome point, it will s top working. Als o, our trans mi er antenna e ba eries are
going to s tart to fail. Since they are s elf-contained the whole trans mi er its elf will at s ome point
ceas e to work. Sco will inves gate how much thes e a ntennae cost.
C urb box wrench – us ed to s hut off/turn on the curb boxes . Ours is too rounded to work
anymore, he is ordering a new one. This is a mus t have tool, new run costs about $100.
The deadline for our lead pipe inventory that is due to the health dept is O ctober 16.
Old Bus ines s -
We need to get 2 quotes for running the electricity to and in the office building. It was
dis cus s ed the pos s ibility of buried cable from the pump hous e to the office and into a panel.
Fire Hydrant replacement - W2O is the only one s o far that Sco has found that is able to do
this work.
Electric bills – s ll not able to obtain.
New Bus ines s -
From Steve on Code update- the new building code for next year has the pos s ibility of having a
building requirement that all new construc on mus t have a s prinkler sys tem ins talled. This
would /might affect volume of water or water pres s ure demands to our water sys tem.
Next mee ng s hould be O ctober 2 but there is a conflict for s ome. Mee ng moved to
Wednes day, October 9 at 5pm at the West Danby Fire Sta on (47 Sylvan Ln, West Danby)
Mo on to adjourn made by Skip, s econded by Ben, all were in favor
Mee ng adjourned at 6:54pm
Res pec ully Submi ed,
Marrell C ortright
Secretary/Billing Clerk