HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-SJC-2010-01-13 SJC MEETING
January 13, 2010
SJC Members Staff
Wade Wykstra, Chair
Supervisor MaryAnn Sumner
Supervisor Herb Engman
Pat Leary
Ellen McCollister
Joel Zumoff
Rich DePaolo
Eric Whitney
Bill Gray
Scott Gibson
Steve Thayer
Dan Ramer
Absent
Mayor Carolyn Peterson
Guests
Wade called the meeting to order at 12:35PM. Introductions were made around the table as
Ellen McCollister joined the committee as the replacement for Mary Tomlan.
Approval of November and December 2009 minutes – The minutes were passed without
dissent.
Election of Chairperson – The SJC agreement states that a member can serve for 2 consecutive
terms. A discussion with Susan Brock (Attorney for the SJC) determined that the board can
suspend this portion of the agreement for a period of one year and re-elect Wade as chairperson.
Pat nominated Wade to continue as chair pe rson. Moved by Pat, and seconded by MaryAnn, the
motion passed without dissent.
Engineering/Operations Report Summary – Dan Ramer and Scott Gibson
Notifier of New York has completed the majority of the work to install our new fire alarm
system. Some issues have arisen that will require additional funding. Some of our existing
equipment is outdated and causing problems with the new equipment and therefore must be
replaced. A change order has been received wh ich will add $11,099 to the original cost of the
project.
MRB Consultants are still awaiting results from Cornell on the hydrolysate to complete the
headworks loading study. The data collected fr om the original and supplemental sampling
yielded no outstanding concerns.
Staff met with Cornell personnel, Paul Jennette and David Frostclapp to review their progress
with acceptance testing on the st eam hydrolysis unit. We are still awaiting their results.
The plant is in need of two replacement pumps wh ich feed sludge to the di gesters. These one of
a kind pumps would be purchased from The Pe nn Valley Pump Company who would qualify as
a sole source for this specific pump.
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JCI has been taking contractors th rough the plant to get price quot es for each of the Facility
Improvement Measures that have been identi fied. We are also ev aluating another grant
opportunity.
The NYSEG access license has been implemente d and they have started sampling. A NYSEG
sampling plan is attached for review.
A press release and legal notice regarding the Emerson enforcement were published in
December.
Litigation Updates - Wade gave a brief description of the litigation items of Crane Hogan and
NYSEG Coal Tar for the benefit of newcomer Ellen McCollister.
Financial Report – Steve Thayer
Steve distributed the current financial activity fo r the past month and the preliminary 2009 year
end activity.
He noted that there will be final adjustments as we continue to receive items from 2009. This
could take one to two months.
Revenues in septage service have caught up to the budget. We received $90,000 in settlement
fees from the Emerson enforcement which is included in the 2770 account. We incurred $45,000
in legal expenses also lis ted in that account.
We had some accounts go over budget and some are under which will be adjusted to make up the
differences.
The only active capital project for the last month is the Miscellaneous Plant Improvements which
saw $101,695 in expenses. We have closed out the construction phase of this project.
On a motion, the meeting adjourned.
The next meeting is scheduled for February 10, 2009 at 12:30PM.