Motion made by Member McKennan and seconded by Member Saad to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried by unanimous vote.

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1 RICHLAND TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY MINUTES OF OCTOBER 14, 2008 REGULAR MEETING This regularly scheduled monthly meeting was held at the office of the Richland Township Municipal Authority located on Kramer Road. In attendance were Board Members J.A. McKennan, G. E. Kane, Jr., and G. Saad. Also in attendance were Solicitor J. Auld, Engineer E. Tissue, Water System Supervisor Trzeciak, and Office Administrator Tommasone. Members Urbanec and Kordesich were excused this evening. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Kane called the meeting to order at 7:39 P.M. APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 MEETING MINUTES Motion made by Member McKennan and seconded by Member Saad to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried by unanimous vote. APPROVAL OF PAYABLE VOUCHERS LIST Motion made by Member McKennan and seconded by Member Saad to approve the Payable Vouchers List for $174, Motion carried by unanimous vote. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS There were no visitors present this evening. SECRETARY S REPORT The Secretary had no report this evening. TREASURER S REPORT Revenues received for the month of September follow: Water bill collections $ 148, Tap revenue 19, Yard Rent 1, Miscellaneous 4, TOTAL $ 173, Account balances as of September 30 follow: Money Market $ 127, Revenue account 1, Payroll account 1, Pennvest account 4, Capital Improvement MM 268,474.66

2 Capital Improvement Rev 10, TOTAL $ 414, PLGIT account as of September 30, , TOTAL Mars & PLGIT accounts $ 678, Motion made by Member Saad and seconded by Member McKennan to approve the Treasurer s Report as reported. Motion carried by unanimous vote. OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR S REPORT MEIT has notified the Authority that there will be a 6% increase in fees for They have not decided if there will be a rebate for 2009 but will wait until the end of the first quarter to make a decision. In the last week, the Office Administrator received information about a new FTC ruling called the Red Flag Rule. It refers to maintaining privacy of customers personal information. The deadline to comply with the ruling is November 1, 2008 and the Office Administrator is trying to determine if the rule applies to the Authority. Three residents of Ridge Road submitted estimates for paint overspray on their cars. The one resident dropped the estimates at the office and the Office Administrator sent them to KLH. Engineer Tissue said he has forwarded the information to the painting contractor. The office conference scheduled for October 21, 22, sponsored by Pennsylvania Rural Water has been cancelled, and the Authority s fee will be refunded. WATER SYSTEM SUPERVISOR S REPORT The Supervisor updated the Board on the leak that Authority personnel were looking for at last month s meeting that he thought might be in casing along the railroad right of way. Shaler Water had a leak detection company coming out to demonstrate their equipment and they came to Richland to isolate the leak. The equipment located the leak within 5-10 feet. It was not on the right of way but under eight feet of concrete in Hopper s yard on Station Hill Road. The line was cast iron and had polywrap on it. The leak was not surfacing because of the depth of the line. It was repaired with a full circle clamp. There were five other main line breaks during the month. Supervisor Trzeciak met with Denis McClain from the Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA) regarding the water breaks on ductile iron pipe. They visited the areas where the breaks are occurring and sampled the soil. Mr. McClain reported that two of the samples were high on the scale for corrosive soil and the third sample tested in the middle. The representative requested soil samples from areas where we are not having problems and from other break sites. He suggested the Authority install poly wrap on all ductile lines that are installed. The Supervisor did have Allison Park Contracting wrap the new lines currently being installed on Community Center, Ridgemont, and Georgiann Drives.

3 During the recent windstorm, all Authority facilities except for the office were out of power. Duquesne Light was unable to determine how long the power would be out at the pump station and the Supervisor arranged to have a generator brought in. He contacted Wagner Electric who had set up the transfer switch at the pump station, but their generator did not work. The Supervisor then contacted Alternative Power Solutions, a local company that had a generator on site and working in less than an hour. Authority personnel set up portable generators at the tanks and the system worked properly. The Supervisor will discuss an agreement with Alternative Power to have a generator on stand by in case of future problems. Construction on the new waterlines on Ridgemont and Georgiann are progressing fairly well. The Community Center Drive line is done and they will jump the taps next week and will begin restoration and paving. The service truck still cannot accept fuel properly. The Supervisor will let Day Chevrolet know that it is not acceptable in this condition and we want it corrected or we will pursue legal action. We will notify the COG regarding the problem. The Allegheny County Health Department inspector was out during the past month to perform the annual inspection. There were no violations but they did discuss some new requirements that are coming up in the next few years. The Ridge Road taps for Moreledge and Haller are done. Chatham University is interested in tapping in three parcels. SOLICITOR S REPORT The Solicitor had no report this evening. ENGINEER S REPORT KLH is not able to submit the application for reimbursement to the Turnpike for the line replacement on Gibsonia Road. Engineer Tissue will prepare a letter and have the Authority put it on letterhead and sign. Tractor Supply is going to amend the Developer s Agreement because they are changing the amount of line that is being installed. Work will not begin until the paperwork is complete. Motion made by Member Saad and seconded by Member McKennan to approve Loan Disbursement Account Requisition 10 for $78,242.41, with $7, payable to KLH for Ridge Rd tank project services; $65, payable to Caldwell Tank for pay estimate 10; $2, payable to Greensburg Environmental for pay estimate 10; $2, payable to Elcon Technologies for tank SCADA; and $ payable to John Auld for Eden Hall Foundation issues. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Motion made by Member McKennan and seconded by Member Saad to approve Requisition 165 in the Capital Improvement account for $76,443.27, with $2, payable to KLH for

4 Georgiann-Ridgemont waterline; $1, payable to John Auld for Georgiann/Ridgemont Rights-of-Way; $72, payable to Allison Park Contractors for Contract pay estimate 1; and $52.00 payable to KLH Engineers for turnpike water main reimbursement application. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Motion made by Member McKennan and seconded by Member Saad to approve Requisition 228 in the Developer Escrow Account in the amount of $938.00, with $ payable to KLH for Kohl s, and $ payable to John Auld for Kohl s. Motion carried by unanimous vote. OLD BUSINESS The tank painting was competed on September 26. Greensburg started on the electrical contract the following Monday and are still working. They are about 90% complete. On October 6, Supervisor Trzeciak started to fill the water tank but there were problems with pipes leaking. The pressure transmitter was installed in the wrong place. Caldwell was contacted 10 days ago and did not show up until today to work on the problem. The tank has to be filled to overflow, then sets for 24 hours before samples can be taken. The Board asked the Supervisor to document the filling of the tank and to send a certified letter with return receipt to Caldwell and Greensburg detailing the problems. Next month the Authority will determine what extension to grant Greensburg so they are not subject to liquidated damages. The garage door and man door are not yet installed. Elcon discovered the Authority does not have enough tags to have alarms and pumps all in the system. We need more tags but the next upgrade will take the Authority to 300 tags. The cost is $ Motion made by Member McKennan and seconded by Member Saad to add the cost of additional tags at $ to the Elcon agreement. Motion carried by unanimous vote. There was discussion regarding the budget. The board will review the numbers after the first quarter to determine if the revenue is sufficient to cover the expenses for the year. Engineer Tissue will adjust the sales figures to reflect the year-end numbers. Motion made by Member McKennan and seconded by Member Saad to approve the budget with the sales figures adjustments. Motion carried by unanimous vote. NEW BUSINESS There was no New Business this evening.

5 There being no further business to come before the Board, motion made by Member McKennan and seconded by Member Saad to adjourn the meeting at 10:26 P.M. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Respectfully submitted: George Saad Secretary The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 7:30 P.M at the office of the Richland Township Municipal Authority located at 2012 Kramer Road, Gibsonia, PA. Barbara Tommasone Recording Secretary