Roll call. Quick roll call. Jim Bernstein presence to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty, justice for
all. We got three sets of minutes. Can we do this in one motion? >> You can do it in one. >> All right. I'm going to um don't have any questions. I'm going to uh make move to approve the meeting minutes of the water sewer commission for the dates of
December 9th, 2025, January 13, 2026, and February 10th, 2026. >> I second. >> All in favor? >> And I >> Good job again. >> Yes. Thank you.
>> Then we have 19 Edgewater Drive. Um this is basically they had an estimated reading and then we got an actual reading that was less to the tune of $68. So we can debate that difference he was looking for the whole thing I guess but I think it's the difference
from what it was 70 years to 10 $68. >> Right. So all right I'll go ahead and make a motion then to abate from the 19 Edgewater is 19 Edgewater. >> Yeah. 19 Edgewater drives water bill um in the amount of $68.
>> I second. >> I want to be specific on that. I'm sorry. I had it. Uh so updates. Yeah, obviously you guys know the blizzard's over. >> Uh yeah, it was it was a great response
from DPW in general, which is you know the newly kind of combined water and sewer and and highway group together. Um everybody from water and sewer um plowed in one fashion or another, whether it was plowing out the wells or plowing out uh some of the wastewater assets, but
roads as well. I mean, they they really came through. So, uh, hats off to to the entire group. Um, I think quarterly readings, we completed them. We're getting the numbers in. Um, there's still a lot of uh
nonresponsive meters or you know, u estimated reads we're going to have to send out. Uh we've been working pretty diligently to to um to spend the the money that was allotted in last year's I think EIP warrant article. I think we
we've done at least two or 300 uh meters thus far. U we still have around 700 uh non-reading uh it looks like. So they're not reading at all. >> The old RF boxes are just dying.
>> Yeah. You did change the >> We're changing them off to the new change the whole meter and everything. Okay, got >> making them uh compatible in the future if we use Neptune um instead of doing the drive by readings. Um so I think we
talked today I'm going to put in a request for another um 150,000 to kind of hit another couple hundred next year, next fiscal year and try and get rid of all the estimated rates. These guys have been working hard and
and and billing and and uh and repair group have all been working out answering phones. We tagged them all that >> hasn't been hasn't been any push back from residents at all. >> No, but it's getting >> it's getting them to contact right. So I
think it comes in droves every time we go out with another tag and if people get estimated reads they finally you know you know in my previous location we ended up putting percentages on the estimated read and the bigger the bill you get you finally call up to get the
need changed out that's happened >> what was your question >> um no no that's that's really kind of >> but we can only handle so many as well right so if you got two or three 400 people bought as many if he can handle it if
it's from here anyway. So, um 157 Manfield a pump station. Yeah, the pump number. >> That's what I just signed. >> Yeah, that's been sent out like I think we're replacing it while we're rebuilding it. >> Which one?
>> Which station? The trailer park right before which marketplace? >> Uh Rford pump station. We're doing a controls update. I think uh I signed that PO a couple of weeks ago. uh standard controller. We're upgrading to
the uh >> I'm sorry, >> it's an ultrasonic transducer going into a pulse feed. Pulsar uh it it's what they've been doing along the way. So, this is just the next station to be done. When this is complete, I'm putting
in a request for to to do the last three next year. Every station we have will be uh the same. Uh, well three update. That's kind of a bad one. We we went to do the cleaning. Um, and the pump is not worth putting
back in. Yeah. Two years. The uh bottom of it, he said, we brought it right out with a multi-speed pump. Uh, the bottom was was gone. So, we could have put it back in and got another maybe month or two out of it,
but instead we ordered one and we're waiting for >> So, is there no other kind of metal or any kind of pump that they can use that can be a little more corrosiveness right now? >> I don't have that answer for you. I know Derek was kind of handling it with
Sullivan well cleaners that are doing the they're doing the cleaning. Um, and I know that they've ordered a pump from Texas to come up, I don't know, within any day now. Yeah. >> U, but we should certainly look into that.
>> Uh, especially because now it's it's holding off that well getting back online and now we're relying on five more. We're running. So, it's it's a snowball effect. >> Was there ever any kind of get life guarantee >> one year? Everything comes with a year.
Pretty much standard in our industries now. Um, no, that was that was a disappointing week. Um, other than that, I think anything else yeah going
quarterly meetings is on there, but we at the end we talked about last month. questions or anything that you guys know of that were going on that you're looking for updates that I'm not remembering >> outside of West Elm Street is moving
forward uh with the water main project. Uh we're waiting on D's approval to use that grant. Uh but in the meantime, we've also we we've got the authority or the um commission from last year to take pay
the $3.5 million on the loan. So I know it's all going to work in conjunction, but I'm pretty pretty certain the grant's going to be used for that. Okay. And the water quality analysis is the third amendment moving forward. I think
the gentleman signed it. um to do more pilot studying on the magnesium uh removal and uh some more peas removal look into the well fields I think uh one and two that kind of thing.
>> So uh in regards to PAS uh so what's what's the ongoing plan with PAS for uh four five and six >> uh four five and six is no PAS detected
Um I think it's well three that has the TOS detected. Uh they were doing a water quality analysis to determine whether we could just uh take well three offline never deal with it and if there's enough water out near well one and two uh to
put in a well field out there and and do it that way or or a cost analysis to put treatment out there and remove peas uh right at the site. >> Yeah. up the GP kind of crazy. >> Exactly. And I think that's the that's the numbers we're looking at right now,
like what's what what's what's worth what, right? Um it's my full intention to to partner with our communities like I know you gentlemen have looked into um but not rely on communities, you know, get what we can out of the ground for ourselves and
>> like cross connections. >> Yeah. Um, we're looking at redoing Mansfield's cross connection interconnect. That's out there. They're doing their side. So, we're going to do our side. That's the next project that I'm I'm looking at getting. >> I think it's awesome to have those in containment. For sure. >> Absolutely.
>> I just don't want to have to rely on from other communities. I'd rather us have our own. >> That would be the most viable solution. They've got a lot more water. >> Yeah, they do. But they get it from new veg reservoirs with the water a little bit. >> Yeah, it's a different process.
>> Yeah, >> mixing mixing the processes. But that's being looked at as well uh through that study that I was already working out. So the board on something that >> Yes, because it was tabled last time,
>> right? >> You just have to make a motion if you're going to obey the interest or just take no action. >> You have not received the payment yet. >> We received payment finally on February 15th, but it was two quarters late. So >> she had nothing to do with us on our end receiving payment. There was just an
issue with them sending it in. I don't know if it was their bank issue, but >> is there now more interest to obey because of that or what's the number or do we even need to know the number? >> I don't think you really need to know it because we never received payment on time. >> They were requesting, just to remind
you, they were requesting abatement stating that they had sent their bill payment. So, we never received a payment until February >> 15th >> 15th. Okay. So, we shouldn't have made anything. So, should we take code no action or we
don't take it up or we I would say yeah. >> I'll go ahead and move that we take no action on 100 West Main Street. >> I second. All right. Uh so the November one we already boiled. We just never signed it. >> Correct.
>> The date blank on that case is a matter. >> Um >> yeah, I'll take care of it because whatever meeting you guys approved for that. You weren't you weren't here for the January meeting because that was my first step
out work. All right. >> Good. Uh, next meeting up that, right? >> Yep. >> We going to do the quarterly thing, >> I guess. Uh, what's the plan?
>> All right. Um, I will go ahead and make a motion to change the water sewer commission to quarterly happening on the second Tuesday of third month of the quarter of a given quarter
effective German. I second that. Okay. All right. Oh yeah for that calendar forune. >> So last time we talked about June but we didn't know if we want to change it to January, April, July and October.
>> And that would coordinate with our >> bills >> the bill due date. >> So it should be the first month of the board. No, we're just saying that maybe you want to wait until go July for your next meeting and then go July, October, January, and April.
>> Oh, okay. So, we can make another motion to change our next meeting for July or we just schedule meeting July. You already talked about making >> date second Tuesday July then. >> That's fine. Yeah.
will be the 14th 14. >> You're going to stick with that schedule like the second Tuesday of that month. So your quarterly month meetings will be July, October, January, and April. >> Oh, so every year we're going to be July, not just this year. >> Correct. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> That way you always line up with our billing.
>> Okay. >> People don't have to wait months. >> So we need to change the motion then or No, >> I think the way you do it is fine. All right. Good. >> Yep. >> I move to adjourn. >> I second. All >> in favor? >> I like