All right. I would like to call the towns and border water commissioners meeting of February 27th um at to order at 4:30 p.m. Um this meeting is being recorded by Tcam and
will be uploaded to YouTube later. Uh I'll have a roll call of members present. Todd Means chair >> Jerik is here. Okay, Dave, >> Dave Vision, superintendent here.
>> Okay. Um, hold on one second. I just want to see is All right. So, Lori hasn't joined us yet. Um, >> there's a joint meeting or something with finance or >> No, not today. >> Not today. Okay.
>> All right. So, anyways, um, any I didn't see any resonance on there, so we won't call that. Um there's no chairman's additions and deletions. Um we can go over um did you get to read the minutes at all Jerry Lynn?
>> I do. >> The only thing I would say is there is um on 3.2 it says a brief at the very end it says a brief discussion pseudo about the unauthorized use of hydrants from and then nothing else. Just take
from off and end the sentence there and then I I would I would be okay with that. Um, it looks like there should have been more and it just got cut off or something, but I would just um
uh >> end it at on the after the word hydrant, just put a period and get rid of the word from. >> You want me to make a motion to accept the minutes? Yes, please >> make a motion to check the minutes of
January 12, 2026 >> as amended. >> As amended. >> Second. Motion's been made and seconded. Roll call vote. Todd Manson. I >> Jere. >> Okay. Motion's been made and passed.
Now, where I got to go? Um, did not see any correspondence. Uh, nobody's present, so there's no public comments. Uh 2.1 uh there are no appointments. 3.1 PAS lawsuit fund allocation.
Um now Jaylen, you did Dave talked to you. You do you understand what we're doing with it? >> Well, somewhere >> there's a the money the money right now is in the account. It's >> in the account. Okay. >> You cannot touch it.
You can't do anything with it until it's allocated. the word is allocated at town meeting and then put into the into the water and then >> well it'll be it'll be in a special paperwork for that. >> Yes, >> you they already
>> and it had it had to be done by >> the first which is Sunday. So I put it in pending a vote >> by the by the board of water commissioners. So, when we get done this meeting, if the vote is in the affirmative, Dave will notify them that the vote was in the affirmative and what
meeting it was in. Um, I still think if we want to expend the fund, even it's in a special one, it has to either be a vote by this board or by the selectman. I'm just not sure which way it works. It's kind of like when we we take when
we go to the town meeting and tell them we want to move from enterprise to operating. It's a similar type vote. But I don't believe it has to be a town meeting. The select board can can do that. I don't think our board can.
>> Not not the selectman right now. to use the money. The if the board of water commissions to use the money, it has to be voted at a town vote, not the selectment. That's >> no the the special accounts. I we can get council. Let's let's create the
account and then we'll worry about it later. >> That's what I'm being told by by u the account. >> Well, then I would go and get a do assessment of that because that's not the way the account that I have works. nor Chelmsford, nor about eight other
communities that have created these special accounts. >> They're they're also trying to take the money. >> I understand that. >> Right. So, right now, >> well, I don't know if they're trying to take the money. I'm not going to say that. But there's always that risk. I will say if it doesn't go into an
account, a water account. So, >> right. This is what this is doing. It's putting it into the the water department. So, and and now when the money's the other lawsuit monies come in, Dave, does it automatically go in the special
account or do we have to have a vote to move it each time? >> You have to move it each time. >> Okay. All right. Do you have any questions, Jerry Jerry Lynn? >> No. As long as um paperwork is done and everything's in place.
>> Yes. That's up to the accountant to set up. We can't set those up. I don't believe so. Once we make the motion and have the warrant article, the warrant article has to get approved at town meeting. >> Um, so this is what this does. This sets
actually sets it up for the um the warrant article. So we actually have it on the town meeting warrant. >> The wording for that, >> it's right. It's right here. >> I highlighted in blue. >> You want me to make it, Jaylin? >> I won't be here.
>> No, no, no. This is this is for tonight. >> Yeah. Go ahead. >> All right. And I make a motion that we vote to create a warrant article to transfer PAS settlement monies from the temporary account GL2
202-61-4772-0000 in the amount of 648,33241 and allocate the funds to a PAS maintenance fund to be used to pay off treatment plant debt, treatment media replacement and maintenance of the treatment plan plant and system
improvements going to GL061-04-0000 5870-0000 under the name PAS Maintenance Fund. Do I have a second? >> Second. Motion's been made and seconded. Any further comments before we have a vote.
>> I just want to read this quickly. >> Yep. >> The others are just questions and answers at time meeting. I'm trying to think of >> questions that someone would have. >> Okay. All right. >> But you can have that one.
>> Thank you. >> Yep. I second it. >> All right. Motion's made and seconded. A roll call vote. Todd Meansen. I >> your mistake is against >> motion's made and passed unanimously. Dave, let the town know and get the
warrant that on the warrant for town meeting. Um, let's see what else we got. Um, um, uh, I don't have any reports. I don't Nothing else is on here for
commissioners reports, liaison reports, superintendent report. Uh, 6.1. You got anything Dave specific? >> I just we had one one main break on West Meadow that the road was out of water for for about 12 hours. It's a 12-in
main going up the hill. And uh we replaced the section of main because it was in bad shape for whatever reason. And >> it's right near the river, isn't it? >> Uh probably three or 400 feet. >> We've had a couple breaks there, Dave.
At some point at at some point if we get a chance we should look into slection so and capping the ends of the sleeves so that maybe I'm wondering if the soil and the water pH is such that it's causing weakness in the pipes cuz that's
broke since I've been I think that's like the third time that's broke there in the >> all within 10 ft of each other. >> What? >> All within 10 ft. So >> So I'm wondering if we we >> the whole section. No, I I know, but that's that's going to buy us some time, but
>> right, >> if we can protect it. Um, so anyways, that's just put that on your in your in your head on that. >> Um, >> uh, is all the discolored water cleared from that break? Cuz I know it got all up and down Main Street.
>> Yes, it was pretty quick. >> We Well, we had some leftovers. >> It wasn't It wasn't like two days. It It was It was a few hours. >> All right. Well, you did have a you did have a slug running around there for a little bit. It wasn't continuous, but I just I got
some calls of why do they have discolored water and it was because of the break. Um all right, Jaylen, do you got any other questions on that or anything? >> No, but um on the next meeting that I'm able to attend, I'd like to talk about
fire hydrants because I've had a few calls on that. It's not on our It's not on our agenda, so we can't talk about it. >> All right. Understood. Um All right. Yeah, that's fine. Um should just, you know, put the question on there and
we'll talk about it. Um and that's we've already set that date, so we don't need to set a date for our future um meeting. Um we >> What was the date? The April. >> What is the date for our next meeting? I
thought it was April something when you >> 13th 12th. >> Was it the 12th? >> 13th 13th >> 13th >> um I'll make a motion to
um uh 7 I'm going to combine 7.2 7.3 and 7.4. I make a motion we review monthly abatement and adjustment lists, review and approve end of month reports and sign reports and bill payable warrants out of session. Do I have a
second? >> Second. >> Motion is made and seconded. Roll call vote. Todd Meansen I. >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Um if there is nothing else um Dave, you got
anything else? Jerry Lynn. >> No, I'm all set. >> All right, then I make a motion we close the meeting of the Towns and Border Water Commissioner of February 27th at
4:41 p.m. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Motion's made and seconded. Roll call vote. Todd Meansen. I >> believe it is. >> The meeting is closed. Jeryn, thank you for making the time