HomeMy Public PortalAboutWater Commissioners -- 2023-12-06 Agenda (2)This meeting will be conducted in person at 11:00 AM at 2198 Main Street, Room A. This means that at least a quorum of
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1. Call to Order: 11:00 AM
2. Declaration of a Quorum:
a. Commissioner Brown, via remote Commissioner Skidmore and Liaison Mary Chaffee and
Superintendent Paul Anderson
3. Meeting Participation Statement: Read by Sue Brown
4. Recording Statement:
a. Read by Commissioner Brown
5. Review 2022-2023 Hunting Season Date and Vote on 2023-2024 Town property Policies
a. Onetime nature -remote meeting for the purpose of reviewing the hunting season.
b. Chris Miller — Director of Natural Resources
L Hunting in the punk horn for bow hunting
ii. Bow hunting December 4th through December 23rd, 2023
iii. Only changes added is the area around Well 6
1. Signage posted around Well 6
2. Additional information on Town of Brewster website with maps
iv. Motion by Commissioner Brown to move and approve 2023 — 2024 hunting
regulations that started on December 4th through December 23rd at 4:43 PM as
outlined in the Town of Brewster By -Laws
1. Motion 2nd Commissioner Skidmore
2. Roll Call Vote via remote meeting 2-0-0
Superintendent's Report
a. Flushing in the East end of town is complete
b. Hob Nob Road
Water main break on the night of Halloween
1. The road was cut, material excavated, and the water main was repaired
2. Waiting for paving company to repave the area
Safety Management with Marina Brock and Eric St. Pierre sponsored by MIAA
i. Competency based training for high hazard work
1. Confined Space Program — look at recommendations to improve current
program.
a. Idea is to try in Brewster and then roll out to other towns
b. Golf and DPW working with the water department
WATER COMMISSIONERS DECEMBER 6. ?D"3
d. Red Top Road
i. Started work December 5tn
Will work for three weeks, take a break during the holidays, and then
continue after the new year.
e. Notice from the DEP
Notice for Non -Compliance for Gross Alpha
Gross Alpha — Tested once every nine years.
1. 2001 — was on sampling schedule for 4 out of the 5 wells
a. Assuming one of the wells was missing from the sampling
schedule, all five wells were tested.
b. Well 6 came up again this year and was missed in the 3rd quarter.
The sample was taken and there was no detection of Gross Alpha
but was still out of the sampling period.
c. The water department has been in communication with the DEP.
The sample was taken, paperwork has been filled out and mailed
to the DEP.
d. The water department is currently non-compliant and will have
to be posted on the annual Consumer Confidence Report
e. Normally the CCR will be published in July but will be done in
February and mailed out with the February 1' billing statements.
When the Consumer Confidence Report is complete and mailed
out with the billing statements then the DEP will change the
water department to being compliant.
f. Check and balances have been implemented to catch in the
future.
g. Requested the DEP to group the testing of all the wells together.
Well 6 will be bumped up two years and all the wells will be
tested together.
iii. Two new employees —
1. Dan Keefe and Dan Faye transferred from the DPW
2. Working on Training and Licensing
3. BWD is now fully staffed
7. Assistant Superintendent's Report
a. On site on Red Top Road water main installation.
8. Office Manager's Report
a. Absent
9. Approval of Meeting Minutes
a. Table October 6t'' minutes to be approved
L Commissioner Brown was not at meeting and must abstain
b. Motion by Commissioner Brown to approve November 6t'' meeting minutes
i. Motion 2nd by Commissioner Skidmore
Roll Call vote: 2-0-0
10. For Your Information: N/A
11. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair: N/A
12. Next Meeting: January 3, 2024
13. Adjournment: 11:16 AM
a. Motion to adjourn by Commissioner Brown at 11:16 AM.
L Motion 2"d by Commissioner Skidmore
ii. Roll Call Vote: 2-0-0