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MEETING OF THE ORLEANS
BOARD OF WATER/SEWER COMMISSIONERS ORLEANS TOWN CLERK
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
A meeting of the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners was held Wednesday, •
February 17, 2016 in the Nauset Room, Town Hall:
Those present were Leonard Short, Kenneth Rowell, Chet Crabtree and Robert Rich, of
the Board; Daniel Coursey and Herbert Kinney, associate members, Tom Daley, Director of
Public Works and Natural Resources and Todd Bunzick and Susan Brown of the Water
Department. Absent was John Meyer of the Board.
Leonard Short called the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners meeting to order at
1:30 p.m. Leonard Short introduced the new Planning Board appointee, Chet Crabtree.
MINUTES
On a motion by Kenneth Rowell seconded by Robert Rich the Board voted to
approve the minutes of the meeting of January 20, 2016 as amended. The vote by the Board
was 4-0-1 with Herbert Kinney voting in the absence of John Meyer and Chet Crabtree abstained
as he was not present for the meeting.
WATER DEPARTMENT REPORT
BOWSC ACTION ITEM LIST
The Board reviewed and updated their action item list.
ASSET MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
WELL IMPROVEMENTS
The project is currently two months behind schedule waiting for Eversource •
to set a utility pole. A change order will be needed because the contractor will not
be able to meet the required deadlines set in the contract.
LEAK REPORT
The Board was provided with a list of customers who were found to have
triggered the leak detection feature of the Badger water meter during meter reading.
Letters of notification have been sent to everyone on the list.
WATER QUALITY
As requested at the last meeting, Susan Brown reported that during
unregulated monitoring for the Environmental Protection Agency, perfluorooctanoic
acid results were none detected using current methodology for laboratories.
OLD BUSINESS
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WATER METERS
The Board was provided with a proposed list of properties owned by Town officials
from the Board of Water & Sewer Commission, Board of Selectmen and Finance
Committee whose properties all have poor cellular service and recommended them for
piloting the new cellular water meters. The Water Department will prepare a letter for the
Board s approval at their next regular meeting.
FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
The Board was provided with a copy of the financial projection worksheet for their
review and to make a recommendation to the Board of Selectmen for an annual rate
increase.
A motion was made by Kenneth Rowell seconded by Robert Rich to
recommend to the Board of Selectmen for inclusion in the warrant for the May 2016
Special Town Meeting a 7% rate increase for FY2017 to begin with the August 2016
water bill. The vote by the Board was 5-0-0.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Board of Health provided the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners a draft
proposed regulation for the sale and use of tobacco and nicotine delivery products for their
review and comments. As part of the proposed regulation, the Board of Health is looking
to ban tobacco and nicotine use on all Town owned land. The Board of Health further
wished to know if the Water Commission wished to include watershed property in the
regulation as Town owned land.
A motion was made by Kenneth Rowell and seconded by Robert Rich to
approve the proposed regulation and asked that all watershed properties be
included in the regulation. The vote by the Board was 5-0-0.
NEW BUSINESS
COMMITMENTS/ABATEMENTS/REFUNDS
A motion was made by Kenneth Rowell seconded by Herbert Kinney to
commit for the month of January 2016 to rate $0.00, to services $600.00, to usage
$0.00, to installations $1,911.40 and to added billing $662.17. The vote by the Board
was 5-0-0.
A motion was made by Kenneth Rowell seconded by Robert Rich to apply the
excess usage from a leak in a private line to a cottage at the lowest rate and abate
$1,733.55 from account #1208. The vote by the Board was 5-0-0.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Anyone with a Facebook account was encouraged to visit the Orleans Water Department
page. Several articles and information have been provided about the most recent water
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contaminations in Michigan and Ohio.
ADJOURNMENT
At 2:14 p.m., a motion was made by Kenneth Rowell and seconded by Robert Rich
to adjourn the meeting. The vote by the Board was 5-0-0.
LIST OF DOCUMENTS USED
1. Draft minutes January 20, 2016
2. February 17, 2016 BOWSC Action Item List
3. Commitment for January 2016
4. February 12, 2015 customer leak report
5. February 3, 2016 letter from Kathleen Johnson
6. February 4, 2016 me3mo from the Board of Health regarding proposed regulation for the
Sale and use of Tobacco and Nicotine Delivery Products.
7. Financial Implementation Plan
The next regular meeting is scheduled for March 16, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.
Secretary, Board of Water/Sewer Commissioners
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