The regular monthly meeting was held July 21,2011 at the Lordstown Administration Building at 4:00p.m. The meeting was called to order byChairman, Kevin Campbell, followed by the Lord’s Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Roll call was taken.
In attendance:Kevin Campbell
Thomas Dietz
D. James London
Cinthia Slusarczyk, B.P.A. Clerk
L. Bruce Platt, Superintendent of Utilities
Also present:Martin Jones, 2786 Hallock Young
Kay Arlow, 6050 Highland Ave
Charles Slusarczyk, 7608 Highland Ave
Mark Schmidt, Lafarge
MINUTES: Dietzmade a motion to approve theminutes of May19, 2011. Campbell seconds the motion. Motion carries with all ayes.
AGENDA:
New Business
1. Lafarge – water for dust control
2. Delinquent sewer connections
Old Business
- A RESOLUTION AMENDING AND RESTATING RESOLUTION NO. 2010-9 OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ESTABLISHING THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH, THE HOURLY WAGES, AND OTHER TERMS OF REMUNERATION FOR THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 731.13 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
- Staffing
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Arlow: We have issues with our properties and trying to get everything done. We got our letter to connect dated June 11, 2011 and we had our property shot by Holton and the Village. Both cases states that I have basement service. It has to go to the Utility Committee and then to the Council meeting. I want an extension from the BPA and the Health Department since this situation is not resolved nor is the one at the farm. There water gets into the pump; don’t know if it is going to be resolved. Our property was the first to be inspected in 2008 and we just got our letters.
Campbell: We had a work session regarding this and will be meeting with the solicitor to find a solution with the residents and the complications with our regulations.
Arlow: So there is no resolution to go to the next council meeting?
Campbell: No action at this time.
London: When was your letter dated?
Arlow: June 11, 2011
Platt entered meeting at 4:10PM
London: You will have to wait until we get a resolution from Mr. Dutton but we should have an answer before your deadline.
Arlow: For the addresses of 6049, 6050, and 6071 Highland
London: Until we here from Paul…
Arlow: So now answer until the next BPA meeting.
Campbell: Correct
Arlow: So is the legislation that we received in the mail is null and void?
Campbell: No, it is the only legislation we have in place.
Dietz: The next council meeting is August 17th.
Arlow: I want to know if you would be clear that they don’t apply. Our problems are not resolved.
CORRESPONDENCE: None
NEW BUSINESS:
Lafarge – water for dust control
Schmidt: I am Mark Schmidt, the plant manager at Lafarge and have been for the last six years this month. I wanted to bring water into the plant from the two hydrants on either side of the gate. The first reason being short term for dust control. We have 2 EPA permits for storm water control and 3 water trucks, the largest holding 12,000 gallons that we fill 6-7 times on a hot July day which suck down those basins rather quick. We are ready to tap into the ground water so we can fill the trucks with something. I informed Bruce that we are going forward with that and he gave me the whole package. Contractor should be out sometime next week. The second reason, I did want to talk to you about. I was on conference call with 5 different people about putting waste energy to generate energy. I flew to Atlanta that is online right now. It does not burn with oxygen and is a massive undertaking. It is long term and requires about 100,000 gallons of water per day.
Platt: Our engineer would need to look at that to be sure we can handle the demand.
Schmidt: It is over a $100,000, 000.00 project. The state site board must get involved for energy to go into the grid. I’ve had eight meeting already and next Wednesday I will be attending a presentation in Streetsboro. Getting green credits is a really big deal. I didn’t want you to get this third source. A lot of issues relative to a 10 acres 24 hour/day operation. Everything involved is mind boggling but they are pretty far down the road on it.
London: The question I have is if we can support your water usage. Can you come up with a ballpark number for Bruce?
Schmidt: All the figures are engineer issues that we talked about. Some of the water needed could be surface water or ground water wells.
Dietz: You have that creek over there.
Schmidt: Duck Creek, all those variables combined need factored in.
Platt: the 24” line can supply…
London: What is M.V.S.D. willing to give us? We have to be sure that it is not going to hurt us.
Platt: M.V.S.D. can produce 64 million gallon/day and are only currently producing 27 million gallon/day.
Schmidt: They will talk to you more about this. It is a closed system, water treatment facility is enormous. The ground water quality is pretty bad and I’m not sure on the discharge. I don’t want to bring it to the general council’s attention yet. Once we have the meeting next Wednesday we will know if they are proceeding and then the answer still could be no in November.
Platt: We have a 14” line right to Bailey’s corner; you may need a storage tank.
Schmidt: What would line that size produce?
Platt: 1 million…
London: When you say storage tank do you mean a stand pipe?
Platt: Different method, we would use the engineers to determine that.
Dietz: Need right now?
Schmidt: We need water on the street side of the tracks in that belly of land that is where we would plant the hydrant.
Platt: The original request was to put a meter on a hydrant and I said No, the BPA would have to approve something like that.
Platt: Minimize turbidity on line. I would like to get a gate valve instead of a ball valve and air gap separation on the truck and the line.
Schmidt: Backflow preventer
Platt: Still need one on valve, they swing close.
Schmidt exits meeting
Delinquent sewer connections
Campbell: We are scheduling a meeting with the Solicitor to find options to work with.
OLD BUSINESS:
A RESOLUTION AMENDING AND RESTATING RESOLUTION NO. 2010-9 OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ESTABLISHING THE AUTHORIZED STRENGHT, THE HOURLY WAGES, AND OTHER TERMS OF REMUNERATION FOR THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 731.13 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Campbell: Both items under old business are tied together and we had a work session on Tuesday. Have you talked with them yet?
London: A meeting is scheduled for Monday at 9:00AM with the Mayor.
Campbell: Then I will table this until after that meeting.
SOLICITORS REPORT:
Slusarczyk: I spoke with Peggy and we set a tentative date of August 4th at 3:00PM.
Discussed schedules and ask to see if I could check to see if he could meet On August 8th at 3:00PM.
Bond enters meeting @4:40PM
ENGINEERS REPORT: None
UTILITY REPORT:
Bond: Want to have a meeting next week, not announced yet.
Campbell: Jim, if Tom cannot attend can you?
London: Yes
CLERKS REPORT:
Slusarczyk submitted written report and discussed with board members
1. Village Park used 133,000 gallons on current bill. We no longer bill the village accounts for water and that bill would equate to $631.75. Meter reading was verified.
2. In June the Clerk transferred her own amounts from our accounts.
I directed transfers of $125,711.15 for April
and $135,513.87 for May
Total $261,225.02
She transferred: $125,795.95 for April on 6-24-2011 (over 84.80)
and $135,449.07 for May on 6-29-2011 (under 64.80)
Total $261,245.02 DIFFERENCE OF $20.00
3. Trumbull County Health Department requested the status of 36 addresses that they show not completed from the 2010 notifications. 18 of them are not completed by my records.
4. Trash Price is due to change. John McGoran does not have the figures and probably will not be able to access them (TPI) until August. Price change will be retroactive from July 1, 2011.
5. Sewer minimum applicable when the water is shut off at the road. Example situations would be rentals and snowbirds. Account 1015*7 is a vacant home that will be billed minimum bill when water was off.
Campbell made a motion to waive the $10.00 fee for shut off and to bill for water only after requested shut off date by customer on account 1015*7. Dietz seconds the motion. Motion carries with all ayes.
6. City of Niles billing will transition in August so he is still using the pressure sealer. Held April’s water bill because it was calculated wrong and they sent off another credit which did not correct the billing. Mr. Telego has problems getting into the software to see this so I am pulling our old invoices for him to review.
7. When I mailed the CCR the post office made me aware of address changes that need to be made to secure proper delivery of the mail. I will need to set time aside to work with CMI to address their request.
8. I will be on vacation Friday August 5th, August 12th, and August 19th.
9. RCAP workshop scheduled for September 8, 2011 – Energy Audits
Slusarczyk: I would like to check this out and maybe attend if the office has settled down enough.
SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT:
Platt: I need 12 CEU’s for my certification by December 1st. In researching the EPA allows online classes and my pay ordinance states the training needs to be approved by the board. So I will be trying to get them scheduled.
Platt: today we were upgrading the valve with the new encoder and got a phone call that there was no water on the west side of the railroad on Salt Springs. We were trying to manage water quality because the chlorine was lowering from the heat. So we closed valve so the water flowed up Hewitt Gifford and around that side of town. All industry is to notify us but PPG had a fire test today. We were checking for a severe leak. The telemetry showed the line on the tank. When I was checking General Motor I could see the octopus of fire service lines at PPG. We started the pumps and everything went back to normal. Now water quality complaints are coming in, so far one from the credit union and from a home up the road.
London: that is just flushing of the lines.
Platt: Correct and to check the meter is not plugged.
Dietz: If the screen is clogged it decreases the pressure.
Platt: This is why Lafarge cannot tie into fire hydrant.
Platt: Yesterday, I wanted to check the remainder of the grinder pumps. Need to put an extension on one and when we turned on the pump smoke rolled out. Fred Flory is to change it when the extension comes in. 488 Brunstetter is fine. Other addresses to be checked before notice to connect are sent.
Platt: upgrade on valve almost done, it was set at 2.9% and the computer showed 29% and it was at 29%.
Campbell: Is the back up for your computer working?
Platt: Yes.
Platt: I had a telephone request that fire hydrant needs painted and I do not do it upon request unless the board directs me to do so.
Campbell: I don’t feel you need to paint it if you don’t think it needs to be done.
London: I will go look at it.
MEMBER COMMENTS:
APPROVAL OF BILLING ADJUSTMENTS:
Campbell made a motion to approve the billing adjustments for May 2011. London seconds the motion. Motion carries with all ayes.
Campbell made a motion to approve the billing adjustments for June 2011. Dietz seconds the motion. Motion carries with all ayes.
ADJOURNMENT:
Londonmade a motion to adjourn the meeting. Campbellseconds the motion. Motion carried all ayes, zero nays.
Submitted by:Approved by:
Cinthia Slusarczyk,Kevin Campbell,
B.P.A. ClerkChairman
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