The minutes of the September meeting and the payroll and invoices were approved.
Expenses included $500 to DEP for the annual National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit fee.
Mr. Lingenfelter and Mr. Wolf presented the engineer's report.
Completed work at the Wastewater treatment Plant site includes: Erosion and sedimentation controls, sediment basin and embankment excavation, clearing and grubbing, SBR/Control Building area layout survey, SBR, Control Building and Mechanical Building slab excavations, and half of the access road excavation.
Completion of the access road excavation will be finished shortly. Pile testing and placement of piles and footings will be undertaken next, followed by construction of a 6" water line and placement of a 12" intermediate effluent line to connect the future Ultraviolet system and the utility water storage tank.
A conference call with Penn-VEST was held on October 13. The loan closing is planned for October 27.
The board approved a requisition from Lobar, the general contractor, for $264,104 (less 10% retainage, for a net of $237,693.60). Of the total, $187,052 is for bonds and insurance and $77,052 for mobilization and project startup.
The board also approved a requisition to pay $30,191.60 to Uni-Tec for engineer work.
These will be paid through the First Citizens Line of Credit until the PennVEST funds are released.
Payments to the law firm of Rhoads & Sinon are capped at $31,500. Payments to Brann, Williams Caldwell & Sheetz are not expected to exceed $20,000. However, the PennVEST contract "line item" for legal services is $100,000, so the caps have to add up to that amount. Therefore the Board passed a resolution capping the payment to Brann, Williams, Caldwell & Sheetz at $68,500. This will not increase the actual legal expenses, but will satisfy PennVEST to make the capped amounts agree with the line amount.
Mr. Hilfiger gave the Manager's report.
The board voted to return the $75 deposit for Nicole Siedhof, 66 High Street. Mr. Mosser abstained from this vote.
The board voted to rebate $21.75 in sewerage charges to Teri Smith, 185 Main Street. There was a water leak that did not enter the sewer system.
The Authority sold 500,000 gallons of bulk water to gas drillers in September, billed at $8,000, and an additional 160,000 gallons ($2,600) through October 13. A total of 780,000 gallons was sold to bulk haulers in September, billed at $12.500 and another 265,000 gallons ($4,200) to bulk haulers through October 13. This makes a total of 15,3 million gallons this year, billed at $245,000.
All four RBC units at the sewage treatment plant are in operation, Unit #4 may need to have a bearing replaced. The Authority has one in stock.
Biosolids have been hauled to the farm fields. This empties the storage tank.
Two grinder pumps have been rebuilt, with new plumbing and rebuilt pumps. A new control box was installed on one of the units.
Mr. Hilfiger met with the contractor at the new Mennonite Church. A grinder pump tank and plumbing to the building have been installed. A hydrant for the new water line will be installed. It has been delivered.
To date, $1,328,842 has been spent on the wastewater treatment plant upgrade.
The Authority received $600 from Bradford County Collections in October as restitution in the Brenda Mott case. This makes a total of $78,592.46 returned, leaving a balance of $249,851.44 per the civil suit agreement.
$50 in restitution was received from Jerry Chilson.
The Authority collected $2,204 in stormwater surcharges in September for Canton Borough.
The board held an executive session after the meeting.