10-05-2024 Minutes
Commissioners approved minutes from August and September meetings. The Commissioners approved the request from Mr. Castel for 14 apartments at 485 NH Route 10; Jane Hebb will notify lawyers, as pump tests confirmed sufficient water. A 6-hour pump test by Edgewater Strategies and Gilford Well was completed and results provided. The current Permit to Operate was sent to DES; Commissioners plan to add 6 lines to the permit to cover unused connections, including those for the O'Donnell barn and West Cemetery. Permission was granted for Jane Hebb to pay the bill for generator service by Milton Cat on 10/3. Granite State Rural Water will assist with the lead and copper spreadsheet on 10/15. The chlorinator blew a cap and Gilford Well repaired it; Josh Worthern is researching replacement parts. The next meeting is scheduled for 11/12. Source: https://orfordnh.us/wp-content/docs/VillageDist/2024/10-05-2024%20Minutes.pdf
10/8/24 Those present: Allan Hebb and William McKee Commissioners, Jane Hebb, Acting Clerk and Treasurer The monthly meeting started at 7:00 PM. The minutes of the August and September monthly meetings were read and approved. There the 6 hour pump test from Edgewater Strategies and Gilford Well was done. There was no actual pump test done on the water. Copies of the test results had been given to the Commissioners. Jane has been working on the lead and copper spreadsheet that Hazen and Sawyer has for each connection, Josh from Granite State Rural Water is coming up 10/15 to help her put the last of the information in the spreadsheet. Jane did not bring the draft copy of the audit. She will print out the Management Representation letter for the Commissioners to sign next month. Next months meeting will be the second Tuesday of November, 11/12. Jane will ask Granite State Rural Water about their ideas on phone converge for the pumps since the phone bill is so high. She will also send them copies of the bylaws, rules and regulations and application for them to review before she sends them to the lawyer. The Permit to Operate for this year has been sent to DES. When Jane talked to DES about the 51 number of users on the permit to operate, she said this could be increased because the documentation when the new system was done proved that there was enough water for more users. We need to add 6 more lines to the permit to operate to cover the connections on the main line that are not being used at the present time. They are 2 connections for the O’Donnell barn, Jeffrey Hebb, West Cemetery, and 2 that are disconnected, Stimson and the white house at the Pastures. Jane and Bill have been adding 911 addresses to original books of the diagrams of the system. Jane and Bill have identified the missing ones but Jane has not had time to add it to the books. Granite State Rural Water also suggested that we add a commercial hook up rate to our Rules and Regulations. MS-434 has been uploaded into the Revenue Administration website. The chlorinator blew another cap. Gilford Well had to come up and fix it. They cannot get parts for the chlorinator. Josh Worthern suggested that we look for other heads for the it. He is researching them for us. Milton Cat serviced the generator on 10/3. Jane was given permission to pay the bill when it is received. The Commissioners approved the request from Mr. Castel for 14 2 bedroom apartments at 485 NH Route 10. Jane will notify the lawyers. The pump test showed that there was enough water for the apartments. Meeting adjourned at 7:40PM Respectfully submitted, Je el Jane Hebb, Acting Clerk