WANAQUE BOROUGH
SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
MINUTES
Regular Meeting
March 17, 2008
The regular
meeting of the Wanaque Borough Sewerage Authority was held on March 17, 2008 at
V-Chairman DiMeglio presided and read the following
Sunshine Statement:
“Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by
this Authority by mailing notice of this meeting to the Trends and Herald &
News Newspapers on March 5, 2008 stating therein that this meeting would be
held at 579 Ringwood Avenue, Wanaque, New Jersey including Agenda therefore,
and a copy of this notice was posted in the Wanaque Municipal Building on March
5, 2008 and a copy is on file in the office of the Authority.”
ROLL CALL:
On roll call,
the following Commissioners responded:
John DiMeglio
Joseph Garland
Mark Reuter
Absent: Cmsr.
Andrew R. Bolduc
Frank Covelli
Professionals Present: Jeffrey
M. Kassover, Esq.
William
J. Kelly,
Penny
Schlagel, Office Manager
MINUTES:
Cmsr. Garland
moved for the approval of the Re-Organization Minutes and the Regular Meeting
Minutes dated February 27, 2008, seconded by Cmsr. DiMeglio.
On roll call all voted yes except for Cmsr. Reuter who
abstained and then the V-Chairman declared this set of minutes adopted.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION:
Since no one
from the public entered any discussion, the V-Chairman closed this portion of
the meeting.
6. COMMUNICATIONS:
1. Ltr. from Ted Luciani
Re: Sewer Charges
Receive
& File
2. Ltr. from
Wanaque Reserve
Re: Billing
V-Chairman DiMeglio stated that Mrs. Schlagel received a
letter regarding the number of units at Wanaque Reserve. She then met with the Building Dept. to
verify the number of units and found out that she had 7 more CO’s then they
did. Apparently, Mrs. Schlagel was
counting common area CO’s. Therefore, we
need a resolution to delete 7 accounts, which amounts to a credit of $1,505.00
Cmsr. Reuter moved a Resolution authorizing the deletion
of 7 accounts off Wanaque Reserve’s bill along with the sum of $1,505.00, which
represents a credit for these units.
Seconded by Cmsr.
On roll call all voted yes and the V-Chairman declared
this Resolution adopted.
NEW BUSINESS:
None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1.
Re: Billing of Shed/Garage
V-Chairman DiMeglio stated that since we have not heard
anything from Jeff Brusco, Bldg. Inspector this matter should be carried over
to our next meeting.
PROFESSIONAL/COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
Cmsr. John DiMeglio
1. Sewer Billing Charges:
V-Chairman DiMeglio stated that the Borough should not be
charging the WBSA for postage for the 1st Quarter Billing as Mrs. Schlagel
processed the billing and we paid for the postage.
Mrs. Schlagel replied that she would review the bill when
it comes in at the end of year and make sure the Authority is not charged.
William J. Kelly,
1. New
Generator:
Mr. Kelly stated that the new generator will be delivered
on March 20th and at that time everyone will get a demonstration on how it
operates. The machine will be stored at
the WVRSA garage. The old generator will
be auctioned off and that will be handled through Tom Carroll, our Purchasing
Agent.
Mr. Kelly stated that we have received 3 (three)
proposals for the modifications that need to be done on this station:
1.
Rapid Pump & Meter Service $16,780.00
2. CFM
Construction $21,200.00
3.
Pumping Services $17,985.00
Mr. Kelly then stated it is his recommendation that the
Authority award Rapid Pump this job. He
has checked all there credentials and they all are fine.
Cmsr. Reuter asked if Pumping Services would have any
problems with the Authority going with Rapid Pump since they perform so much
repair work for this Authority.
Mr. Kelly replied that he did not think Pumping Services
would be upset.
Mr. Kassover then stated that this job should have went
out on bids. Fortunately though the
lowest bidder came in under the bid threshold.
Cmsr. Reuter moved a Resolution to accept the proposal
from Rapid Pump & Meter Service in the amount of $16,780.00 with regard to
modifications that need to be done at the Union Court Pump Station, seconded by
Cmsr. Garland.
On roll call all voted yes and the V-Chairman declared
this Resolution adopted.
3. Laterals:
Mr. Kelly stated that he sent a letter to Mr. Kostro
regarding inspecting laterals for caps.
However it may have been a little more ambitious then thought in respect
for what was asked of the men to do, as an inspection sheet was sent along with
the letter asking for every lateral inspection in town. Apparently, Mr. Kostro was quite upset with
having to do this. The letter should of
stated that when the men go out and read the water meters to please look for
the laterals and see if they are missing their cap rather then making this
issue a whole separate project. Mr.
Kostro then went to Tom Carroll who then called me into his office to advise me
they could not do this project. It was
then concluded that when they read the meters they would check the laterals and
notify us as to their findings.
Therefore, I may re-write
this letter to confirm the results of our meeting together.
Jeffrey M. Kassover, Esq.
1. Valleyview at Wanaque:
Mr. Kassover stated that the agreement has still not been
signed. However, the Borough has passed an
Ordinance to accept the roads and he will now contact Mr. Carroll to stress the
importance of this agreement being executed as now our connection fee payment
will not be coming in until September/October.
2. Borough
Agreement with James Tierney/Mike Reiff:
Cmsr. Garland and DiMeglio both asked Mr. Kassover to
review the agreement between this Authority and the Borough since Mr. Tierney
is no longer employed as to what our obligations will now be.
Cmsr. Reuter stated that this agreement should now be
updated as there is no longer a fee for employee transfer services it is now a
fee for services performed for sewer regardless of which employee does it.
Cmsr. John DiMeglio
Cmsr. DiMeglio stated that this project would now be
moving forward as the developer has obtained all of their approvals from
DEP.
FINANCIAL REPORT:
Cmsr. Garland
moved a Resolution to approve the following bills for payment when the funds of
the Authority are sufficient to meet them, seconded by Cmsr. Reuter
Voucher
34 through 50
Auto Debit (health) $44,480.91
Payroll & Processing 4,875.56
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$49,346.81
On roll call all voted yes and the V-Chairman declared
this Resolution adopted.
RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION REQUESTING FROM
THE REVENUE FUND TO THE OPERATING FUND BY THE WANAQUE BOROUGH SEWERAGE
AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THE SECTION OF THE BOND RESOLUTION ENTITLED “RESOLUTION”
PROVIDES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE WANAQUE BOROUGH
SEWERAGE AUTHORITY IN OCTOBER
OF 1987 AS AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED THEREAFTER.
1. The Authority
hereby make requisition to the Trustee for funds from the Revenue Fund
established under a Resolution to be transferred to the credit of a Special
Account in the name of the Authority to be paid to the persons, firms or
corporations in the amount of $49,346.81 and for the purposes set forth herein
on the attached “Exhibit A”.
a. The
Authority has incurred the obligations in the stated amounts and
that each item thereof was
properly incurred in the operating and maintaining the system and has not been
paid.
b.
There has not been filed with or served upon the corporation named in
such requisition or if any such lien, attachment or claim has been released and
discharged by the Authority.
On roll call all voted yes and the V-Chairman declared
this Resolution adopted
ADJOURNMENT:
Cmsr. Reuter
moved for this adjournment of this meeting, seconded by Cmsr. Garland.
On roll call all voted yes and the V-Chairman declared
this meeting adjourned.
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John DiMeglio, V-Chairman