WEST MIFFLIN SANITARY SEWER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY

REGULAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MEETING MINUTES

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2001

7:00 P.M.

William G. Kiger, Donna Diener, John P. Schmidt, Robert Macey, Dom Toretti

ALSO PRESENT

Steve Nagy, Dona Shoenhair, Ira Weiss, Esq., Engineer David Meredith

A quorum was established with the majority of the Members of the Board present and the meeting commenced at 7:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

RECEPTION OF VISITORS:

Larry Levine re: Duquesne Bowl and past due charges for sewage. 412-461-3366

Will be reviewed by Solicitor, Ira Weiss, Esq., and the Board informed of findings.

1. On motion (Toretti/Schmidt) approved the minutes from Board Meeting October 11, 2001 as corrected.

Vote: 5 yes.

2. On motion (Macey/Schmidt) approved Treasurers’ Report for September 2001.

Vote: 5 yes.

3. On motion (Schmidt/Diener) ratified October 2001 bills.

Vote: 5 yes.

4. On motion (Schmidt/Macey) approved Requisition #34 in the amount of $329,669.08 as draw down against Consent Order, Bond Series 1998, by National City Trustee, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Vote: 5 yes.

5. On motion (Macey/Schmidt) approved refund to Mary S. Long, 3000 New England Road, she has been paying sewage fees since the inception of the Authority and actually since they bought their house in 1990. Mrs. Long is requesting a refund of user fees paid from February 1997 to the present for a total of $719.43. (Tabled from October 11, 2001 then researched by Assistant General Manager, Ken Frick, who found this property was not tapped in and whose property was too far from our sewer main line to mandate their tapping in.)

Vote: 5 yes.

6. Report of the Solicitor.

On motion (Schmidt/Toretti) ratified the solicitation of bids for a Forward Purchase Contract as presented by H.T. Capital Markets. Contract awarded to First Union National Band in the amount of $401,700.00 as lowest responsible bidder on this contract.

Vote: 5 yes.

On motion (Schmidt/Macey) approved awarding consulting contract for insurance to Robert Miller if Robert P. Miller, of Beynon & Company;

Vote: 5 yes.

7. Report of the Engineer.

Engineer’s Report from September attached to Minutes.

On motion (Schmidt/Diener) Board recommended that Chester Engineers send a letter to United Environmental, Inc. and then authorizing the Solicitor and the Engineer to issue a finding in default of the contract as of November 15, 2001 if ‘Punch List’ items are not completed.

Vote: 5 yes.

On motion (Diener/Macey) ratify pay request #1 & #2 for a combined total of $96,944.65 to be paid from Grant monies received by the Authority. Twin Rivers Council of Governments will make payment to Nicassio Enterprises, Inc. for work on Clairton Road Sanitary Sewer Project completed to date.

Vote: 5 yes.

On motion (Schmidt/Toretti) approved Change Order #2 in which there were some field changes made to eliminate some manholes, do additional boring to get across a highway with a net effect of $0.

Vote: 5 yes.

8. Report of the Assistant General Manager.

Assistant General Manager’s Report from September attached to Minutes.

Discussion of information the presented to the Board about problems on Buchanan Avenue and solutions to the problems. We were notified by Allegheny County Health Department that problems need addressed.

9. Old Business.

On motion (Macey/Schmidt) approved Solicitor obtaining additional bids (to total three bids) for the Arbitrage Calculation and awarding the bid to the lowest bidder.

Vote: 5 yes.

10. New Business.

Discussion of the possible problems on Timothy Drive. Authority staff will continue to investigate and report back to the Board at the next meeting.

Discussion was held regarding the 2002 Budget. Board to meet with Budget Committee on Thursday, November 8, 2001 at 6:00 P.M. to work on and complete Budget for 2002. Prior to this meeting Solicitor, Engineer and Bookkeeper will meet with the Trustee at National City Bank to review Bond payments and projection of payments over the next several years.

11. Executive Session. Retired to Executive session at 6:50 P.M.

12. On motion (Macey/Diener) meeting adjourned at 7:31 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

John Schmidt, Secretary