WEST MIFFLIN SANITARY SEWER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY

REGULAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MEETING MINUTES

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2001

7:00 P.M.

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

ALSO PRESENT

Kenneth Frick, 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:

1. On motion (Schmidt/Diener) approved the minutes from Board Meeting September 6, 2001.

Vote: 4 yes, 1 Absent.

2. On motion (Diener/Schmidt) approved Treasurers' Report for August 200

Vote: 4 yes, 1 Absent.

3. On motion (Schmidt/Macey) ratified September 2001 bills.

Vote: 4 yes, 1 Absent.

4. On motion (Schmidt/Diener) approved Requisition #33 in the amount of $313,952.90 as draw down against Consent Order, Bond Series 1998, by National City Trustee, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Vote: 4 yes, 1 Absent.

5. On motion (Macey/Schmidt) approved refund to Laura Benton, 145 Orchard Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15236. Ms Benton was billed by WMSSMA and lives and pays sewage in Pleasant Hills. Total for this refund is $16.31.

Vote: 4 yes, 1 Absent.

On motion (Schmidt/Macey) Tabled pending review and verification 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 Vote: 4 yes, 1 Absent.

6. Report of the Solicitor.

7. Report of the Engineer.

Engineer's Report from September attached to Minutes.

8. Report of the Assistant General Manager.

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

9. Old Business.

On motion (Macey/Schmidt) approved shared Right-of-Way agreement with Pennsylvania One Call permitting them to use the Authority's Right-of-Way for their Communication Lines Project.

Vote: 2 yes, 1 No, 1 Abstain, 1 Absent.

10. New Business.

11. Executive Session. Retired to Executive session at 6:50 PM

Reconvened at 7:25 PM

On motion (Macey/Diener) authorized H.T. Capital Markets and the Solicitor to solicit bids for a Forward Purchase Contract for the 1996 and 1998 Bond Issues and to award the contract for precedes to highest return to the Authority with a minimum return of $375,000 to $400,000.

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

Respectfully submitted,

John Schmidt, Secretary