WEST MIFFLIN SANITARY SEWER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY

REGULAR BOARD MEETING

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1997

 

MEETING MINUTES


 Board members present:  Anthony Panichelli, Cynthia Sullivan, Michael Price and Roberta Chonko

 

Also present:  Irene Parkinson, Ronald Hess, Ira Weiss and Mark Sember.

 

Call to order

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

A quorum was established with the majority of the members of the Board present and the meeting commenced at 7:00 p.m. Donald Trimbath was out of the State.

 1.         On motion (Sullivan-Chonko) the minutes of the May 1, 1997 Board of Directors Meeting were    approved.

 

2.         On Motion (Sullivan - Chonko) adopted Resolution establishing a requirement for evidence of compliance with laws and regulations controlling the introduction of storm and surface water into the Authority's sanitary sewer system prior to the sale of real estate within the Borough, and further requiring such evidence of compliance as a condition precedent to the issuance of Borough lien letters, and further establishing certain fees and procedures for securing said evidence of compliance.

 3.         On Motion (Price-Sullivan) adopted Resolution amending Resolutions 1-96 and 13-96.

 

4.         On Motion (Sullivan-Chonko) approved awarding dye testing, under the Consent Order, to Basic Technical Services for 2500 homes.

 

5.         On Motion (Sullivan-Chonko) approved the bidding out of Consent Order construction, per specifications by Chester Engineers for the Thompson Run Sewage Treatment Plant, advertisement to be for June 9, and June 16, 1997, bids to be opened July 10, 1997.

6.         On Motion (Sullivan-Chonko) approved bidding out of Consent Order construction, per specifications by Chester Engineers for the New England Sewage Treatment Plant, advertisement to be for June 9, and June 16, 1997, bids to be opened July 10, 1997.

7.         On Motion (Sullivan-Chonko) radified application for sanitary sewering to Twin Rivers Council of Governments for Pittsburgh-McKeesport Boulevard, Buttermilk Hollow Road side, for 50% funding.

8.         On Motion (Price-Sullivan) approved Requisition #10 for drawdown against the bond issue to National City Bank in the amount of $334,103.38.

 9. Report of the Solicitor:

 

Ira Weiss, Esq. Distributed copies of a decision issued by Judge Alan Penkower dated May 9, 1997 with one of the issues being the manner of calculation under Act 203, regarding deducting the amount of grants, an authority is entitled to trend the historical cost of the current cost before the grants are deducted. The obvious effect of this is to better enable authorities to cover costs of projects.

 

 10. Report of the Operations Manager:

Report attached to minutes. An additional notation was made during the report regarding the digital flow monitoring recorder installed at Homeville Pumping Station required by ALCOSAN,

 that bypassing would cost the Authority $1.34 per thousand gallons.

 11.  Report of the Engineer:

  Report attached to minutes.      

 

On Motion (Sullivan-Chonko) approved Change Order No.1, recommended by the Engineer, for the amount of $3,926.25 to allow additional flexibility to the SCADDA system to allow enough capacity to accommodate the growth of signals expected from the New England and the Thompson projects.

On Motion approved a developer package for specifications for sewer extensions and accept this as standard for WMSSMA.

Reception of Visitors:

There were no requests to speak before the Board of Directors.

On Motion (Price-Chonko) moved for adjournment at 7:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by:

 

Michael Price, Secretary

West Mifflin Sanitary Sewer Municipal Authority