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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-08-10 SJC 1 SJC MEETING August 10, 2005 Present: Dan Cogan, Chair Bill Gray Mayor Carolyn Peterson Jeff Soule Bob Romanowski Steve Thayer Peter Stein Dan Walker Mary Tomlan Supervisor Steve Trumbull Absent: Supervisor Cathy Valentino Larry Fabbroni Jennifer Dotson Scott Gibson Dan Cogan called the meeting to order at 12:37 PM. Approval of JUNE 8, 2005 – Noted corrections: Carolyn Peterson moved to approve the minutes, Seconded by Mary Tomlan. The following correction was noted: 1) Carolyn Peterson – on page 5 Cathy Valentino’s discussion of a redistribution City grant funds. Cathy Valentino proposed to postpone the discussion until the next meeting. Everyone agreed. the motion passed unanimously. Dan Cogan noted that Cathy Valentino and Jennifer Dotson were not present at the meeting and therefore did not vote. Financial Report Summary – Steve Thayer There is currently $245,000 in excess revenues to date. Steve stated that the July 15th quarterly payment is due and he is waiting for those monies to come in. Revenues look good and expenditures appear to be in line to date. Capital Projects Summary – Expenditures were light. The phosphorous removal project continues to progress. Steve has received the EFC final closeout documents for the revolving funds revenue bonds. Steve will be sending out a summary and a payment schedule in the next couple weeks. The final rate is 2.39% verses true cost of 4%. Peter Stein asked if the decision to add phosphorous removal was voluntary or mandated. 2 Bill Gray stated that phosphorous upgrade was encouraged but it was voluntary. The plant is a significant portion of the phosphorous load. Engineering Report Summary – Bill Gray Bill stated that the industrial pretreatment agreement process has begun. Tertiary phosphorous removal project is proceeding and nearing the point of startup in the next couple of months. They are chasing down a couple contractors but they seem to be on schedule. Crane Hogan stepped in to take over the loss of one of the minority sub-contractors. The Plant to Plant agreements are still being worked on. They were passed by the City and adopted by Common Council. The finished copies need to be signed. The Town of Dryden has not yet adopted the agreement. The engineering collaboration with the Town of the influent monitoring of sewer flows is ongoing. Jeff Soule stated that the flow meter for the Kline Road monitoring station had arrived. Jeff Soule stated that in addition to some of the tie-ins the contractor was working on the overflow line. The electrical contractor is on site. The phosphorous treatment operations are being integrated with the plant operating systems. Some electrical conduits still have to be moved. A meeting has been rescheduled for August 17, 2005 with Pertech, Inc. to discuss the installation of a chlorine residual analyzer which could be wired to the alarm system. Jeff is concerned that the SO 2 system does not have an alarm and will discuss this with Pertech. Bill Gray stated that the plant chlorinates the water to disinfect it as it leaves the plant and then is required to de- chlorinate the water to prevent free chlorine from flowing into the lake. With the upgrade of the plant and the added filtration for phosphorous treatment there is discussion of ultra violet disinfect ion. Operators Report Summary – Jeff Soule Jeff stated that he has not heard from Malcolm Pirnie regarding the sub metering report. Jeff sent out the hauled wastewater policy and permit applications to the haulers. They have until September 1, 2005 to get the completed forms back to the plant. Permits will then be issued. The Haulers Policy should be in place by October 1, 2005. Dan Cogan clarified that the SJC had delegated the authority to sign the contracts to Jeff Soule. There is a sign-off for the City Attorney. Any major changes in the terms of the contract will be brought to the SJC by Jeff. Susan Brock is reviewing the contracts at Jeff’s request. Bill Gray stated that good documentation is necessary. Jeff met with one of Emerson‘s plant managers and an environmental coordinator regarding their administrative compliance order. They failed to report in a timely manner (24 hours). It is now on Emerson’s checklist to contact the wastewater plant. Jeff feels that he may have to advertise the fact that Emerson was not compliant. 3 The NYSERTA grant regarding the anaerobic digester has been put on hold but is still a viable project at this time. Dr Jewel of Cornell University thinks that as long as the plant can handle the solids build up that they should balance out in the long run. The pump should be able to handle 7% solids. The solids are between 3% + 4%. (typical for the plant is 2%). Jeff has some concerns because the digester is not being mixed 24 hours a day. The temperature must be kept at a certain level 95 –100 degrees). The plant is switching over to the new sodium hypochlorite tank this week. There is a temporary line in place. Ferric needs to be put in the tank for the new process. The #3 final tank is out of service. They need a crane to move a 21’ beam. Crane Hogan has offered the use of the crane they will have at the plant. Personnel Issues Summary – Jeff Soule The new Lab Technician will be starting August 29, 2005. David McGeever will be out until at least September 14, 2005. Terry Henry has been receiving chemotherapy treatments but is in good spirits. Operators Report Addition – Jeff Soule Jeff spoke about finding the effluent hypo pump off and the reporting of this as an incident. He had been concerned about a permit violation but the weekly average was met. When he saw the 1266 he feared that we would be over but the 30-day was ok. Bill Gray asked Jeff Soule for a copy of the Malcolm Pirnie – NYSERTA contract. Peter Stein motioned to adjourn the meeting at 1:05. Seconded by Steve Trumbell. All were in favor, the motion passed unanimously. Next Meeting: September 14, 2005, 12:30 p.m.