Utility Minutes 3/1/2010

Oconto Utility Commission meeting minutes held on March 1, 2010
“Unapproved”

1.) Call meeting to order by President Rosenfeldt at 5:00 p.m.
2.) Roll Call: Members Present: Dave Rosenfeldt, Ron Filz, Earl Uhl, Al Schreiber, Jim Lacourciere. Others Present: Mayor Nerenhausen & Bob Mommaerts.
3.) Approval of Agenda: Motion by Uhl second by Lacourciere to approve of agenda as presented. 5 ayes. M/C.
4.) Approval of Meeting Minutes from 2/1/2010: Motion by Filz second by Uhl to approve of 2/1/2010 meeting minutes as typed. 5 ayes. M/C.
5.) Public Input: Jim and Earl attended the airport meeting; the airport would take whatever amount of sludge from the city if at all possible. The airport would have to contact the DNR to get the approval.
6.) Correspondence:
6a.) Sewage Hauler gets jail: R.T. Sanitation did not haul anything in 2009.
6b.) Rural Water News 2/4/ & 2/18: “Fix a Leak Week” was interesting. Bob handed out brochures to the committee members. 100-500 cost approximately $34-$37.00. Could hand out at the Middle School, the Science Fair. The Business Expo is coming up is the City having a booth? Bob is talking to Linda on it. Too late to order the brochures and set something up for classroom presentation. Ron will talk to Jeff Wener on the brochures to hand out at the school. Have to make a note for fix a leak week for next year.
6c.) Septic Hauler Comparison: Informational.
7.) Discussion/possible recommendations/updates on the following:
7a.) Hioconto.com Tower Rental Fee: Overdue on the payment; had sent two letters all ready, no reply. Can unplug his service. Hioconto.com customers would be without Internet. Bob will send a letter giving ten days to pay or will disconnect the service @ the water tower.
7b.) December 2009 Revenue Guideline: When reviewed last month the report was not current. Made a big difference when it was brought up to date.
7c.) Two Mag Meter purchases for wells #5& #8 at total cost of $6,000.00: Pumping more water than selling. Each meter is $3,000.00, trying to keep the water loss to a minimum if over 21% the DNR makes the utility go thru a costly leak detection program. Motion by Uhl second by Lacourciere to approve of the purchase of the 2 meg meters for wells #5 & #8 at total cost of $6,000.00. 5 ayes. M/C.
7d.) Approval of Septic Hauler Agreements for 2010: These are yearly agreements. Four out of eight have returned the agreements. Would like the commission to approve of Bob to sign the agreements as the agreements come in. Motion by Lacourciere second by Schreiber to approve of the four signed and returned Septic Hauler agreements for 2010 and to approve of Bob Mommaerts to sign the other Septic Hauler agreements as they come in. 5 ayes. M/C.
7e.) Fencing around 3 wells: Rough cost $40,000. Bob is checking into grant money, if cannot get any grant money cannot afford to do all three at one time, would have to be one a year.
7f.) Bioxide Plus 71: This is a better product than using right now, would have to let the Sanitary Districts know of the change with the cost. Better wear of the lift stations. What is being used now cannot be mixed with the Bioxide Plus 71. Motion by Schreiber second by Lacourciere to approve of Bob Mommaerts to contact the Sanitary Districts on switching to Bioxide Plus 71 with the cost increase. 5 ayes. M/C.
8.) Approval of Accounts payable for February 2010: Motion by Uhl second by Filz to approve of accounts payable for February 2010 in the amount of $102,731.41. 5 ayes. M/C.
9.) Review of Revenue/Expenditure Reports for February 2010: Motion by Filz second by Uhl to approve of Revenue/Expenditure Reports for February 2010 as presented. 5 ayes. M/C.
10.) Approval of Water Samples 5 safe 0 unsafe: Motion by Lacourciere second by Schreiber to approve and place on file the 5 safe 0 unsafe water samples. 5 ayes. M/C.
11.) Next Meeting date & time: April 5, 2010 @ 5:00 p.m.
12.) Adjournment: Motion by Schreiber second by Filz to adjourn at 5:41 p.m. 5 ayes. M/C.

Meeting minutes submitted by:
Julie Galik
Utility Clerk