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Good morning, it's 9 a.m. and I would like to call this meeting to order if you would please stand and join us for the pledge of allegiance.

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the flag,

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and to the republic for which it stands. One more issue, we're not invisible, we're the result of justice for all.

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Thank you.

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Roll call, please.

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You're a Milton of absence, that's friend of absence, and it's an absence for Ablaco.

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Good light.

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Here.

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And then you're the man of that.

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It is still 9 a.m.

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And I would like to open the first public comment.

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If anyone has any comments to start our meeting.

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Seeing none.

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It's 9 a.m.

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I'd like to close the first public comment, a approval of the agenda modifications.

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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have one additional handout. It should be in front of you to

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add to the contract, heading for approval under 9B, regular and emergency excavation.

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Thank you, anything else?

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We look for a motion.

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I'll move to approve the agenda as amended.

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Support. We have a motion and support discussion.

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All in favor, please say aye.

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Aye. Opposed? Thank you. Moving on to reports. Six A, page six, SDF reports.

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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Very briefly. I'll note that total gallons and revenue are below what we had expected for August at the SDF.

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I'm not certain of any cause or if it's random in the nature, but it's something we'll monitor going forward into September and October.

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And then I would like to recognize Mark Huggard at Jacob's providing an update on the STF Master Planning Project.

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Thank you.

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Morning, Mark.

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Good morning.

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Mark Huggard with Jacob's engineering.

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All right.

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I'm going to give an update here on the where we're at with the capacity study.

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I'm sorry, not capacity study.

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Master Plassey.

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I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend.

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I, we had a great weekend with a family and then of course this week my daughter turned 16 and gets her license, so that quickly ended with that.

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So you've been warned.

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She'll do all right, I think.

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So with me today, I do have Amber Naya, regional engineer. Amber was very,

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the technical questions she'd be here to assist with those.

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Who reviewed the assumptions and methods used to develop this computer

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models and the 20 year Influent Design Basics and give a quick overview on the updated

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schedule of completion.

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Sorry I have to read for my notes because I have a computer update that's blocking my notes

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on my computer so they're with me.

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All right, so, brief, oops, what happened there, there we go.

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Brief recap on the background of the study and its objectives, I've seen all this

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up to the facility, it's had its, it has some significant capital needs approaching, current

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and approaching, and has it had a history of structural deficiencies of law, this process

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efficiencies and which is kind of led to where we're at with performing the Master Plan

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study.

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The Master Plan Study project goals were to evaluate the current self-destroying

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facility. So what is needed soon? We look at what is going to be needed for the next 20 years.

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screening, available technologies for treatment process improvements,

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valuing new facility alternatives, and providing cost estimates and recommendations.

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The project team has been building a digital model to use as the basis for alternative evaluation.

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So, the task one was a scenario planning,

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Influent design basis assumptions and methods were part of that task and figuring out what

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those design basis is going to be.

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The model is a dynamic model that uses a software, modeling software called Sumo.

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The model encompasses the whole plant, so as you can see in the process flow diagram,

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that's actually a photo from the model itself, showing the processes.

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The model or the inputs into the model include things like the infant characteristics, flow rates, tank volumes, operating parameters, like air flow rates or dissolved oxygen set points, thickening process, capture rates, things like that.

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Outputs from the model include things like the effluent quality, solids production, operating conditions like pollutant and nutrient concentrations that each stage throughout the treatment processes,

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and then airflow and dissolved oxygen, whichever one wasn't specified as an input.

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And here, the commercial residential set that's holding tank, increased projected is based

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on transinseptic tank and holding tank, permits from 2008 to 2025, flows from holding tank

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was estimated using winter per capita, a portable water demand of 49.89 gallons per day in

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occupancy rate of 2.6% per household,

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it's important to understand the holding tank waste

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and septic tank waste are completely different characteristics, holding tank waste contains

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everything that comes out from the house, it doesn't lead to a drain field, it's all contained,

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once that tank's full is pumped and brought, that waste is typically a lot, or is a lot less

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a week of strength of waste, but it also produces a lot more volume because you're pumping

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more frequently all that water.

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Sceptic is a accumulation of solids in the higher strength waste.

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Your water is volume is passed down through your drain field that the residents and the

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sceptic is built up over time and then pump every so many years and brought to the plant.

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use and were spread across the year.

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flows from the septic tanks where estimated based on the typical tank volumes and pumping frequencies

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and we're seeing their rivets of sodium.

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And the summer sees another April through November.

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This slide presents a preliminary 20-year design

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projections, which show total flow more than tripling over that period. See, have the annual average,

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the maximum monthly, and maximum daily. Current conditions for septage and holding tanks, grease, oil,

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and grease, and then brewery, and winery waste, which we would recall special, special waste.

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That is, you can see that the annual average in the 20-year design is more than triples for

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sub to Jan holding tanks, both at all three categories.

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The increases from new holding tanks, most of the projected increases from the new holding

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tanks rather than septic tanks, although fewer holding tanks permits are issued each

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compared with septic tank permits. Each holding tank contributes substantially more flow.

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It is important for me to note that this is a preliminary projections are right now.

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I know Noah is going to supply or has supplied some more data that we'll look at to

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more firm up these projections.

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The team will further evaluate that information that Noah has provided.

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And, well, the new holding take installations are likely to continue to follow that trend,

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And as far as schedule, you can see the update is scheduled for the first three tasks,

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test, one scenario planning, which is this current in progress.

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Facility evaluation is in progress.

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And then the new septus treatment facility evaluation is also in progress.

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Those are expected to be wrapped up by October 2nd.

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Project findings, so a giraffe technical memo would be provided October 23rd, and brought to board meeting November 12th, and then a final technical memo on November 20th.

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Project management portion of the project task five would be completed then November 20th.

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Are there any questions on any little slides?

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The information.

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Okay, thank you.

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Sorry for bearing with me flipping through pages.

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Thanks, Mark.

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you're welcome.

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Moving on. Next item.

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Let's see here our operating report. Anybody have questions,

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comments on the Jacob's operating report?

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No, anything to add? Nothing to add? Mark, anything.

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The, since last report, the older system fan has had some issues and we are evaluating that

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and figuring out what needs to be done for repair, but basically one of the one of the mounting

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brackets is broker-failed and cause that unit to kind of go off tilt and mess up the alignment

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of that shaft of that lower, which in turn causes up the bearings.

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So we are looking at the repair options on that and we'll get that taken care of as soon

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as possible.

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It is in service currently, we're going to keep it running as long as it will to keep

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those orders down. Core screen rebuilds. We have not a scope to rebuild the two unloading

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bay core screens. We have received all the equipment for that and we have it scheduled

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currently for December. When flows decrease and we have the staff availability to complete

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those. The current screens are both in service.

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Questions?

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Thank you.

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Thanks, Mark.

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Art CWSRF update.

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I hurt.

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Hi.

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Good morning.

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Art and trigger director utilities for the city.

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Just a few things to update you with this large scale project at the wastewater treatment

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plant.

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The UV channel is in full swing, replacing that.

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The bypass was put in functioning fully within the last two weeks.

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A lot of pipes laying on the ground, pumps, and kind of tight getting through there.

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Now in their demoing, the actual UV channel, the existing channel,

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a lot of concrete removal going on currently there.

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It was projected to be about two months before we had the new UV channel

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and new UV system in place.

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So, the bypass routes the water instead of going through the old UV channel, it's going through a skid or like a large tank that's sitting off to the side that has UV bulbs in it and that's treating the water as it goes by and then it goes back into the pipe that goes to the river.

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So it's a temporary bypass going through that temporary UB channel or I would say tank on site.

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Currently, they're also demoing the north primary tanks.

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So we had those four on the north, they're long and rectangular and four on the south.

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All the flow is going through the south primary tanks right now.

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And then as it leaves the salt primaries,

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that flow is all going through brand new piping

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that we put in the last half a year.

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So we're using some of the infrastructure

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we've already put in for this staging process.

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So the large demo on the north side

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is a lot of concrete removal as well.

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And, you know, Jacob's been very helpful through this whole process.

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They cleaned out those tanks before they're being demoed,

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but there's still like a higher odor going on during this phase of the project.

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So I just want to make you aware of that.

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Other than that, that's about all I have for an update.

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If you have any questions, questions for it?

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Thanks, Art. Welcome. Thank you,

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engineer of record. Jennifer, you want to start us?

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Morning, everyone. Jennifer, Graham, Gordon Frazier.

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Punctual is usual.

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You guys have in your packet our report for September 3rd, a few items to note.

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But don't feel tank, the two inspections, the results have been provided to DPW and transfer.

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And to Eagle, we've discussed the results with DPW staff, also Township staff, and so integrating that into Garfield Township's capital improvement plan,

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because one of the tanks does need to be an area focus for some improvements while rehabilitation. Peninsula Township, your tank, cleaning and inspections have been coordinated for in November when we have less flow.

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And so that Dixon is coordinating with DPW staff accordingly.

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And then East Bay tanks, the cleanings for those three,

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have been complete and I've reached out to Dixon for quotes,

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and I anticipate probably your next meeting.

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If to have those results back and hopefully we can get that squeezed in this fall

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as well, when we have better weather conditions and flow demands.

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I'm also working on, there's some action items on the Sanitary Suicide

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for a peninsula township that Eagles looking for related to just the water reliability study,

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asset management, things of that nature.

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So I have reached out to Eagle just to get some clarification on a couple items because

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DBW had requested ISIS with that.

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South Airport, it's just kind of like Voldemort, something we just don't say for anybody that,

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you know, little Harry Potter.

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The township though, last recent township board meeting has approved Gordy Fraser's contract

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to go through and replace that force main for anybody in the public that's just reading

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some of the comments and concerns it's not a temporary, that force main replacement for

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any misnomer that anyone has. It's a brand new force main, up-sized long-term, directly drilled.

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I think there's just some confusion out there that I just noticed, but it gets convoluted with the road itself.

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So, but the townships have proved that and then the same with cast and self-their port of getting rid of all that vitrivide clay and slept lining so that we don't have to talk about self-their port sewer for a very, very long time.

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But with that, there was some very good discussion that relevant to this board as far as,

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just making, I guess, lemonade out of lemons of, you know, re-assessing sanitary sewer flows,

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conditions of sewer flows, and so I really appreciated that conversation because it has

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been something that I've had discussion with DPW staff, you know, townships, and, you know,

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so that we can be in a position to be more proactive in many of you are probably aware,

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and because Gordy Fraser recently we invested in televising equipment and oftentimes that's

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something that gets consulted out to someone such as plumbers or GFL.

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And so we've just purchased that.

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I know the city has a very similar unit,

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but just to provide that service on behalf of DPW Township

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from locality and a cost perspective

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coupled with flow monitoring.

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I mean, the two kind of blend together

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as far as asset inventory and management

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to just have that added technology.

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And so something else I just want to mention to the other Township

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as we start, seeing some of our infrastructure

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have just more load demands from vehicles or flows.

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You know, water main brakes are one thing,

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but nobody likes to hear about sewer brakes as much.

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So now I really appreciated the conversation, Mr. Supervisor.

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So with that, other things, I mean a lot of utility reviews,

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working through some clothes out, the one on Herkner Road

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and Garfield Township is one that I've been working with DPW staff on specifically because

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they're on kind of a fast track.

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To work through close-out process, I think, holiday forest is another one that's kind

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of challenging with us in East Bay Township, but no, it's no shortage of work for anybody.

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So, any questions this board has for me?

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I appreciate your time.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Jennifer.

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Lucas, what do you have for us?

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Good morning.

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Lucas Richardson, a Spice Group.

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Just a couple of things.

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We only have two projects going on for the DPW here.

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The first we met with technical subcommittee.

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About a month ago, now I think it was.

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And we've been coordinating internally to get our subject matter experts to review those specifications for that meeting.

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know I wanted us to review that from kind of an opinion standpoint just because we're the only firm that

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is reviewing those that hasn't done any work for any of the townships.

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So we're going through that and I think our next subcommittee meeting is sometime in October.

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And then the other thing is rolling out the GIS map for the DPW crew and then Sam from our

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I, geospatial group, he met with the DPW guys and it's some training and got all their devices

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set up and I think there's a little bit of a heartburn for learning a new program and I think

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it's actually a little bit challenging to do on your phone with a lot of the Android devices

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which I'm learning from Sam, so we might have to explore recommending like tablets or iPads

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or something like that in the future to make that go a little bit easier.

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But we've been working with the crews I'm at and then we're working to set up a training

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with the like a supplier that had the locating equipment that the DPW bought to just make

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sure that we're streamlined and we're not going to have this investment and then go to waste

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and make sure the guys buy into it there at the garage.

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And we have the Mystic GIS map live that we're going to be setting up a meeting to go over with Kent and his crew.

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Right now that map populates the Mystic software, polygons directly into the map that we have set up.

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So that way they don't have to go to two different maps to find that information.

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So that's automatic.

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But that's all I have.

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And then later on in the agenda, I think we're going to talk about the asset management items

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of any questions.

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Questions, Rouges?

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Thank you.

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Shop manager, Kent?

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Good morning.

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You're a little tired of saying this, but it's been interesting month.

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Lots of fun things going on.

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As you guys probably are aware of, there's a force main issue on South Airport.

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on that note, I will say that I think as far as what it was we responded and took care of the issue as quickly as anyone could.

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So I think it was a bad situation that was handled well.

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Another leak that kind of has been passed over because it didn't really matter overall.

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There was a leak at Ridge 45 or a service leak and it was just a small service.

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Lastly, which was repaired. We also upgraded, peninsula one sewer pump station for the PLC and all the electrical components surrounding that.

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L with three, we upgraded and Garfield 10 sewer pump station, which is one out at the crown.

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And the last thing I'm going to mention is a six hundred eighty-seven mystic tickets in August.

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They'll work, read it in August, and that is still a large number.

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Any questions, anything I talked about?

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Questions for intent?

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Thank you for handling everything with the airport road.

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during member comments, I was going to say that, but Noah and Kent and everybody that was involved

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with that. That was a tough situation, you guys did an amazing job on it, so we appreciate it.

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Thank you.

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Thanks.

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Directors report.

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Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. To start my report through Council, we issued a demand letter to

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Doug's Underground for the La Franier Strike, I understand that they received that letter,

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and they will be responding in due time.

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For walk a lot, the updates I have for Peninsula Township

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is that we have hands delivered notices to the two impact residents

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where we are replacing the service lead.

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Kent is reviewing a scope to assign to Matt's underground.

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We lost a couple of weeks on this project,

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responding to other emergencies, but we are moving forward with it.

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I don't have an update on the Greyhawk PRB abandonment,

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But we do want to keep tracking that for you for safe routes to school, project, and East Bay, the hydrant valve replacement was completed and successfully coordinated before the school year, so that work is complete.

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I don't have any further cyber security updates, but I will pass line, but we still have no known issues from the PLC vulnerability.

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You received a good mistake update through our engineer.

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Our office move, we are currently working out of the public service building conference rooms

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while we are getting new carpet in the office. So we're a little limited by a lack of physical

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access to files, but we don't anticipate a major or ongoing disruption to DPW business.

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Tax roll certification is coming to the agenda in October. We currently have 116 accounts

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across the townships for a owed amount of 45,559 dollars. Hopefully that will come down some

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before next meeting where we ask it to certify those accounts for collection. I'm sorry

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for assignment to tax roles. And also coming in the October agenda, we will have a substitute

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treatment facility rate increase from the previous year's work by Don Laundead UFS. I believe we

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asking for a 5% increase, but that will be on the agenda and that will be at the topic for discussion then.

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At that time, I'll also be bringing a re-inspection fee for the cross-connection control program.

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We had some discussion at the board level several months ago about assigning a re-inspection fee for commercial accounts if they fail the initial inspection.

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Our insurance policy renewal is in progress.

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I had an initial meeting with our MMRMA rep.

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I may have that for the agenda next month.

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Then regarding items in your packet, I have general correspondence regarding a request

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for a planning level review and element township.

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I have a master meter update for August, which shows Garfield township uses on decline

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as we'd expect for this time of year.

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There is a power issue to the deduct meter at Fairlane.

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It's been resolved, but that debit is not known for the month.

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It's usually on the order of 100, 150,000 gallons per month.

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The STF budget amendment tracking position that we're tracking the amendments we only want to make once this year.

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It's improved to $96,000 and some change that's down from $120,000 in the previous month.

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And then the set-aged treatment facility wastes by civil origin for August 2026 versus 2025,

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is shown, congratulations to you, Peninsula Township, Clean Sweep, Winning, all three categories.

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There are any questions on the report. Questions, Renella?

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Thank you.

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Board member reports.

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Hey Joe, what's going on in Garfield?

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Not a thing.

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I hope we can go ahead.

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Well, Garfield.

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Obviously things are pretty public.

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We have a little bit of a sewer main break on.

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It's out there.

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We're working through that.

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So now we learned, we learned several things.

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Number one, we learned that the sewer main material

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was some, I think, quoting the expert,

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But veteran pipe fitter, he's never seen that material used in a sewer main for a

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former main before.

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So that's always a good sign when you have material that's never been used before, an odd

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size, the 1974 drawings don't match what's there in size or material.

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So we're not sure what was happening in the 70s, but there was probably some illicit drugs

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involved at some point, and that may be why those records aren't very accurate.

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Outside of that, we also learned that force main was only four and a half feet under the road.

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So that's what really caused the issue.

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You know, when that sewer main was put in, the road wasn't there.

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It was in a green space when the second two lanes of the road were added.

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It was put on top of the road.

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They took two feet, about roughly two feet of the cover off, put a road on it.

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And then with the increased traffic, we just think that that just literally squashed that more

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so-and-many broke out.

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So we have a plan and plays, we're working out a plan and proved it the other way

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to our board meeting to replace that with a bigger pipe and much further underground.

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And so that's where we're moving forward with that.

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So that's the biggest news I guess in Garfield.

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So a lot of reasons that happen, we're not hard to figure out why it happened.

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now, we just have to get it fixed. And there's probably, you know, if it's 600 feet

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of the road that we may have to have a replacement, because there was, you know,

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we prepared the patch area, but there's some area that road that we'll have to do before

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winter to make sure that doesn't come apart this winter too. But we're trying to wait

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to do that until we get the sewer main replace because we don't want to put a new road in

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there and have another section of this old bike break and have the same thing over again.

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So we're looking at it.

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That's enough.

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Questions?

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Laura?

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It's always sunny in Peninsula Township.

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Things are going well out there.

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I just wanted to say that.

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I'm sitting on this board and working with the Department of Public Works has just been a joy compared to all the other entities out there that I crossed that we crossed past was. This one, this group has just been great to work with. The clear communication and openness and responsiveness. And we very much appreciate it out in Prince La Township.

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Up.

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There it is.

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I had a well-attended board meeting last night.

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I think the highlight of the meeting was that collaboration and partnership with Fife Lake

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Township to partner with Kings area schools to make sure they have a school resource officer.

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So that three-way collaboration will start at the getting a school year, so it's starting

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a couple of weeks ago.

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Good news on that, and then, Noah, thank you again for you and your team for all you

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do.

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And then I love the communications of keeping the board a prize

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of what's going on, and so we catch it a little bit

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before the news does, just to keep us posted.

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It's greatly appreciated.

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Thank you.

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Well, our things enact me.

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How are things enact me?

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Is there anything fairly quiet right now?

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So I imagine a sewer main will break for us, but no, things are fairly

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quite the project between us and East Bay with the forced men as they're telling us is running

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right on schedule and which is surprising to me because it doesn't seem like any ever does.

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And the horse shows us on their last month or half months and they'll be settling up and

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head and south so things will quiet down out there.

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By settling up, you mean the horses will be getting under jets.

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They're special.

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Well, there's actually a lot of them on semi-trailers.

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Yeah.

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Crazy.

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And how about in the city Benjamin?

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Things are good.

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One thing that I thought I would share that's maybe pertinent to the masses is because, of course,

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arts team provides a lot of valuable services as well as all of the city departments.

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And we, in the next two to three years, have a third of our workforce that's eligible for retirement.

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And so we're going to start seeing the most significant number of retirements that I think our organization

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is probably ever seen just due to the unique sort of, enough you want to call it a store and we're happiness.

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It's a bittersweet thing of the fact of the age of our workforce in the years of service.

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And we have over 200 full-time employees about $30 million a year in payroll across all of our funds.

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So it's significant, and so the reason I'm bringing this up is on Monday at our City Commission

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meeting, I'm going to be over viewing our future workforce strategy, and we're going

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to be issuing an RFP for consulting services to basically help us look through a strategic

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lens on how to prepare ourselves for this, and that includes through a Trishon realignment

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as may be appropriate, making sure we've got the right benefit mix for future

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hires.

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I've been emphasizing for the employees that there's no intention to really create

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any major changes to existing employee benefits, but perhaps even looking at

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things like our pension benefit for future employees and is that something that's

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really attractive to them or is it more, you know, a portable option, like a 401

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there for 57. All those sorts of things and just creating internal career development opportunities

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growing leadership within our organization, which is good for employee morale and those sorts

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of things, but also the reality that cost of housing and the employment market, just make

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recruitment and retention just more and more challenging. So we're committed to making sure

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that we're prepared for the future and that departments like Department of Municipal Utilities

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our employees for success through this retirement way that we see coming. So that's just one of the

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things I thought I mentioned.

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And welcome Beth. How are you? Good, how are things in East Bay?

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Good. We're glad to hear the project is so far on time and on target and just looking actually

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projects to come with specifically sewer in the area. So we're taking a page from Garfield

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Township with all of the issues you know people when they get frustrated when they hear

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break after break after break but what they don't realize is all of us are dealing with aging

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infrastructure and you know we've got to have those plans to do them and I know Garfield's well

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on their way of doing that, and we are in Will too, so just trying to make sure that we

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keep the stuff flowing, right?

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Elmwood, we have lots going on. If you've driven out there, you've seen the $30 million

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fresh water research and innovation center that's being built. I get a hard hat tour this afternoon

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of what's going on over there. And that will be done by the end of next year. So they'll be hooked

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up to sewer and water. And we've been seeing plans for marinas and all sorts of things out

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there. So lots going on.

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Coach, I'm one of everything.

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So T.C. is hosting the Michigan Municipal League Annual Conference next month. And I've

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from them, that they intend to host it here every other year,

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because it's such a popular location, which

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has its pluses and minuses.

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Anyway, I'll be missing the board meeting next month

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because I'm going to be convening some sessions

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and attending things, so I shouldn't be here for that reason.

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You're exactly the toasting it.

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Oh, yeah.

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You were hosting a recipe, but I'm sorry.

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All right.

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I didn't mean to steal your food.

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I didn't steal your food.

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I didn't steal your food.

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You know MTA, same thing like the last two years they're there because I think they gave

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them some great rates for booking it out so long.

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And all the attendance from around the state like to come to the area.

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Right.

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Well, almost not hosting.

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Just saying.

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So nothing is a threshold or something.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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If I can just one other thing like from East Face Perspective in particular mine and this

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They don't even know I'm going to say this, but the communication and the attentiveness and level of detail to issues from Noah and Kent has just been terrific and so much appreciate it

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And I know they get a lot of support from their staff too, so it's not just them, but yeah, I just wanted to mention that to you guys

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Yeah, it is. Thank you

454
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Greatly appreciated. So item 7, consent calendar.

455
00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:10,440
for the August 13th, 2026 meeting minutes, 17 invoices from the City of Traversity, one

456
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:15,460
invoice from Foster Swift, two from Jacob's, two from Spicer Group, and six from

457
00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:16,080
Corey Grager.

458
00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:22,460
Thank you, any member of the public that would like anything removed in place elsewhere

459
00:38:22,460 --> 00:38:28,240
on the agenda, any member of staff or any board member.

460
00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:31,240
If not, I would look for a motion.

461
00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:34,260
I'll move to approve the consent calendar as presented.

462
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:34,880
Support.

463
00:38:35,260 --> 00:38:37,820
We have a motion and support any discussion.

464
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,220
Roll call vote, please.

465
00:38:42,460 --> 00:38:43,200
Benjamin Merentep.

466
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:43,620
Yes.

467
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:44,460
More Sanders.

468
00:38:45,220 --> 00:38:45,640
That's friend.

469
00:38:46,260 --> 00:38:46,640
Doug White.

470
00:38:48,260 --> 00:38:48,440
Yes.

471
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:48,680
Yes.

472
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:53,560
Thank you.

473
00:38:55,610 --> 00:39:00,310
Moving on to item eight unfinished business authority governance.

474
00:39:01,510 --> 00:39:02,350
Thank you.

475
00:39:02,350 --> 00:39:06,990
I've been invited by county administration to assist in reviewing the county's purchasing

476
00:39:06,990 --> 00:39:11,550
procurement policy. I wanted to thank Mr. Chris Forsyth at Deputy County Administrative

477
00:39:11,550 --> 00:39:17,230
for taking up the leadership on this. The purchasing policy is one of several policies that

478
00:39:17,230 --> 00:39:21,270
has not been thoroughly reviewed and revised at the county level in some time.

479
00:39:22,310 --> 00:39:32,330
So in your packet is the draft procurement purchasing policy that once of the Board of

480
00:39:32,330 --> 00:39:38,810
CRC was established by the board for the role of systematically reviewing and updating policies.

481
00:39:39,990 --> 00:39:50,010
This draft was version one of several future versions and it's a policy very much in process with ongoing review by the county and its department heads.

482
00:39:51,850 --> 00:39:54,450
I'd characterize the discussions I had with Mr. Forsyth.

483
00:39:55,050 --> 00:40:00,090
There's great initial discussions on how to accommodate the BPW and DPW concerns.

484
00:40:00,090 --> 00:40:05,470
While still creating a policy that covers 80% of what the rest of the county does in its

485
00:40:05,470 --> 00:40:13,630
day-to-day operations, I've come into those conversations openly saying that my role

486
00:40:13,630 --> 00:40:18,970
is to wear two hats, the first is as a county employee trying to make the county policy

487
00:40:18,970 --> 00:40:20,430
the best that it can be.

488
00:40:21,050 --> 00:40:27,270
But then the second hat is to openly push a DPW-friendly agenda, and that agenda is for increased

489
00:40:27,270 --> 00:40:29,330
spending limits and increased authority.

490
00:40:30,370 --> 00:40:32,610
And a lot of what Mr. Forsythe and I are working on

491
00:40:32,610 --> 00:40:35,650
is walking through sort of real world scenarios

492
00:40:35,650 --> 00:40:38,270
that have happened in the DPW and could happen

493
00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:43,350
and how those purchases could be expedited under the policy.

494
00:40:45,930 --> 00:40:48,530
The other part that we work on is carving out

495
00:40:48,530 --> 00:40:50,650
how we're going to carve out the exemption processes

496
00:40:50,650 --> 00:40:52,050
for the DPW.

497
00:40:52,210 --> 00:40:55,810
If you think about the DPW, the budget is one quarter

498
00:40:55,810 --> 00:40:58,110
of what the county is as a whole.

499
00:40:58,850 --> 00:41:02,850
So what works for a D.P.W. might not work

500
00:41:02,850 --> 00:41:05,690
for a smaller department in the county.

501
00:41:09,740 --> 00:41:12,240
So the reality is that we can only make this policy.

502
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:14,240
Or I can only make this policy the best

503
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:17,360
that it can be within the framework of the county.

504
00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:21,620
There will likely be a need to utilize exemptions

505
00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:23,720
that are based on the scenarios, Mr. Forsyte,

506
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:24,740
and I have been discussing.

507
00:41:24,740 --> 00:41:30,840
So, I think that an MOU between the board and the county would be inevitable under this policy,

508
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:34,220
but I don't see that as a bad thing through the policy.

509
00:41:34,380 --> 00:41:41,500
I'm hoping to sort of ease the path for that future discussion for assuming there's support

510
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:47,720
of the VPW what spending limits and what the approval authority of the VPW director should be versus

511
00:41:47,720 --> 00:41:54,600
the board, especially as it comes out of a township authorized fund, one of my thoughts is that

512
00:41:55,360 --> 00:42:01,640
For township level funds, Director could have a spending authority subject to verbal approval

513
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:09,180
from township supervisor from a relevant fund as well. Other than that, the other item regarding

514
00:42:09,180 --> 00:42:16,140
governance following up on the Small Group Board of Commissioner, Board of Public Works

515
00:42:16,140 --> 00:42:23,020
Small Group Meetings, we met on August 11th, and my recollection from that meeting is that

516
00:42:23,020 --> 00:42:29,720
The BOC small group would discuss the received resolution 100-87 marked up with a full board

517
00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:34,740
of commissioners, either before or after a meeting between BPW and BOC Council.

518
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:39,300
I haven't seen that on the agenda yet, I haven't heard back from our council yet, so

519
00:42:39,300 --> 00:42:41,840
I don't have any further updates on that process.

520
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,980
Can I ask you a question on the purchasing policy?

521
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:55,140
So, are you saying that the purchasing policy through an MOU, we would have allowed deviations

522
00:42:55,140 --> 00:42:56,660
from the purchasing policy?

523
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:57,580
Yes.

524
00:42:57,900 --> 00:43:00,940
I just wanted to make sure I kind of heard that.

525
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:01,020
Yeah.

526
00:43:01,180 --> 00:43:02,320
Subred between the lines there.

527
00:43:02,460 --> 00:43:07,960
That is what I'm pushing for, and to have that policy sort of set the stages to make

528
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:11,260
it as easy as possible for the BPW to facilitate that.

529
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:15,620
Other questions?

530
00:43:18,060 --> 00:43:19,380
DPW shop staffing.

531
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,800
Okay, so our staff member who's currently out on scheduled medical leave is due back the

532
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:26,920
middle of this month.

533
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:31,680
We still have one new higher scheduled to arrive in October from the Dakotas.

534
00:43:32,220 --> 00:43:36,500
We have interest in position and offer letters out.

535
00:43:36,540 --> 00:43:38,840
I don't believe it's been accepted yet.

536
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,360
The applicant has expressed concerns over the salary.

537
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:47,600
If that does land, if the person from the Dakotas does land, that does put

538
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:57,660
That's at a potential full boat, but we've been in that position before and haven't been able to hold on to higher, so I am still in a wait and see position.

539
00:44:00,390 --> 00:44:02,350
That is my assumption as well.

540
00:44:03,290 --> 00:44:05,290
Can I be hard to match their funds?

541
00:44:06,630 --> 00:44:07,730
Vulcan shale, right?

542
00:44:11,610 --> 00:44:14,510
Approval of the close session minutes.

543
00:44:15,250 --> 00:44:20,690
Okay, Trisha will be handing out hard copy for your review and motion as you see fit.

544
00:44:20,690 --> 00:44:21,190
I

545
00:44:33,830 --> 00:44:38,650
moved to approve the met closed session minutes of the August 13th, 2026 closed session.

546
00:44:38,670 --> 00:44:39,110
It's a point.

547
00:44:41,420 --> 00:44:43,020
Motion and Sport, any discussion?

548
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:43,700
Yep.

549
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:44,200
Yeah.

550
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:44,860
Grab.

551
00:44:45,140 --> 00:44:45,400
Please.

552
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,100
There's a 11.05 PM.

553
00:44:48,700 --> 00:44:49,180
No, yeah.

554
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,520
It was a long closed session, but I hope you don't remember if you could.

555
00:44:54,140 --> 00:44:54,260
Yeah.

556
00:44:58,180 --> 00:44:59,840
Did you want to modify your motion?

557
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:08,040
I'll move to approve the closed session minutes with the clarification that the meeting concluded at 11.05 a.m.

558
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:10,360
And are you good with that?

559
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:10,980
Was it best?

560
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:12,680
Are you good with that?

561
00:45:13,420 --> 00:45:13,500
Okay.

562
00:45:15,380 --> 00:45:16,240
Any other discussion?

563
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,860
All in favor, please say aye.

564
00:45:20,940 --> 00:45:21,480
Aye.

565
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:22,360
Opposed?

566
00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:26,360
I don't think we need a roll call for that, right?

567
00:45:27,020 --> 00:45:27,500
We're good.

568
00:45:32,620 --> 00:45:33,160
Want me to?

569
00:45:39,470 --> 00:45:39,790
I did.

570
00:45:44,910 --> 00:45:47,690
Item V 2027 budget.

571
00:45:49,780 --> 00:45:55,460
I appreciate the board's trust and the DPU for our DPW regarding the 2027 budget.

572
00:45:55,700 --> 00:46:01,180
I have not received any substantive comments from our initial presentation made at the previous meeting.

573
00:46:01,740 --> 00:46:03,940
However, in response to the airport and park,

574
00:46:04,460 --> 00:46:09,460
sanitary sewer overflow events, I have made one change to the DPW operating budget,

575
00:46:09,460 --> 00:46:11,400
and I'm going to discuss that here.

576
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:19,100
The budgets for your adoption are on pages 107-108 and 109 of your packet.

577
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:27,560
On page 1010 of your packet is the change reflecting a $75,000 increase to the

578
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:29,540
township sewer fund.

579
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:35,900
And I've also reflected the changes to the 2027 township sewer fund balances.

580
00:46:35,900 --> 00:46:42,600
these range from a 0.7 to a 1.2% increase over those amounts in the August presentation.

581
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:48,680
I've identified this amount to fund a submersible pump in a trailer-mounted generator.

582
00:46:49,780 --> 00:46:55,000
The issue we found is that our existing bypass pump is struggling to provide enough suction for

583
00:46:55,000 --> 00:47:01,680
several wet wells. Basically to distill the reason for this is it's easier to push water up a hill

584
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,880
and pull water up the hill.

585
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:10,100
This issue did not contribute to the SSO events at Airport and Park.

586
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:15,280
We had GFL onsite with their back on, that was able to take the piece of our equipment

587
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:20,680
that couldn't provide enough suction, but this is a liability in the future so we would

588
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:23,260
like to rectify it with this equipment purchase.

589
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:29,160
So with that being said, I'm happy to answer any questions on the budget change.

590
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:37,180
I'm Kansas here. You can answer any more technical questions on the piece of equipment. Other than that, the motion that I'm requesting is in your packet.

591
00:47:39,260 --> 00:47:39,820
Questions?

592
00:47:48,660 --> 00:47:50,080
Look for that motion.

593
00:47:53,380 --> 00:47:55,920
Move to a private time 27 budget with changes.

594
00:47:58,550 --> 00:47:58,830
Second.

595
00:47:59,130 --> 00:48:00,070
Thank you.

596
00:48:00,330 --> 00:48:01,170
Motion support.

597
00:48:02,030 --> 00:48:04,130
Any discussion or questions on it?

598
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:08,520
All in favor, please say aye.

599
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:09,060
Aye.

600
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:09,860
Opposed.

601
00:48:10,540 --> 00:48:11,260
Thank you.

602
00:48:17,630 --> 00:48:18,190
9A.

603
00:48:18,650 --> 00:48:19,270
New Business.

604
00:48:19,570 --> 00:48:20,130
HydroCorp.

605
00:48:20,130 --> 00:48:26,370
Okay. In your packet is the final negotiated contract with HydroCorp for field inspections

606
00:48:26,370 --> 00:48:31,790
for the Cross-Connection Control Program. HydroCorpos are a solar respondence. We believe

607
00:48:31,790 --> 00:48:38,290
they're fully capable to perform this work. We're excited to get to work with them on

608
00:48:38,290 --> 00:48:41,690
this and the motion is in your packet for approval.

609
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:00,640
I need to discuss. It'll be as I need to discuss and then make a motion to approve the contract

610
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:04,100
with Hector Corp for Cross Connection Control Program, field inspection.

611
00:49:06,060 --> 00:49:09,820
We have a motion and support, now any discussion, anybody?

612
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:14,400
All in favor, please say aye.

613
00:49:14,940 --> 00:49:15,080
Aye.

614
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:15,980
Opposed?

615
00:49:16,700 --> 00:49:17,420
Thank you.

616
00:49:17,700 --> 00:49:18,480
Item B.

617
00:49:19,700 --> 00:49:19,820
Okay.

618
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:25,580
In your packet and including the handout, our three contracts, respectively, with team

619
00:49:25,580 --> 00:49:31,780
Elmer's, bash, and mats underground, this is the item we competed twice, didn't generate

620
00:49:31,780 --> 00:49:37,080
response we went through the effort of documenting a failed procurement and then we entered into

621
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:45,800
negotiation with three firms all which we've worked for before. We've negotiated these three contracts

622
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:52,680
for three years of regular and emergency excavation services. So the goal along with an updated

623
00:49:52,680 --> 00:50:02,100
procurement policy is to provide much more cost-effective and timely response to two services

624
00:50:02,100 --> 00:50:04,300
and compliance with all applicable rules.

625
00:50:04,580 --> 00:50:10,160
I wanted to apologize for the condition of the team, Elmer's contract, who are just negotiating

626
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:11,600
some last minute changes.

627
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:16,580
The copy that we received this morning is the tracked changes version.

628
00:50:17,340 --> 00:50:23,220
We are, I wanted to bring that forward, just not to let it linger for a month, but we will

629
00:50:23,220 --> 00:50:28,740
have a cleaned up copy that will match the change track changes to file with the clerk,

630
00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,540
but I would like to bring it forward for approval now with the script of contracts.

631
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:35,360
Questions?

632
00:50:37,780 --> 00:50:39,680
I'll move to approve the contracts as presented.

633
00:50:43,540 --> 00:50:43,540
Support?

634
00:50:43,540 --> 00:50:47,520
We have a motion and support any discussion,

635
00:50:51,470 --> 00:50:53,110
all in favor, please say aye.

636
00:50:53,130 --> 00:50:53,590
Aye.

637
00:50:53,910 --> 00:50:54,450
Opposed?

638
00:50:55,910 --> 00:50:56,810
Thank you.

639
00:50:58,980 --> 00:51:00,680
Item C, request for interest.

640
00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:02,340
Okay.

641
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:04,240
So my apologies in advance.

642
00:51:04,780 --> 00:51:10,010
I'm going to be a little bit chat about this one, but there are good reasons for it.

643
00:51:10,190 --> 00:51:14,250
So in your packet, are a number of documents to support this discussion item?

644
00:51:14,250 --> 00:51:20,150
The first three are really just the RFI that I issued and responses from GFA and Spicer.

645
00:51:20,390 --> 00:51:21,390
They're there for reference.

646
00:51:22,070 --> 00:51:26,270
And then the latter two were generated with the assistance of AI and they're also the documents

647
00:51:26,270 --> 00:51:27,610
that I wanted to discuss.

648
00:51:28,650 --> 00:51:35,390
So the very human evaluation team of three DPW members in the County Deputy Director of GIS all initially

649
00:51:35,390 --> 00:51:38,130
came up on their own before AI.

650
00:51:38,390 --> 00:51:42,150
I want to select preference for Spicer's proposal over GFA's proposal.

651
00:51:42,950 --> 00:51:50,990
As this proposal was highly technical, I also took the additional step of running the RFI and the proposals through an AI.

652
00:51:51,890 --> 00:51:57,570
It simply did a better and more agreeable job of providing a clear basis for our reasoning.

653
00:51:59,030 --> 00:52:05,950
AI in this sense was a good tool, and it spit out a good output that I thought would be good for the board.

654
00:52:06,550 --> 00:52:12,150
I also wanted to use AI to generate a cost basis for potential scope and fee, which are

655
00:52:12,150 --> 00:52:17,390
potentially significant, and that's on page 181, and again, just to be clear, this

656
00:52:17,390 --> 00:52:22,510
is an AI product, no scope, no fee was provided by the respondents.

657
00:52:24,070 --> 00:52:29,970
But the reason I'm emphasizing these items is that while I would very much like for the

658
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:37,800
That also brings with it the good faith intention of reviewing and approving the scope and fee that I bring back to you in one to two months.

659
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:43,280
It's a potentially expensive project. I think it's a very, very needed project.

660
00:52:44,300 --> 00:52:47,660
And I want to lay out the following reasons why I'm seeking approval.

661
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:54,180
This approach, the first one is that this approach might be confused as a GIS project.

662
00:52:55,500 --> 00:52:59,440
It's not a GIS project, GIS is the tool for the projects.

663
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:06,640
The intended outcomes to get DPW away from reactive repairs, post-failure, and instead move us

664
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:11,560
into a situation where we're intervening at a practical and proactive time.

665
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:17,240
I happen to think GIS is the best long-term tool to deliver this outcome.

666
00:53:18,140 --> 00:53:19,600
There are other options available.

667
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:24,840
You know, we could sit down with paper maps and records and try to come up with the same output.

668
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:27,880
I just don't think it'll be as good or as efficient.

669
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:35,680
The other reason I want to see us go forward with that is that unplanned failures cost money in the long term.

670
00:53:35,700 --> 00:53:38,140
Much more than planned repairs and maintenance.

671
00:53:38,500 --> 00:53:39,940
It's not on a month to month basis.

672
00:53:39,940 --> 00:53:42,240
It's probably not on a year to year basis.

673
00:53:42,700 --> 00:53:48,260
But a long-term proactive program saves the township's money overreactively addressing repairs.

674
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:54,540
And then to clarify, the goal isn't that we go through and replace every main in five years.

675
00:53:54,560 --> 00:54:01,260
The goal is to identify where proactive intervention makes the most sense, and when it makes the most sense.

676
00:54:03,420 --> 00:54:09,500
For my board's benefit, there are also reasons why you might not want to move forward with this.

677
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:14,520
These are not arguments I am making, but you should be aware of them.

678
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:21,920
I think you're all, you all understand your responsibility well, all have for our, for our rate payers funds.

679
00:54:23,220 --> 00:54:30,400
I could give you a counter to these arguments if you like, but I'm going to go through why items you might want to consider to not go forward with this.

680
00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:34,640
And the first is cost or potential cost.

681
00:54:35,220 --> 00:54:41,400
Capital project budgets and township fund balances are being recalibrated in response to rising operating costs.

682
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:46,620
I know that some of you are going through red analysis now with UFS or another rate consultant.

683
00:54:47,980 --> 00:54:52,420
You might feel pressure saying, well now is not the appropriate time to go through this work.

684
00:54:54,140 --> 00:54:57,940
The scope, it could be ambitious, is it all needed?

685
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:03,180
I'd say that Lucas Richardson from Spicer is here and you can defend his scope as can

686
00:55:03,180 --> 00:55:05,040
from GFA.

687
00:55:07,500 --> 00:55:11,660
You might be worried about the outcome. The study could show that you have more

688
00:55:11,660 --> 00:55:18,460
needs than as reasonable for your respective fund balances. That is quite possibly an outcome.

689
00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:24,700
There's an argument of necessity. You might ask, well, why can't the DPW do this themselves?

690
00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:29,520
For less, we understand you might not be able to do as cool of a job as the consultants,

691
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:32,200
but why can't you do this for us?

692
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:33,620
It's another fair question.

693
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:36,760
And then there's a longevity question.

694
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:40,080
What happens in three years of spicer leaves

695
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:42,660
or doesn't put in for the future contract?

696
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,140
What happens to the state of what happens to the suffered?

697
00:55:47,060 --> 00:55:49,980
And then the last one, which I think is a very fair point,

698
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:51,660
is control and ownership.

699
00:55:52,460 --> 00:55:56,460
I think townships, not I think, townships do own their own infrastructure

700
00:55:56,460 --> 00:56:00,680
and self-determine and prioritize what they do with their own infrastructure.

701
00:56:04,100 --> 00:56:06,940
Control and ownership is also a potential issue.

702
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:11,160
With all that being said, I can walk through those counter-arguments.

703
00:56:11,660 --> 00:56:13,440
I am recommending GFA.

704
00:56:13,940 --> 00:56:16,120
I'm recommending Spicer over GFA.

705
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:20,860
GFA had a good proposal if negotiations with Spicer were to break down.

706
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:23,740
I would be confident assuming them with GFA.

707
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:30,420
As I originally presented this project a few months ago, I did want the board to make the

708
00:56:30,420 --> 00:56:31,320
award themselves.

709
00:56:31,340 --> 00:56:36,420
It's not a commitment to future work, but I want to do that because there will be significant

710
00:56:36,420 --> 00:56:42,180
work if the board moves forward that I would undertake with Spicer to sit down and negotiate

711
00:56:42,180 --> 00:56:44,520
a scope and feed to bring back to the board.

712
00:56:45,580 --> 00:56:50,140
And if there isn't commitment at the board level at this time, then we shouldn't go forward

713
00:56:50,140 --> 00:56:52,640
and spend that time negotiating with the end scope yet.

714
00:56:53,420 --> 00:56:59,160
You're under no immediate time pressure, I know recent events might be in the public sphere.

715
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:06,680
Public accountability, this can wait a month if board members, especially at the Township

716
00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:10,240
Supervisor level, would like to review this approach with their Township engineers.

717
00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:13,220
But my recommended motion is in the packet for you.

718
00:57:14,700 --> 00:57:17,860
Any questions for me or for the consultants?

719
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:40,000
We've been discussing this or version of this with our engineers now, so I mean, I would be in favor of not acting on this now until we have time to digest this and really talk about it with our engineers themselves.

720
00:57:40,860 --> 00:57:48,260
I mean, if there's not an emergency decision now that I just assumed hold off on it myself because I'm not.

721
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:51,200
I'm not quite up to speed as much as I'd like to be on it.

722
00:57:51,200 --> 00:58:00,420
echo Joe's comment. I support that. Okay. So would we like this back on our agenda next month? Sure.

723
00:58:00,660 --> 00:58:01,700
Is that give us time?

724
00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:10,420
I don't think we need a motion for that is just a consensus here.

725
00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:13,160
Thank you.

726
00:58:18,630 --> 00:58:20,750
Next item. Ridge 45.

727
00:58:22,950 --> 00:58:26,710
Okay. On August 21st, we had a water lead break on the public

728
00:58:26,710 --> 00:58:31,150
side of the service for the ridge 45 development off of the frame your road.

729
00:58:31,830 --> 00:58:36,770
The lead provided service to the clubhouse, so no residential units were impacted, which

730
00:58:36,770 --> 00:58:37,410
was fortunate.

731
00:58:38,470 --> 00:58:44,390
In your packet, I've included a photo of the fail lead, and what Mr. Notstein believes

732
00:58:44,390 --> 00:58:49,450
was the sequence of events leading to the failure. In this case, we believe installation error

733
00:58:49,450 --> 00:58:55,170
was the cause, and then I've also included the invoice for that repair from bash for

734
00:58:55,170 --> 00:58:59,130
$8,615 and I recommend you are approval.

735
00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:03,060
Thank you for the

736
00:59:05,370 --> 00:59:07,030
motion and support discussion.

737
00:59:14,240 --> 00:59:15,740
All in favor, please say aye.

738
00:59:15,860 --> 00:59:16,340
Aye.

739
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:17,060
Opposed.

740
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:18,820
Thank you.

741
00:59:21,450 --> 00:59:22,710
Item E.

742
00:59:24,070 --> 00:59:24,950
Thank you, Mr. Chair.

743
00:59:24,970 --> 00:59:29,010
Again, I have a bit of a longer discussion set for this, but we are getting close to the

744
00:59:29,010 --> 00:59:29,570
end of the agenda.

745
00:59:29,770 --> 00:59:31,710
So I'm going to stick with my talking points.

746
00:59:33,470 --> 00:59:38,430
On August 25, the DPW received notice of leaking sewage on south airport road.

747
00:59:38,430 --> 00:59:45,030
near park. We responded immediately and upon response it was just it was immediately clear that a

748
00:59:45,030 --> 00:59:50,130
force main had ruptured and was leaking sewage onto airport road and that the sewage was running

749
00:59:50,130 --> 00:59:57,150
downhill into the boardmen river. The only positive I can say about that initial assessment is that it

750
00:59:57,150 --> 00:59:59,970
is immediately clear that this was a worst case scenario.

751
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:07,180
We need a full-scale response. There is no initial poking around and losing time to make that determination.

752
01:00:09,240 --> 01:00:13,260
For a major event like this, I always like to start off with what went right.

753
01:00:14,100 --> 01:00:20,760
So there were no injuries to the public or responding agency staff. There were no delays in notification.

754
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:25,520
And there are no delays that resulted in notification,

755
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:29,520
so no one from the public got sick

756
01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:31,100
from contact with water.

757
01:00:32,220 --> 01:00:34,340
And then within 12 hours, the break was fixed.

758
01:00:34,980 --> 01:00:39,760
There are two people I would like to recognize who made major contribution to our successes

759
01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:40,440
here.

760
01:00:40,900 --> 01:00:46,620
The first is a system chief, Tony Posi of Metro Fire, who identified and initiated the

761
01:00:46,620 --> 01:00:50,080
Redirection and containment of surface sewage from entering the river.

762
01:00:51,340 --> 01:00:57,020
The second is DPW Shop Manager, Kent Nautstein, who had immediately mobilized GFL to pump

763
01:00:57,020 --> 01:01:03,580
and haul sewage to facilitate the repair and cease the overflow, or at least the active part

764
01:01:03,580 --> 01:01:05,340
of the overflow into the boardmen.

765
01:01:06,260 --> 01:01:10,840
There are quick actions, ultimately facilitated, a quicker repair and reduced impacts of

766
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:14,480
the boardmen river than I had initially expected in that first five minutes.

767
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:19,980
So I'd ask that if you take a moment to recognize those two individuals for their work.

768
01:01:22,140 --> 01:01:23,680
Thank you.

769
01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:25,800
I appreciate it immensely.

770
01:01:33,190 --> 01:01:39,950
So there are also several items that went wrong that we should be transparent about or that caused additional challenges.

771
01:01:40,330 --> 01:01:46,030
Some of these are during the incident and some of these are 50 year old legacy issues.

772
01:01:46,030 --> 01:01:47,290
And I'm going to treat them all equally.

773
01:01:48,150 --> 01:01:52,410
So, DPW equipment failed to provide suction on the wet well.

774
01:01:52,610 --> 01:01:58,650
This was mitigated by GFL equipment already mobilized, onsite and available, and you've

775
01:01:58,650 --> 01:02:01,430
since approved this solution with your budget amendments.

776
01:02:01,910 --> 01:02:02,690
So, thank you for that.

777
01:02:03,810 --> 01:02:05,030
I mean, with your budget approval.

778
01:02:05,990 --> 01:02:07,130
So, thank you for that.

779
01:02:07,750 --> 01:02:12,490
The record drawing information identified a 20 year old ductile iron main.

780
01:02:12,490 --> 01:02:17,430
Now, the actual main was HDPE of, I'm still saying, unknown age.

781
01:02:17,710 --> 01:02:20,370
I'm not sure if we know exactly the year.

782
01:02:22,630 --> 01:02:25,830
This delayed the repair while we had to mobilize the contractor

783
01:02:25,830 --> 01:02:28,650
to fuse a new section of HDPE.

784
01:02:28,750 --> 01:02:32,350
The contractor had initially mobilized with Dr. Alleyer

785
01:02:32,350 --> 01:02:33,450
and replacement sticks.

786
01:02:35,050 --> 01:02:37,710
The HDPE material was not standard.

787
01:02:39,350 --> 01:02:51,710
The wall diameter was then relative to the outer diameter for a 10 inch HDP pipe, you'd expect a much thicker wall diameter than what we saw in practice.

788
01:02:53,450 --> 01:03:00,990
The depth was possibly not appropriate for current road loading, so material depth and age combined likely contributed to a failure.

789
01:03:01,250 --> 01:03:03,850
That's my speculation. I am not a forensic engineer.

790
01:03:06,550 --> 01:03:11,910
The repair itself, it's a little, I'm going to say mismatch.

791
01:03:12,230 --> 01:03:17,070
We had a great repair, Doug's, not Doug's underground mats underground responded to

792
01:03:17,070 --> 01:03:24,650
fuse the pipe, but the fittings on the ends are different diameters from the wall diameter

793
01:03:24,650 --> 01:03:25,990
of the existing pipe.

794
01:03:26,070 --> 01:03:32,650
That's not a great setup for long-term success for repair, despite the quality of the work

795
01:03:32,650 --> 01:03:34,350
quality of the craftsmanship.

796
01:03:34,690 --> 01:03:40,370
So you have a thick diameter fitting fuse to a small diameter pipe.

797
01:03:41,650 --> 01:03:43,310
Not an ideal circumstance.

798
01:03:45,110 --> 01:03:47,990
The camera inspection of the upgrading section of pipe

799
01:03:47,990 --> 01:03:52,290
revealed damage and repaired damage to that line

800
01:03:52,290 --> 01:03:53,870
that we didn't know about.

801
01:03:54,470 --> 01:03:58,530
Camera inspection, downgradient was also limited

802
01:03:59,510 --> 01:04:01,990
by standing water in that main,

803
01:04:01,990 --> 01:04:05,690
working down. We couldn't release the pressure at the

804
01:04:05,690 --> 01:04:09,490
at the pump station so we weren't able to fully, fully inspect the

805
01:04:09,490 --> 01:04:10,610
pipe moving downhill.

806
01:04:12,950 --> 01:04:15,650
And then the road opening was was delayed

807
01:04:15,650 --> 01:04:20,010
longer than than we would have liked. And I think at the end of the day

808
01:04:20,010 --> 01:04:24,050
we're judged by repairs that happen in a roadway by how quickly we

809
01:04:24,050 --> 01:04:28,750
can get the road open, not by how efficiently we made a repair to

810
01:04:28,750 --> 01:04:31,690
of actual maim under difficult situations.

811
01:04:32,550 --> 01:04:34,350
Just don't judge it on the number of comments.

812
01:04:36,110 --> 01:04:38,610
I've learned long.

813
01:04:38,750 --> 01:04:40,610
I don't read the comments on social media.

814
01:04:41,410 --> 01:04:42,990
I think I'm better off.

815
01:04:43,010 --> 01:04:44,610
I think I'm better off.

816
01:04:47,450 --> 01:04:49,350
For the after-action items,

817
01:04:49,750 --> 01:04:52,330
D.P.W. is monitoring performance of the main

818
01:04:52,330 --> 01:04:54,770
and the road commission in GFA or Mont.

819
01:04:54,770 --> 01:04:58,730
And the road commission and GFA are monitoring road condition.

820
01:05:00,990 --> 01:05:07,490
Supervisor McMannis spoke about the next steps for the township and the repair project, which are underway.

821
01:05:10,590 --> 01:05:14,170
I completed all mandatory reporting to Eagle.

822
01:05:14,330 --> 01:05:18,590
Eagle also had a person on site almost immediately.

823
01:05:18,590 --> 01:05:25,390
this person was helpful with advice, this person also gave Eagle Transparency. So I

824
01:05:25,390 --> 01:05:29,550
want the public to know that our state regulator was hand in hand with me on

825
01:05:29,550 --> 01:05:35,010
site for the course of the event. For the incident itself, I began initial

826
01:05:35,010 --> 01:05:39,710
reporting based on summer peak daily flows for that main, which are 200,000

827
01:05:39,710 --> 01:05:48,570
gallons per day or 8,333 gallons per hour. Again for any event for transparency and

828
01:05:48,570 --> 01:05:56,550
to set the stage for appropriate public communications, you use the largest number first and you

829
01:05:56,550 --> 01:06:01,710
can always pull that number back down as appropriate and as supported by by conditions.

830
01:06:03,710 --> 01:06:10,490
So we were able to, we were able to divert flow to US-31 for large parts of the Garfield system,

831
01:06:11,990 --> 01:06:16,970
a serily bakery voluntarily ceased operations. There are major, or significant industrial

832
01:06:16,970 --> 01:06:24,770
user. The hazmat and the pump and haul reduce the number of gallons entering the river.

833
01:06:25,510 --> 01:06:29,110
So we're finally reporting a amount that our report is eager to go and was 21,000 gallons

834
01:06:29,110 --> 01:06:36,810
released from the events with less than 10,000 gallons of that into the river. In your pack, excuse me.

835
01:06:38,910 --> 01:06:43,130
In your packet, I've included a number of items for everyone's visibility. There were four

836
01:06:43,130 --> 01:06:47,870
The GSA is issued by the Health Department, at least at the time of the packet publication.

837
01:06:48,230 --> 01:06:49,270
I have those all included.

838
01:06:50,490 --> 01:06:54,710
The GFL invoice for your motion for the pumping halls included.

839
01:06:55,110 --> 01:06:56,450
That's part of the recommended motion.

840
01:06:57,590 --> 01:07:02,290
The Walton invoice for the Fractank rental is included for your information only.

841
01:07:02,550 --> 01:07:05,430
I've approved that payment as it's within my purchase limit.

842
01:07:06,350 --> 01:07:17,810
I've also included my full submission to Eagle reporting the sanitary sewer overflow, as well as two pictures of the broken main section, showing the longitudinal crack and the out of round section.

843
01:07:19,210 --> 01:07:25,990
The broken pipe section is outside of the DPW office store if anybody wants to come by and see it for yourself.

844
01:07:27,530 --> 01:07:29,970
I'm so to conclude this was an incident

845
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:45,540
That in response I did not want to have to co-leader response to, I'm an avid angler, and it personally hurts me to be part of a sewage overflow into the boardman river watershed. However, I'm proud of our community first responders and our team who managed the incident effectively and transparently.

846
01:07:46,640 --> 01:07:58,040
And I'm happy to answer any further questions about the incident or deep it almost response to it, and I will note that I would respectfully request the motion that is in your packet for this item.

847
01:07:58,040 --> 01:07:58,640
I'm

848
01:08:01,330 --> 01:08:02,290
unstandard and

849
01:08:04,780 --> 01:08:08,120
I, I already described the different way.

850
01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:14,300
And as a supervisor, McMahon has said, when Matt's underground shows up with,

851
01:08:14,300 --> 01:08:19,500
who knows how many years of pipe-using experience and says, I've never seen this before.

852
01:08:20,680 --> 01:08:21,980
It's not a good day.

853
01:08:22,200 --> 01:08:23,900
It's not a good day.

854
01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:31,000
This is exactly the type of incident, though, that it is critical that we maintain good relationships

855
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:38,000
with bash and mat's underground and that we, you know, that's one of the reasons I've always

856
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:42,360
stressed like timely payments to them and that's why the purchasing palliases is important

857
01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:49,700
because we have to have good relationships with those operators and those are local companies.

858
01:08:50,340 --> 01:08:55,580
So it's not like they have a huge, you know, nationwide company behind them that they can wait

859
01:08:55,580 --> 01:08:57,320
90 days or something.

860
01:08:57,320 --> 01:09:07,120
I will move to approve the GFL invoice for $22,416.41 and retroactively authorize emergency

861
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:16,080
procurement with team Elmer's motion and support for their discussion so when I first saw

862
01:09:16,080 --> 01:09:26,100
the pictures obviously that that pipe split lengthwise what is that coming out of it you don't

863
01:09:26,100 --> 01:09:33,620
know. I mean those rags? Yeah those rags, wet wipes all that that's all stuff we say please don't

864
01:09:33,620 --> 01:09:39,400
flush or put in the sewer. A couple more and they would have just plugged that themselves but it

865
01:09:39,400 --> 01:09:43,800
just fixed the crap. They only plugged pumps. Yeah.

866
01:09:46,820 --> 01:09:49,580
Any other discussion? Yeah just it gives to the

867
01:09:49,580 --> 01:09:54,580
observation to the point started me to beat it to death but you know the fact that we responded

868
01:09:54,580 --> 01:10:00,800
So quickly, the fact that that was a main sewer leak, and we'll say we only released, you know,

869
01:10:00,820 --> 01:10:05,340
10,000 gallon into the river. I know that's much less than previous leaks that have happened in the area.

870
01:10:06,220 --> 01:10:09,680
And so that's pretty good that we were able to do that's amazing.

871
01:10:10,100 --> 01:10:14,560
Quite frankly, that we were able to get this picture quickly and got the road open up in partial.

872
01:10:15,140 --> 01:10:22,440
It could have been a lot worse. And we just have to start trying to find a way to find these problems before they happen.

873
01:10:22,440 --> 01:10:23,720
and that's the ultra-ric.

874
01:10:24,100 --> 01:10:24,360
So, right.

875
01:10:29,700 --> 01:10:35,400
If we use camera systems and look inside these type of pipes,

876
01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:38,200
can we tell it's an odd material?

877
01:10:41,230 --> 01:10:43,710
I would like to defer that to our engineers.

878
01:10:44,790 --> 01:10:46,270
Because you only answered that just real quick.

879
01:10:46,470 --> 01:10:48,450
I don't want to be laborer it, but I was just curious.

880
01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:54,800
So, depending on how the televising's done, yes,

881
01:10:55,380 --> 01:10:56,700
if you're using just like a push camera,

882
01:10:56,740 --> 01:10:58,300
you might not be able to see the quality,

883
01:10:58,300 --> 01:11:04,800
but if they do it with NASCO standards, they usually have a high definition camera so they

884
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:10,860
can determine the material. Now the wall thickness, no, you won't be able to determine that.

885
01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:16,880
But that's one of the pieces. We would probably discuss this part of the asset management

886
01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:25,160
things making sure they televised pipes the right way with NASCO standards. But this sewer is

887
01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:31,500
So typically you don't tell lies of force means to lead after the right amount of service, right?

888
01:11:32,500 --> 01:11:33,700
Thank you.

889
01:11:35,830 --> 01:11:36,530
Any other discussion?

890
01:11:38,570 --> 01:11:40,030
All in favor, please say aye.

891
01:11:41,070 --> 01:11:41,550
Opposed.

892
01:11:42,330 --> 01:11:43,330
Thank you.

893
01:11:47,020 --> 01:11:48,620
And airport sewer connection.

894
01:11:50,040 --> 01:11:53,760
Okay, we have received another application for a sewer connection for a resident

895
01:11:53,760 --> 01:11:59,000
a budding airport road near George Street, you might recall we had a sort of an ongoing

896
01:11:59,660 --> 01:12:04,140
project recently completed with our resident of George Street connecting to the source

897
01:12:04,140 --> 01:12:09,960
system. And the failed septic system stayed law required connection because the sewer

898
01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:16,760
but it is a lot even though that connection was technically difficult. And it did take the

899
01:12:16,760 --> 01:12:23,380
better part of a year or longer to complete that work. So this particular resident has a failed septic

900
01:12:23,380 --> 01:12:30,620
system, sewer is available, it's less challenging than the previous connection at George

901
01:12:30,620 --> 01:12:37,400
Street. So I hope to improve our turnaround time, the comments that I have or the

902
01:12:37,400 --> 01:12:40,600
the way I'm setting up this agenda item in the request.

903
01:12:43,460 --> 01:12:45,620
Learning from the past one is,

904
01:12:45,760 --> 01:12:51,000
what I would like is the board's permission for me to enter into a not too exceed contract with

905
01:12:51,000 --> 01:12:58,240
tax excavating for $35,000 to facilitate the public side repair, conditional on ongoing

906
01:12:58,240 --> 01:13:00,840
coordination with the East Bay Township supervisor.

907
01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:06,660
Something I can bring back to the next board meeting, but I could initiate work now consistent

908
01:13:07,380 --> 01:13:12,500
with Ms. Friends approval and dashes agreements as well.

909
01:13:14,280 --> 01:13:15,600
Is that clear for a motion?

910
01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:28,600
We did a quick step at the right thorough analysis on connecting a larger area there.

911
01:13:29,260 --> 01:13:36,500
It's very expensive and it's pretty much an onerous cost on the homes that are there.

912
01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:40,260
So I don't think that that's going to be feasible for us.

913
01:13:40,260 --> 01:13:48,240
So, their best bet is just taking care of these ones that didn't have their feed done when this line was laid originally.

914
01:13:53,890 --> 01:13:55,250
Do you want to do the motion that?

915
01:13:55,250 --> 01:14:02,270
Sure, I would move to the motion that Noah said.

916
01:14:05,450 --> 01:14:14,030
But I facilitate a non-to-exceed contract with BASH X-COVIDING for $35,000 with ongoing coordination with these Bay Township in their approval.

917
01:14:14,030 --> 01:14:14,630
That's perfect.

918
01:14:14,990 --> 01:14:16,170
That's what she said.

919
01:14:16,410 --> 01:14:16,610
Yeah.

920
01:14:16,910 --> 01:14:17,590
It's so important.

921
01:14:18,230 --> 01:14:18,390
Okay.

922
01:14:18,390 --> 01:14:19,510
The motion and support.

923
01:14:20,810 --> 01:14:21,450
Any discussion?

924
01:14:23,630 --> 01:14:25,130
All in favor, please say aye.

925
01:14:26,090 --> 01:14:26,570
Opposed.

926
01:14:27,230 --> 01:14:28,110
Thank you.

927
01:14:32,140 --> 01:14:33,440
And it is 1014.

928
01:14:34,100 --> 01:14:36,440
And I would like to open the second public comment.

929
01:14:38,020 --> 01:14:38,520
Anybody?

930
01:14:41,750 --> 01:14:42,250
1014.

931
01:14:42,270 --> 01:14:44,030
I'm going to close the second public comment.

932
01:14:44,190 --> 01:14:44,590
Notices.

933
01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:56,920
Thank you.

934
01:14:58,200 --> 01:14:59,840
I just don't know the priority.

935
01:14:59,840 --> 01:14:59,960
Thanks for watching.

936
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:13,540
We also have a personnel committee meeting next Thursday here at Garfield as well. I'm not sure the time. I want to say 9. 9 a.m. So, anybody just just really bored and wants to attend a personal committee meeting?

937
01:15:14,280 --> 01:15:18,940
Yes, 9 a.m. here at Garfield. Yep.

938
01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:26,020
If there is nothing else, it's 10.15 and this meeting is adjourned. Thank you everyone.