1988-08-15 THE MATTABASSETT DISTRICT - August 15 , 1988
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Mattabassett District was held Monday , August 15 , 1988 , at the
Administration Building , Cromwell , Connecticut . Present from
the City of New Britain were Directors Frank M. Harvey , Julius
J. Kremski , David I . Pollowitz , Arthur Simonian , and Silvio A.
Silverio . Present from the Town of Berlin were Directors Livio
J. Dottor , and Horace B. Van Dorn. Present were William W.
Weber , Counsel ; Gregory Abrahamian , Executive Director ;
Christian Bratina , Plant Superintendent.
Absent were the following : Joseph N. Cambareri , Peter Cole ,
James F. Jost , Vincent Vilchinskas , and Allen R. Smith.
Chairman Kremski called the meeting to order at 7 :40 p.m.
A roll call was taken ; a quorum was present.
Minutes - July 18 , 1988
Mr. Dottor moved , seconded by Mr. Silverio , and the following
was passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
RESOLVED, That the minutes of the July 18 , 1988 meeting be
accepted as presented .
Mr . Harvey moved , seconded by Mr . Van Dorn and the following was
passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
RESOLVED, That the Treasurer ' s Report dated July 13 , 1988
to August 10 , 1988 be accepted and placed on file for
audit .
The July Appropriations Schedule was reviewed .
Mr. Van Dorn moved , seconded by Mr . Harvey and the following was
passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
RESOLVED, That the July Appropriations Schedule be
accepted as presented .
Bills To Be Authorized For Payment
The regular monthly list and supplemental list of bills as
printed was reviewed .
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Mr . Van Dorn moved , Mr . Harvey seconded , and the following-vs-4 L c)
passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
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RESOLVED, That the bills in the amount of $190 , 894 .66 be c-) rn
approved . Capital Project bills in the amount of
$961 , 942 .53 also be approved . Payrolls for the Period -- -n
July 16 , 1988 through August 6 , 1988 in the amount of N
$63 , 162 .32 be approved .
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Minutes — August 15 , 1988
Project Report
Christian Bratina reviewed the status report from Metcalf &
Eddy . Sixty—six percent of the dollar amount of construction is
completed . Completion date for the secondary is now projected
to be May 1989. The incinerator is scheduled to start up in
August 1989 . Preparation work is being done for the
installation of the incinerator . The contractor is also waiting
for a permit to construct from the DEP for air compliance that
was filed for in March or April . At that time they were told it
would take three or four months for approval . The Operation
Building work is going very slow. Overall construction is about
four months behind and the rate of increase in construction time
is not nearly as great as projected . The Sludge Disposal
Building is behind because of problems here but also because of
slow deliveries from outside vendors.
Mr . Silverio moved , seconded by Mr. Harvey and the following was
passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
RESOLVED, That the Status Report for the period of July 9 ,
1988 to August 5 , 1988 be accepted and placed on file .
Finance Committee — No Report
Engineering Committee Report
The Engineering Committee reviewed the site plan for the Super 8
Motel east of Interstate 91 and Industrial Park Road and
rejected it because of many areas of concern , namely : excessive
fill over trunk sewer , potential expense to maintain trunk sewer
due to filling , etc . The applicant was notified that the site
plan as submitted was not approved and a ieuesigr to incorporate
the District ' s concerns would be considered at a later date . Mr .
Abrahamian will be meeting with their engineers later this week.
The Task Order #14 is in the amount of $3 .8 million dollars with
Greiner for construction inspection , special services, basic
services to the construction site project , reviewing shop
drawings and minor design , and operations manual. An amendment
was given to the committee to increase the $3.8 to $5 . 1 million
because the contractor went bankrupt and the project is going to
extend another year. This amount will have to be increased even
more because the construction has been extended to August 1989 ,
which is more than the year this first increase was to cover .
The State will not consider a grant amendment to fund additional
engineering fees until such time as the time extension is
resolved and completed .
Mr. Van Dorn moved , seconded by Mr . Harvey and the following was
passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
RESOLVED, That the Engineering Committee Report be
accepted and placed on file .
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Minutes — August 15 , 1988
Personnel Committee Report
Mr . Silverio reported that the union personnel (operations and
maintenance) voted to reject the District ' s offer to reopen the
Labor Agreement . After an extensive wage study of various
wastewater treatment plants the District revised the current
wage plan by increasing the hourly rate to an average of 7% and
5% for the following year . In addition , the District was
deleting the national day of mourning as a paid holiday and
obtaining contract language regarding retirement , probationary
employees and the right to hire new employees above the first
step of the pay plan. (The labor agreement which is in force
until next July states that any new employee hired starts at the
first step . )
Mr. Pollowitz moved , seconded by Mr. Harvey and the following
was passes unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
RESOLVED, That the Personnel Committee Report be accepted
and placed on file .
Insurance Committee — No Report
Publicity Committee — No Report
Real Estate Committee — No Report
Safety and Energy Conservation Committee Report
Mr. Bratina highlighted the report .
There was one injury reported this month.
The Manhole rescue kit is operational and in use .
Additional eyewash fountains are being installed .
Defoamer will be stored in tanks instead of drums which will be
easier to handle.
The revised Standard Operating Procedures books are now in use.
Mr . Dottor moved , seconded by Mr. Van Dorn and the following was
passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
RESOLVED, That the Safety and Energy Conservation Report
be accepted and placed on file .
Counsel ' s Report
Prepared guarantees (payment) for the Principals of The New
England Treatment Company . Received correspondence with the
Durham/Middlefield Agreement submitted to the towns to be
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Minutes = August 15i 1988
Counsel' s Report — continued
reviewed at their town meetings. Prepared a proposed license
agreement . Reviewed the Project Contract with regard to the
extension agreement . Reviewed the bond company obligations and
the contractor obligations. Reviewed the engineers agreement
and obligations . Filed an appearance on the District ' s behalf
in the suit by the State of Connecticut that the District
exceeds the maximum concentration of pollutants in violation of
the permit. The law suit seeks an injunction of $10 ,000 a day
fine and reimbursement for clean up.
Mr. Van Dorn moved , seconded by Mr. Simonian and the following
was passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
RESOLVED, That the Counsel ' s report be accepted and placed
on file .
Any Other Pertinent Business — None
Mr. Simonian moved , seconded by Mr. Pollowitz and the following
was passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded .
RESOLVED, That the meeting adjourn.
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 00 p .m.
The next regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Mattabassett District will be held on September 12 , 1988 .
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