1989-11-20 THE MATTABASSETT DISTRICT - November 20 , 1939
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Mattabassett District was held Monday, November 20 , 1989 , at the
Cromwell Town Hall , Room 222, Cromwell , CT . Present from the
City of New Britain were Directors Frank M. Harvey, Julius J.
Kremski , David I . Pollowitz, Silvio A. Silverio, Arthur
Simonian, and Vincent Vilchinskas . Present from the town of
Berlin were Directors Livio J . Dottor, Allen R. Smith, and
Horace B. Van Dorn. Present from the town of Cromwell were
Directors Joseph N. Cambareri and Alice Halstedt . Also present
were George Post of Connecticut Bank and Trust; William W.
Weber, District Counsel , John Batorski, Chief Operator, and
Gregory Abrahamian, Executive Director.
Absent: James F. Jost.
The meeting was called to order at 7 : 40 .
A roll call was taken; a quorum was present.
Minutes - October 10 , 1989
Mr. Vilchinskas moved, seconded by Mr. Simonian and the
following was passed unanimously without any negative vote
recorded.
RESOLVED, That the minutes of October 10 , 1989 meeting be
accepted as presented.
Treasurer' s Report
Mr. Cambareri moved, seconded by Mr. Harvey and the following
was passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded.
RESOLVED, That the Treasurer' s Report dated October 4 , 1989
to November 15 , 1989 be accepted and placed on file for
audit.
The October Appropriations Schedule was reviewed.
Mr. Dottor moved, seconded by Mr. Vilchinskas and the following
was passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded.
RESOLVED, That the Appropriations Schedule be accepted as
presented.
Bills to be Authorized for Payment
The regular monthly list and supplemental list of bills as
printed were reviewed.
Mr. Silverio moved, seconded by Mr. Van Dorn and the following
was passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded.
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Minutes - November 20 , 1989
RESOLVED, That the bills in the amount of $130 , 624 . 00 be
approved. Capital Project bills in the amount of
$436 , 414 . 18 also be approved. Payroll for the Period
October 7 , 1989 through November 11 , 1989 in the amount of
$115, 226 . 16 be approved.
Project Report
Mr. Abrahamian reported that the project is 93 . 6% complete.
During the month site woek continued with road paving, topsoil
being spread, and bushes and trees planted. Aeration Tanks ;
the aeration tanks (4 ) had to be drained with two out of service
for this operation. While the tanks were down it was noticed
that tank number four had two air defusers missing. The
contractor was made aware of this with notice to fix it by a
certain date or we would correct the error and charge the
contractor for our work. Blower Building; blower checked and
calibration completed. Secondary Pipe Gallery; punchlist work
is continuing. Final Settling Tanks ; seals have been leaking
causing a mix of sludge and water. This mix resulted in
treatment being down for 10 days causing the District not to
meet a certain level of treatment . A report was made to the
State about this matter. Another vendor has been consulted
about a permanent repair to the system. Primary Pipe Gallery;
the grit ejector has not worked for over four or five months .
MMR has notified Taunton Engineering (the supplier) of this
malfunction. Pump Building; results of tests for slip loss
recovery on the sewage pumps has not been received (requested
from M&E approximately 5 months ago) . Sludge Disposal Building;
completed installation of dewatered sludge and ash piping,
running conduit and wire in service areas , HVAC controls
installation work continues , polymer system wired but start-up
delayed for wrong gears in polymer pumps , FBI was started up and
the refractory dried out; no sludge has been burned, many items
relative to safety not complete. The Contractor' s latest
schedule indicates substantial completion of the project by the
end of December 1989 . The Contractor proposes to demobilize his
forces early in December except for supervision of
subcontractors .
Mr. Pollowitz moved, seconded by Mr. Simonian and the following
was passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded.
RESOLVED, That the Status report for October be approved
and placed on file.
Finance Committee Report
Mr. Pollowitz moved, seconded by Mr. Smith and the following was
passed unanimously without any negative vote recorded.
RESOLVED, That the Audit Report for FY 1988-1989 be
accepted and placed on file.
Engineering Committee - no report
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Minutes - November 20 , 1989
Personnel Committee - no report
Insurance Committee - no report
Publicity Committee - no report
Real Estate Committee - no report
Safety and Energy Conservation Report
Mr. Batorski reported that there were three accidents last
month. All of them involved twisted knee or ankle/leg muscles .
Two of the injuries were caused as a result of rocks along the
roadway. The third injury was sustained while kneeling down on
a floor grating. Knee pads were ordered and are available for
all employees .
Proposals for the bar rack shredders for rag disposal have been
sent to DEP for approval .
Equipment storage is starting to be a problem. As more parts
are being turned over & more parts being purchased, the room
available for storage is dwindling. The space allotment for
storage is full . A separate building for parts, chemical ,
vehicle storage is being investigated.
Training on the new equipment is going well .
Fisher and Porter Controls will send technicians to debug and
optimize the blower controls , which should reduce energy
consumption. They will check all the controllers to assure that
they are tuned for optimum performance.
There was a problem with the dewatering equipment when it was
started up and run for two days , demonstrating numerous problems
with the equipment. The grit ejector continues to fail
frequently.
The_ Primary Overflow weir was completed October 2nd, and the
remaining half of the secondary system was placed in operation.
The leaking secondary seals (clarifiers) , adjusted at the end of
September, caused filamentous bacteria to develop which degraded
the plant effluent. It was brought under control by the second
week of October but the poor quality effluent prevented us from
meeting our discharge permit for October. We have since checked
two of the clarifier seals and found one leaking excessively.
The secondary flow meters were failing to register due to
problems with the use of service water and the seal water
pumps . Maintenance corrected this by switching to potable water
and a backflow preventer. The flow meters still have not been
calibrated. Problems remain with the waste and return sludge
pumps, the blower inlet valves, the effluent channel slide
gates, the scum collection system, etc.
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Minutes - November 20 , 1989
Mr. Vilchinskas moved, seconded by Mr. Dottor 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
Time was spent this monthon the contract plan with Federal &
MMR/Wallace. In addition spent time in conference with the
Executive Director and the Engineers and had conferences with
District counsel and consulting engineers .
Any Other Pertinent Business - none
Mr. Cambareri moved, seconded by Mrs . Halstedt 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 meeting will be Monday, December 18, 1989 at the
Stanley Headquarters , New Britain, at 7 : 30 .
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