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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. I (1) I 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 (2) 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. (3) 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 . (4)