November
7, 2011
MONDAY 6:00
PM
Water
and Light Office
The meeting duly noticed and warned was called to
order at 6:00 PM.
PRESENT:
Trustees: Dana Wildes, Wallace Reeve, and Ed DeBor
Absent: Peter Bourne
Staff: Craig Myotte, and Penny Jones
Guest: Todd Thomas (Zoning Administrator), Bonnie
Waninger (LCPC), Kevin McAleer (Weston & Sampson), and Patricia Coppolino
(VT DEC)
1)
PUBLIC HEARING/MEETING:
There
were no members of the general public in attendance for the warned public
hearing regarding the zoning bylaw changes. Todd Thomas reviewed the changes.
The Trustees will vote on the zoning bylaw changes at their November 21
meeting.
There were no members of the general
public in attendance for the public meeting. Todd Thomas requested
the Trustees consider funding a sign on Rte 100N by Rock Art that acknowledges
the Village line and provides some wayfinding to the
downtown. The goal is to get the tourists who visit Rock Art to drive the
extra 0.3 miles into downtown as an economic development strategy. The Trustees
thought it was a good use of the Amy Wade Fund and asked Todd to submit a
request for Amy Wade Funding for the sign in 2012.
2)
Next Steps for Gristmill/Creamery Property:
Bonnie Waninger, Kevin McAleer, and Patricia Coppolino
were in attendance to discuss next steps for the Gristmill/Creamery property.
The next steps are the completion of Corrective Action Plan (CAP) and Self
Implementation Plan (SIP). Two action plans were discussed. One plan was Water
& Light proceeding on its own. The second plan was Water & Light
partnering with a developer. There was also a discussion on funding for the
CAP, SIP and site remediation. The Village will request funding for the CAP and
SIP from the Brownfields Steering Committee. The
Trustees are committed to site remediation and staff plans to budget dollars
for the remediation in 2012. In addition, there was a discussion of the timing
of an update of the Phase 1 study for the site.
3)
MANAGEMENT REPORT:
Craig
and Penny responded to management report questions from the Trustees. Penny responded
to questions about the September 2011 financial reports. Penny also discussed
proposals from audit firms for the 2011 Water & Light audit,
net metering and she stated she is working on the 2012 budget. Craig stated the
annual drawdown and refill of Lake Elmore is underway and the driveway at the
Water & Light office is being repaired. Craig also discussed several
customer issues he was involved with over the last couple of weeks and Water
& Light’s goal of treating all customers in a fair and equitable manner.
4)
Approve Minutes of Meeting Held october 17, 2011:
On a
motion by Trustee DeBor, seconded by Trustee Reeve and unanimously approved,
the Board approved the minutes of the October 17, 2011, regular meeting with
the modification noted by Trustee DeBor.
5)
DISCUSS POWER
SUPPLY ISSUES:
Craig confirmed the Trustees approved VPPSA’s
recommendation for the Fitchburg contract as provided in the following table.
Some additional entitlement is available since some VPPSA members are not
participating. The Trustees are not interested in purchasing extra power from
the plant. Craig gave a slideshow of pictures of the plant taken during the
October site visit.
|
Term |
Firm MW |
Unit Contingent MW |
Price ($/MWh) |
|
1/1/2012 – 12/31/2016 |
0.470 |
0.0 |
$90.00 |
|
1/1/2017 – 12/31/2021 |
0.470 |
0.234 |
$90.00 |
|
1/1/2022 – 12/31/2026 |
0.0 |
0.704 |
$85.00 |
Craig also gave a slide show of pictures of the hydro
improvement project received from the Energy Resource Group and Blow &
Cote. Craig provided the Trustees with an update on the hydro improvements. The
gate work is in progress and still on schedule for 2011. The generator repair
schedule has been revised. There are a number of parts that have been
identified as unusable. Energy Resource Group prepared a cost estimate of $170,000
for new parts (with Blow & Cote overheads). The schedule has been delayed
about one month (to end of January 2012) due to the higher number of parts that
need to be replaced. The crest gate for Morrisville has been delivered but
installation has been deferred to 2012.
6)
OTHER BUSINESS:
Craig stated he has not seen anything from
Mahoney regarding the agreement for the use of the Village’s Trombly Hill property.
Craig stated he talked with Tim Sargent and Tim stated he would be
attending meetings again starting on December 2011.
7) EXECUTIVE
SESSION:
No
items were discussed under executive session.
8) ADJOURNMENT:
At 7:58 PM, on a motion by Trustee DeBor, seconded by
Trustee Reeve and unanimously approved, the Board adjourned the meeting.
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Wallace Reeve, Clerk