VILLAGE OF MORRISVILLE WATER AND LIGHT DEPARTMENT

September 15, 2008

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, Tim Sargent, Peter Bourne, Ed DeBor (via conference call).

Staff: Craig Myotte, Jim Fontaine, Penny Jones, Linda Osgood

ABSENT: Trustee Thompson

1) PUBLIC MEETING:

No members of the public were present.

5) APPROVE THREE (3) YEAR ENTERGY PURCHASE:

VPPSA recommended an Entergy purchase to reduce our exposure to forward energy market uncertainties. The Trustees asked Craig to notify VPPSA that going forward, any purchased power contracts cannot happen on such short notice as we are a public entity.

On a motion by Trustee Sargent, seconded by Trustee DeBor and approved by all present, the Board agreed to purchase Entergy power up to three years up to a maximum of $77.00/mWh.

6) APPROVE REVISED SSMA BOUNDARY:

On a motion by Chairman Wildes and seconded by Trustee Bourne, the Village of Morrisville Trustee hereby approve the Sewer Service Market Area boundary agreed upon at the joint board meeting held on September 4, 2008, that included members of the Morristown Selectboard, Morrisville Trustees, and Morristown Planning Commission. Existing sewer regulations will apply to all sewer service applications in the Town. In addition, the Village Trustees agree to hold a joint meeting with the Selectboard and the Planning Commission annually to determine if any adjustments need to be made to the boundary, with the understanding that this annual review process will continue in perpetuity or until all three Boards mutually agree to change the process and/or the review schedule.

After discussion, the motion was amended to delete “Existing sewer regulations will apply to all sewer service applications in the Town.” The amended motion made by Trustee Bourne, seconded by Trustee Sargent with Trustee DeBor abstaining, passed by a majority present.

2) EXECUTIVE SESSION:

At 6:17 PM on a motion by Trustee Bourne, seconded by Trustee Sargent and approved by all present, the Board went into Executive Session to discuss power contracts.

At 7:00 PM on a motion by Trustee Bourne, seconded by Trustee Sargent and approved by all present, the Board came out of Executive Session. No action was taken.

3) ZACK WOODS PRESERVATION PRESENTATION:

The Friends of Zack Woods made a presentation supporting why they felt that Zack Woods needed to be preserved. The Board was in agreement that the land needed to be preserved and asked them to research possible avenues for preservation, possibly through Forest & Parks, and return with recommendations to the Board. In the meantime, MW&L is having the property appraised.

4) APPROVE MINUTES OF MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 2, 2008:

On a motion by Trustee Sargent, seconded by Trustee Bourne and approved by all present, the Board approved the minutes of the September 2, 2008, regular meeting.

7) CURRENT PRIORTY PROJECTS:

GMP line purchase, the T&D section of the Integrated Resource Plan, the water RFQ, the hydro RFQ, the 2009 capital budget, the FERC Part 12 inspection, the website redesign, and smart metering still remain on the current priority projects lists.

8) MANAGEMENT REPORT:

Jim updated the Board on project the crews are working on. The flags will stay up until Veteran’s Day. Blow & Cote began driving the sheathing at Plant #2. The governor at Plant #3 has been installed but the compressor has failed. Soremstam will quote replacement vs repair. Water sanitation survey is complete and we are waiting for results. We may have to add fluoride and backflow preventers at Well #2. The Ford building fell over.

Our bills this month included an insert for the WARMTH program which has already generated the first donation to that program. As water meters are being installed, we are weeding out customers who were being double billed. Penny provided a list of all churches on our system that are not being charged water and sewer. On a motion by Trustee Bourne, seconded by Trustee Sargent and approved by all present, the Board agreed that from this point forward all churches will be charged a monthly flat-rate residential water and sewer charge until the new meters are installed and we have switched to metered billing.

The VPPSA Board approved the equity purchase for the GMP transmission line. The latest Swanton peaker project cost estimate is $2 million over budget.

9) UPDATE OF WWTF PROJECT:

The floor for the SBR building has been poured and the concrete on the UV building is complete. The water line has been extended and they are working on the access road. Keymont is gaining a little on the schedule. The Board scheduled a tour of the upgrade for 4:00 PM on Monday, September 22, 2008. Trustee Bourne asked that staff think about geothermal heating of some of these buildings.

10) UPDATE OF WATER METER PROJECT:

Eastern Sales began by replacing existing water meters which has caused MW&L unexpected work in order to get our bills out. We are also not getting the installation schedule in advance. There will be a meeting with them tomorrow.

11) OTHER BUSINESS:

No other business at this time.

12) ADJOURNMENT:

At 8:12 PM, on a motion by Trustee Sargent, seconded by Trustee Bourne and approved by all present, the Board adjourned the meeting.

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Tim Sargent, Clerk