Water Board

ALBANY WATER BOARD 10 North Enterprise Drive Albany, New York 12204 (518) 434-5300 Charles G. Houghton III, Chairman Rachel Johnson, Vice Chairman C. Anthony Owens, Treasurer Karen Strong, Secretary James R. Frezzell, Assistant Secretary Notice of Meeting of the Albany Water Board Friday, April 21, 2023 @ 9:00am AGENDA 1. Roll call 2. Approval of Minutes of Annual Meeting on March 24, 2023 (if no objection, reading of minutes dispensed). 3. Public Comment Period. 4. Committee and other reports: A. Finance Committee Report – Anthony Owens, Committee Chairman B. Finance Report- Tom Dufresne, CFO C. Report of Rate Consultant – William Kahn, UHY Advisors D. Commissioner’s Report– Commissioner Joseph Coffey, P.E., and Deputy Commissioner William Simcoe, P.E.  2023 MTD/YTD Critical Numbers & Key Performance Indicators  Beaver Creek Clean River Project update  Update on Capital/Construction Projects E. Counsel’s Report- Norah Murphy, Attorney at Law, MCL&C, PLLC. F. Communications Report- Steve Mercier, Communications Coordinator 5. New Business:  Ideas generated during the meeting with Joe Coffey to discuss his performance evaluation- C. Houghton, Chairman; R. Johnson, Vice-Chairperson.  Open Time for Questions and Aspirations- Members of the Board 6. Old Business:  Administrative allocation to the City Of Albany for services provided- J. Coffey 7. Resolutions:  Resolution 23-20: Adopting a negative declaration under SEQRA for the proposed combined sewer overflows at the intersection of North Hark Street and Orange Street.  Resolution 23-21: Awarding 2023 AWB Water & Sewer Improvements Project contract to Tech Industries, LLC.  Resolution 23-22: Approving Change Order 2 to the Beaver Creek Clean River Project Phase 2a contract with William J. Keller & Sons Construction increasing the contract amount by $11,497.  Resolution 23-23: Approving Change Order 10 to the Beaver Creek Clean River Project Phase 3/5 contract with William J. Keller & Sons Construction increasing the contract amount by $133,365.75  Resolution 23-24: Approving Change Order 4 to the Beaver Creek Clean River Project Phase 5 HVAC contract with DiGesare Mechanical Inc. increasing the contract amount by $4,599.10.   Resolution 23-25: Approving Change Order 2 to the Alcove Facilities Upgrades contract with AMZ construction increasing the amount by $14,625.00.  Resolution 23-26: Authorizing Chairman to execute documents for the modification of the order on consent with NYSDEC. 8. Call for Executive Session.1 9. Exit Executive Session. 10. Announce next meeting date: Thursday May 25, 2023 at 9:00am. Note there will be a meeting of the Audit Committee at 8:30am. 9. Adjournment 1 Only if necessary (and approved by a majority vote of the Board) to discuss: a. matters which will imperil the public safety, if disclosed; b. any matter which may disclose the identity of a law enforcement officer, or informer; c. information relating to current or future investigation or prosecution of a criminal offense which could imperil effective law enforcement, if disclosed; d. discussions regarding proposed, pending or current litigation; e. collective negotiations pursuant to Article 14 of the Civil Service Law; f. the medical, financial, credit or employment history of a particular person or corporation, or matters leading to the appointment, promotion, demotion, discipline, suspension dismissal or removal of a particular person or corporation; g. the preparation, grading or administration of examinations; and h. the proposed acquisition, sale or lease or real property or the proposed acquisition of securities, or sale or exchange of public securities held by such public body, but only when publicly disclosed would substantially affect the value thereof