Wastewater Treatment Board

CITY OF CORTLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY Meeting Minutes Members: Da te : 12 /1 8/1 7 Ti me : 5 :30 p m Chairman John Troy – Present C on fe r en ce R o om , C or t la nd Wa st e wa t e r Vice Chair William Starr – Present Commissioner Todd Morris – Present Commissioner Diann Potter – Absent Commissioner Gary Thomas- Absent Village of McGraw Mayor Allan Stauber – Absent Bruce Adams, Supt. of Wastewater – Absent Edward Poole, Chief Operator - Present Meeting called to order at 5:26 p.m. Minutes from November 27, 2017, meeting for approval. Motion to approve the minutes from November 27, 2017, meeting by Bill Starr. Seconded by Todd Morris. UNANIMOUS Superintendent's Report: Superintendent's Report For December 18, 2017 (As written by Supt. Adams) Administration– On 12/5, the Common Council approved a bid by eProcess Environmental of Chittenango, NY on the Digester Phase III project for $2,242,000. This is slightly less than the engineer’s estimate of $2,400,000. At the same meeting, Council also approved a contract with Cedarwood Engineering of Oneonta, NY for engineering and oversight services in connection with the Digester Phase III project in an amount not to exceed $195,000. The mayor is enthusiastic about the proposed food service establishment food waste vermicomposting project. This would be funded under the Downtown Revitalization Initiative. I am working with both Larsen Engineers and John Suarez of SUNY Cortland’s Institute for Civic Engagement to flesh out this proposal. It will be up to the DRI committee to decide whether to recommend this project as part of the DRI and then the State would have to agree. Corporation Council has forwarded a draft intermunicipal contract. It is structured as a four-party agreement, and I am currently going through it making recommendations for changes. All Industrial Pretreatment annual inspections have been completed. I have also issued a SIU discharge permit renewal to KIK/Marietta. Bruce Adams Superintendent of Wastewater Presented by Edward Poole, Chief Operator Motion to approve the Superintendent's Report by Todd Morris. Seconded by Bill Starr. UNANIMOUS WWAB Minutes 18 December 2017 Page 2 of 4 Plant Manager’s Report: Plant Managers Report For December 18, 2017 (As written by Edward Poole, Chief Operator) Operations The process is running very well. We are consistently at 98% removal with water clarity or turbidity below 1 NTU. We had one violation for the month of November. The violation was a percent removal for TSS at 83% and the limit is 85% for the month. The violation was associated with SBR process issues and a sudden surge of flow. I continue to send a monthly update to May El Prince, our DEC inspector via email. Maintenance- The maintenance staff are currently working on a rebuild of our Effluent water pumps. These pumps provide cooling water to our pump seals throughout the plant. They also provide water to the hydrants for tank cleaning. The staff has also installed a new valve operator for primary sludge pumping. Alma is the valve manufacturer and should be here Thursday for startup. Work continues on preventative maintenance on the process tanks. Edward Poole Chief Operator Motion to approve the Plant Manager’s Report by Bill Starr. Seconded by Todd Morris. UNANIMOUS Finance: Financial statements and abstracts dated 11/30/17, and 12/16/17, were submitted for approval. Motion to approve financial statements and abstracts by Bill Starr. Seconded by Todd Morris. UNANIMOUS WWAB Minutes 18 December 2017 Page 3 of 4 2018 WWAB Meeting Schedule: The 2018 WWAB meeting schedule was submitted to the board. John Troy reminded the board that the election for Chairman and Vice Chairman is due in January 2018 and requested to have this added on to the agenda. New Business: No new business Old Business: No old business Motion to Adjourn at 5:38 p.m. by Todd Morris. Seconded by Bill Starr. UNANIMOUS Respectfully submitted by: City of Cortland WWTF WWAB Minutes 18 December 2017 Page 4 of 4