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MINUTES OF THE JAN. 28, 2008 MEETING OF BOROUGH COUNCIL The
second meeting of the Hamburg Borough Council for 2008 was held this evening at
the Hamburg Municipal Center with President Tammy Wilkinson presiding.
The meeting was opened with Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and a
Prayer. Members Present - Tammy Wilkinson, Martha Bertolet, Jeanette Heckman, Elaine Swavely, Dale Schlenker, Heather Berger, Roger Stetzler Members Absent – None Also Present – Solicitor Zubey, Lynda G. Albright,
Borough Manager, Kim Y. Berger, Office Manager/Recording Secretary Visitors – Chief Painter, Deena Kershner, John
Leonforte A motion was made by Jeanette Heckman
and
seconded by Heather Berger to approve the amended agenda by adding 3 motions
under New Business. ROLL
CALL: AYES – T. Wilkinson, M.
Bertolet, J. Heckman, D. Schlenker R.
Stetzler, H. Berger, E. Swavely
NAYES –
None COURTESY
TO AUDIENCE
Deena
Kershner presented the monthly OTF report. A motion was made by Dale Schlenker and
seconded by Roger Stetzler to approve the minutes of the
January 8, 2008 meeting. ROLL
CALL: AYES – T. Wilkinson, M.
Bertolet, J. Heckman, D. Schlenker R.
Stetzler, H. Berger, E. Swavely
NAYES –
None A
motion was made by Roger Stetzler and seconded by Heather Berger to
approve the following reports: Engineer’s Report, Police Year End Report,
Property Committee Report and the Safety Committee Report for December and
January. ROLL
CALL: AYES – T. Wilkinson, M.
Bertolet, J. Heckman, D. Schlenker R.
Stetzler, H. Berger, E. Swavely
NAYES –
None ENGINEER’S
REPORT SANITARY
SEWER SYSTEM ·
SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANT ISSUES The
operations within the new wastewater treatment plant continue well.
All processes are on line. Systems
Design Engineering, Inc. is on hold with the bid document for repairs of the
collection system while the finances of the Authority are reviewed to determine
future capital expenditures. ·
WWTP
PROJECT Bids
were received for the Wastewater Treatment Plant on February 17, 2005. The Authority at their February 22, 2006 meeting issued the
“Intent to Award” to: General/Mechanical
Contract
DESCCO Design and Construction, Inc. Amount
of Contract:
$5,866,184.00 Change
Orders No. 1-4
$ 106,201.00
$5,972,385.00 Electrical
Contract
J.B. Electric Corp. Amount
of Contract:
$983,469.00 Change
Order No. 1-3
$ 4,137.97
$987,606.97 HVAC
Contract
PSI Pumping Solutions Amount
of Contract:
$70,900.00 Work
is substantially complete on all contracts.
Punchlist items are 99% complete. Applications
for Payment
DESCCO Design and Construction
Final Payment and Release of Retainage Complete
Balance on Contract
$
0.00 J.B. Electric Corp.
Final Payment and Release of Retainage Complete
Balance on Contract
$
0.00 PSI Pumping Solutions
(Requisition No. 286)
Final Payment and Release of Retainage Complete
Application for Payment No. 2 – Final
$ 11,088.00 ·
WISSAHICKON
WATER No issues this report period. ·
PROJECTS Financial
Review - Systems Design Engineering, Inc continues to assist with the financial
accounts of the Authority for sewer rate review, cash flow and in preparation of
the closeout audit for the wastewater expansion project required by PennWorks.
A review of the all the capital budget accounts, project costs and Tilden
rate schedule was presented at the September meeting.
The tentative Tilden rate schedule for forwarded to them for review.
Systems Design Engineering, Inc. has not heard back from Tilden on the
proposed rate. The Borough Manager
and Systems Design Engineering, Inc. reviewed the Authority accounts and
consumption reports to establish better numbers to present to the Authority. WATER
SYSTEM ·
WATER
PRODUCTION The impoundment
dam has refilled and is overflowing. For
this report period water production was produced mostly from the surface water
supply and supplemented from the wells. Hamburg
Municipal Authority has received notification from DEP that the filter plant
process designation has been changed from “other” to “conventional”.
This change in designation changes some testing requirements.
Systems Design Engineering, Inc. is reviewing the regulations to provide
a comparison of the changes. This
information will be discussed at a future meeting. Water Filtration Plant Control Project
– The installation of the new control system is substantially complete.
The tie-in of the alarm system has been completed.
Tony and OCC are working on some final features to complete the project. ·
PROPOSED
WATER LINE REPLACEMENT Specifications
and drawings to replace the water lines in Walnut Street and South 2nd
Street are being completed. Bids
will be received at the March 2008 Authority meeting. ·
REQUISITIONS Requisition 286
PSI Pumping Solutions, Inc.
$ 11,088.00 Requisition
287 Systems Design Engineering, Inc.
$ 1027.42
HAMBURG BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT 2007 YEAR END ACTIVITY REPORT
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