BWD Finance Committee

Thursday - May 13: The Finance Committee of the Buckeye Water District met last Thursday at the Water Treatment Plant. Present at the meeting was Chairman Chuck Bibbee and Members Bob Wines & Gene McGaffick. Also attending was Fiscal Officer Sara Crouch, District Manager Al DeAngelis and Board Member Jack Call.

Discussion was held on various budget adjustments that will need the Board of Trustee's approval at the next regular Board meeting. Crouch noted that the new budget will have to be passed at the Board's June meeting. It appears that the Hibbetts Mill water line replacement will be taking a back seat to the Frederick Heights water line extension. The Hibbetts Mill water line is the main line from the Hibbetts Mill area that runs into Wellsville.

Crouch noted that for now the Water District is holding their own financially but new customers are desperately needed to stay that way in the future. Currently there are around 100 new customers committed to tapping into the system with more expected once work begins with the actual installation. That project is presently being engineered. When Part A of the Salineville Waterline was installed there were only seven new customers tap into the system.

There is $260,069 on hand to pay bills. The monthly summary and receipts from operations for April had nothing out of the ordinary to report. With three pay periods in the month salaries show an increase. Overtime is up with the reclamation work underway for Salineville Part A and the moving of the Hibbetts Mill mobile pump station. The cost to produce 1,000 gallons of water was down. However, Crouch noted incoming revenue was down. Water usage industry wide is down.

For the month of April the District produced 28.2 million gallons of water. Wellsville used 6.5 million gallons of that.

The Board of Trustees have their regular monthly meeting Thursday, June 20, at 9 A.M. at Wellsville Village Hall. On Tuesday, June 8, there will be a Budget Committee meeting at 10 A.M. followed by a Finance Committee meeting at 1 P.M. Both meetings will be held at the Water Treatment Plant.

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