BWD Board of Trustees

Thursday - August 19: Buckeye Water District Board of Trustees held their August meeting this past Thursday morning at Wellsville Village Hall. Present at the meeting was Board President Mike Ryan, Board Members Bob Wines, Dave Lloyd, Rick Williams, Jack Call, Gene McGaffick, Tim O'Hara and Chuck Bibbee. Also attending the meeting was District Manager Al DeAngelis & Fiscal Administrator Sara Crouch.

The Board passed three new resolutions. The first is adopting changes in the Rules & Regulations that was approved by the Board this past June. It modifies the policy on non-sufficient fund check returns and tweaked the fee schedule adding items that were not covered in the old schedule. The second resolution passed authorizes modifications in the operating & construction budget to cover costs through the end of the year. The third one was to formally adopt a records retention schedule as required by Ohio Revised Code.

The Board accepted the Treasurer's Report for the month of July. At a Finance Committee meeting on August 17 it was reported that during July 2010 the district recorded the highest amount of water furnished to BWD customers since its beginning. For July the district supplied a little over 32.1 million gallons of water. Wellsville customers used 8.4 million of that. July receipts were $294,924 and expenses were $142,199. Crouch advised the Committee that some big loan payments are coming due in the next couple of months. The loan payment to USDA is $750,000 alone.

A Personnel Committee meeting was held in Executive Session on August 17 to discuss "employee compensation". No comment was made at the Trustee's meeting in regards to that.

For the Engineering Committee Chuck Bibbee reported that "things are looking positive in regards to Salineville" noting that the village has been on-line with the new water supply for a couple of days as of Thursday. At an Engineering Committee meeting held with members of Tucson Inc. on August 11 it was reported that Part B of the new water line will be completed under budget. Tucson held the bid to install Part B of that project. The winning bid for Part B was $827,166 and Tucson officials reported the job will total $45,000/$50,000 under that amount. Except for a few minor items to be taken care of Part B should be ready for the final walk through inspection by the end of the month.

In the District Manager's Report, DeAngelis confirmed that Salineville is now being supplied with raw water from the Ohio River that is being treated at the new BWD Water Treatment Plant. No problems have been found with the line or the pressure relief valves. Currently BWD personnel is installing the telemetry on the new system and should be completed in one to two weeks. Telemetry on the water system allows the district to monitor the whole system. DeAngelis further noted the old Salineville Water Treatment is no longer being used, saying once the district feels good about the operation of the new lines it will be cut off. That is being temporarily held off just in case it is needed for a back-up. EPA directives state the old treatment plant must be cut off completely from the Salineville system following the start up of the new water supply.

The whole project includes about 10 miles of new water line that starts from near the old Red Brick Church on State Rt. 45 and goes to the Salineville water tank that is located west of the village in Carroll County. In addition to supplying Salineville tap-ins are available to any resident or business in between.

The meeting adjourned at 9:16 A.M. Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 16 at 9 A.M. at Wellsville Village Hall.

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