Buckeye Water District Finance Committtee Meeting - 8/17/09

Getting prepared for the regular monthly meeting the BWD's Finance Committee met yesterday at the district's offices on Clark Street. Attending were Committee Chairman Chuck Bibbee, members Bob Wines, Gene McGaffick, Board President Mike Ryan, District Manager Al DeAngelis and Fiscal Administrator Sara Crouch.

Receipts for the month of July from operations was $315,298 and expenses totaled $173,935. Receipt's for August are expected to be down with the cooler summer weather we have been experiencing. Costs for testing are slightly up due to the required additional testing for lead and copper when raw water is obtained from a new source. In the past the district's raw water source was from the old Wellsville reservoir. When the new facilities went on-line this year the raw water is pumped from the river which requires the additional testing.

For the month of July the new Water Treatment Plant pumped 28,613,000 gallons of treated water to district customers. Wellsville customers used a little over 6 million gallons of that amount. Still amazing to me is the fact that the Elkton Prison uses more water than the whole village. The prison used 8.7 million gallons in July.

Salineville usage was 2.2 million gallons for July. Until the construction & installation of the water lines from the new plant, Salineville water is still supplied from their old facilities. A contract for the first part of that installation is expected to awarded in the near future. BWD took over operation of the Salineville facilities earlier this year.

The district has received the $15,000 Homeland Security Grant announced a while back. Believe this grant is for the security surveillance cameras to be installed at the Water Treatment Plant. A decision by the Board will be needed very soon on whether or not to renew the USDA discharge permit for the old treatment plant. That permit is about to expire. BWD has held possession of the old plant as a back-up water source. Looking forward to next year District Manager DeAngelis advised the committee the Oakmont & Irish Ridge Road holding tanks will require painting.

The regular monthly meeting is schedule for 9 A.M. Thursday morning, August 20, at Wellsville Village Hall.

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