Ascutney Fire District #2 DRAFT Meeting Minutes

ASCUTNEY FIRE DISTRICT #2

PRUDENTIAL cOMMITTEE

Minutes of Monday, March, 14 Meeting

(DRAFT)

Minutes for 6:00 PM, Tuesday, March 14, 2016 meeting of Ascutney Fire District #2 Prudential Committee in Martin Memorial Hall.

Present: Prudential Committee Members Harold Pyke, Everett Bingham and William Southard. Also present was Fire District Manager Ed Morris and Treasurer Marion Ballam. Harold Pyke was a few minutes late coming in just after the minutes from last meeting were accepted.

1. Call to Order. Ed Morris called the meeting to order at 6:06 PM
2. Approval of Minutes of February 9, 2016. William Southard made the motion, which was seconded by Everett Bingham, to approve the Minutes of 2/09/16. The vote in favor was 2-0; the motion carried.
3. Approval of new revolving loan from Peoples Bank Everett Bingham made the motion, which was seconded by William Southard, to approve the acceptance of the revolving loan in the amount of $77,600.00. The vote in favor was 3-0; the motion carried.
4. Approve AVFD #2 Single Audit William Southard made the motion, which was seconded by Harold Pyke, to approve the completion of a Single Audit as required by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation Grant. The vote in favor was 3-0; the motion carried.
5. Update on generator issue for well pump #2 Ed Morris explained that the engineers and Kinsley determined that adding a delay before switching from generator power back to the power grid would solve the problems. The delay was added, and the generator is set to run weekly unloaded. After talking with John Arrison, running unloaded should not be an issue because of the small power draw when loaded anyway.
6. Appoint Ed Morris as Authorized Representative with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. William Southard made the motion, which was seconded by Everett Bingham, to approve Ed Morris as Authorized Representative with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. The vote in favor was 3-0; the motion carried.
   
   
7. Review and approve payments. Everett Bingham made the motion, which was seconded by William Southard, to approve the warrant with the amendment that payment to Aldrich and Elliot be postponed until charges can be explained. The vote in favor was 3-0; the motion carried.
   
   
8. Any new business that can be legally discussed.

Ed Morris gave information that he had been contacted by the State Attorney General’s office about extending the AVFD#2 line to 3 contaminated wells along Old Bridge Road. He stated this would be looked into more and discussion would happen at future meeting.

           Next meeting: The next meeting will be held at 6:00 PM on Monday, March 28, 2016 to review and approve the warning for annual meeting.

9. Adjournment. Everett Bingham made the motion, which was seconded by William Southard, to adjourn. The motion passed 3-0, meeting adjourned at 6:37 PM.