Common Council - Special Meeting

to order the special emergency session at the Common Council. Thank you very much for coming in today. It's July 24th. Basically, there are two agenda items that were inadvertently left off of the last Common Council agenda. And the purpose of both of these agenda items is that we need to do this in order to apply for grants. The deadline for the grants is Monday. So we couldn't wait until Tuesday. So that's why we needed to get you all in here today. So I appreciate that. And it just was an oversight that it didn't get put on the agenda last time. So there are two items. The first one is a resolution for bonding for lead service line inventory. And there's a bunch of backup documents Does anyone have any questions about this?

Oh. What's our commitment on bonding?

It's all in the I think it was five years ago.

I think it was five years ago.

But I was just starting, we're just starting, I was just explaining that all we're doing is unfortunately there were two items that were supposed to be on the agenda last time you guys met that were not put on there. And they're necessary for us to do in order to fulfill a grant application that's due on Monday. So we can't wait for Tuesday.

So that's why I'm searching.

And we're doing the by-laws between the by-laws.

From what I heard, it's five years. When you look at the last page of the software there, it gets you that here to date terms and it also gives you an amount. But yes, I'm sorry. It sounds like it was an oversight. It was talked about ahead of time and I can't.

I'm sorry.

Okay, so this one, the inventory is five years, and I feel like the actual replacement is four years.

Yes. Yes.

So this relates to the, you know, lesser baseline inventory, which we have to do. All the municipalities have mandated to do this. We're seeking funding to help us do this, and that's why we have to do these authorizations.

Yes.

Does anyone have any further questions? Bill and our deputy. Yeah, it's okay. Bill and our deputy controller who works with water and sewer is here, as is Bill Norton, in case you have questions.

Bill, what are the special tools that's used to do the inventory? I think Bill explained there's some special tools or something.

Well, right now, we've done our inventory. We met our obligation with the research line replacement rule set by EPA.

You had to have an inventory done by October 16th, 2024.

But now what they say is that inventory, we have what we call lead galvanized, requiring replacement, galvanized, plastic, or unknown. So if we have unknown, which probably a lot of them, 50, 55% of ours are unknown anymore, we have to identify them. We have to identify everything So what we're going to do is we take what we call potholone on either side of this valley to tell what's on the city side and what's on the customer side, resident side. And once you identify that, you know exactly what it is. So if it's copper or plastic, you know for the required need. If it's galvanized and it's downstream of lead, it requires replacement. If it's lead, it requires replacement. According to our TAP cards, everything, the only ones that we found, we had like nine lead service lines on the six side, nine lead service lines on the customer side. So we're in the process of going to go ahead and identify that. And then a lot of those that we did dig that either said galvanized or even lead, weren't actually that they had been replaced at some point, but just weren't documented. So what we're looking to do with a certain number of these systems and maybe get a statistical analysis so we don't have to dig up all 5,000. So if we come up and we dig up 200 and we don't find any land, that'll go into a statistical analysis. And then we'll go to the state and say, if this is enough or do you want to require more? And then that'll be what we'll have to do. And then they'll say, okay, It's all very good with the latest. It's the same thing. I was going to say, I mean, that's what the sponsor of your house. For the image, the second one that we're speaking to replacement. So if we find him now. These are both so that we can get grandma.

Questions or discussion. Okay, so I think we have to do roll call votes for these in the morning.

And we're doing line inventory first. Yes. Okay.

So the, so the, is there a motion to approve the resolution for bonding for blood service line inventory? So move.

Roll call vote, please. Oh, it's a long minute. It's weird in a different position. Sorry. I'm so used to going back and forth. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Now, the next item is a bond resolution for lead service line replacement. Is there a motion? I'll call the please. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Yes. Okay. Thank you very much. That is all the business that we have for today. And I really appreciate it. Is there a motion to adjourn? Yeah.

All in favor?

Aye. We are adjourned. Thank you. Thank you both for staying. Thank you.

thank you everyone thank you