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KEUKA WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT COOPERATIVE (KWIC) MEETING
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 AT VILLAGE OF HAMMONDSPORT
The meeting was called to order a 7:10 p.m. by Chair Dawn Dowdle, (Wayne). In attendance were the board members: Gordon Lanphere (Urbana), John Socha (Milo), Eileen Farnan (Barrington), Anne Green (Hammondsport), Daryl Jones, (Jerusalem). Not represented were Pulteney and Penn Yan. Watershed Manager Paul Bauter was present. Guests at the meeting were: Bill Laffin, Roger Ribble, John Webster, Al Wahlig, Janet Stone and Jerry Kemski (sp).
The Minutes of October 26, 2009 were amended to reflect a clarification of the meeting reported under the KLA report. The corrected minutes were approved on motion of Jones and Dowdle.
The Treasurer’s Report was reviewed and accepted upon motion of Socha and Jones.
Manager’s Report:
Fee Schedule: The Board accepted the 2010 fee schedule labeled B as prepared by the manager on 11/20/09 upon motion of Green and Farnan.
The manager submitted the inspections report in a new format in hopes of clarifying the issues the Board members had.. In general the members felt it was clearer although the format needs a little adjustment. The month of November bought on a rush in construction before the really bad weather. The manager had 23 site visits bringing the year’s total to 165. A Report for the month of December should be sent by email to the Board members, since we are not having a December meeting.
On the appearance tickets, trials etc it was reiterated that KWIC needs to keep up to date on the progress in the various courts and send notices to judges so they do not dismiss charges even if a correction has made since the violation was issued. The municipalities need to be at least reimbursed for the cost of serving the summonses and the time and trouble. If homeowners are fined, we believe that they will stop stretching their deadlines etc and get their wastewater treatment systems in order.
The Local wavier renewal from the Department of Health is due in January. The manager will write a letter reflecting that we are considering revisions in the waster water law (although the municipalities have not responded to the proposals). The Manager should try for a 1-2 year renewal. The draft of the letter should be sent by email to the Board members as early in December as possible since our January meeting will be too close to the deadline.
Bill Laffin inquired where the revised wastewater law stood? It had been tabled pending the outcome of the possible change in the permitting process. Since this process has been tabled, the manager was asked to get a final version prepared along with an updated policies and procedures manual that will outline the responsibilities of each type of inspection official in the watershed. This would include the ability of the manager to step fill in, in the absence of a local inspector, while the opposite may no be true. Therefore, the manager was asked to coordinate the two documents and submit drafts of the two to all directors for their review by December and KWIC MINUTES 11/23/09
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discussion at the January meeting.
Since the Pulteney commissioner was not in attendance we did not discuss the inspection back log in Pulteney. As to Wayne a meeting between its Watershed Inspector and the Code Enforcement Officer and the KWIC Manager took place. This resulted in adjustments in the KWIC records of inspections in Wayne. Further the KWIC Manager will send the CEO a Plat plan so property lines are clear and the CEO will comment before a permit is issued by KWIC.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Software Update: Scott Demmin of DSD Web Works emailed Chair Dowdle reporting that the new program will be more logical then present. There is of course problems with the old data and conversion to the new program.
The next meeting is January 25, 2009 at Pulteney.
At 8:13pm upon motion of Dowdle and Green the Board went into Executive Session to discuss personnel issues. At 8:45 we came out of Executive Session and since no action had been recommended, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully,
Anne Green
Secretary
