Town of St. Armand

Regular Board Meeting

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

6:30 PM

These Meeting Minutes were approved by the Town Board on August 13, 2019.

A Regular Board Meeting of the Town of St. Armand was held on the above date and time at the Town Hall, Bloomingdale, NY.

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

Town Supervisor Davina Winemiller, Deputy Supervisor D. Joseph Bates, Councilperson Donald Amell, Councilperson Jennifer Fuller, and Councilperson Karl Law.

A quorum of the Board was in attendance.

TOWN EMPLOYEES PRESENT:

Highway Superintendent Douglas Snickles, Water Superintendent Jeffrey Cotter, Wastewater Superintendent Stanley Ingison, and Town Clerk Barbara Darrah.

EXCUSED: Code Enforcement Officer Derrick Martineau were excused from this meeting.

GUESTS: Nicholas Delaini, Dustin Fuller, Sandy Hayes, Warrene McCarthy, and Jeffrey Tedford, all from the community.

Notice was posted regarding the date and time of this meeting.

Supervisor Davina Winemiller called the Meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and asked all to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Supervisor Winemiller opened the meeting with discussion on the drilled well on the Youth Field. She reported last month Councilperson Donald Amell had asked how we were going to pay for it. Jeff Cotter was able to get ahold of Wood Well Drilling to get a quote which were placed in the Board’s meeting packets. Supervisor Winemiller stated she proposed to pay for the well by utilizing $10,250 which is the balance remaining from the anonymous donor for the Youth Programs, and $3,212.08 which is the Cyclic Relief Fund bonus, and the remaining balance of $1,537.92, the Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary agreed to donate to this project through a pie sale. We are estimating the total cost of the well will be $15,000, to pay for the well, pump and small hydrant and a cover to protect it from weather, etc. Jeff Cotter asked if he could interrupt to give some input.

Jeff Cotter: That is based on the depth of 400’ which I think we are going to hit before that. They (Wood’s) used data from the area. It is $40 per foot to ledge and $20 per foot once they hit ledge. So, if they hit a good vein 100 feet down, it obviously won’t cost that much.

Winemiller: So, we estimated $15,000 on the high end. If we utilize this method to pay for it, it will be 100% funded with zero taxpayer dollars, zero water or sewer dollars, it is completely non-related to the taxpayer.

Sandy Hayes: Why do you drill a well in a village that has a water system? Why are you spending $15,000 plus maintenance and electric? It doesn’t make sense. I don’t understand.

Winemiller: Let me explain why we want to do this. This well would be used specifically to flood the ice rink because the water pressure that comes out of those hydrants shakes the lines. Jeff could explain it better.

Cotter: Yes. Every time they flood the rink and it’s been that way since I took the job, there have been complaints from people all over town. They hear noises in their water lines. We have had leaks. The pressure is high, and it just uses a lot of water.

Winemiller: This way we don’t have to treat the water, we won’t have to move the water all over town, and it won’t be a detriment to our water supply lines. It would specifically just be for the ice rink.

Hayes: It just doesn’t make sense when you have water here. If you have a fire, you must have the same issue. How many days in the winter does he flood that rink?

Cotter: A lot.

Hayes: What’s a lot? Is it 20 or 200?

Cotter: No, it was two or three times a week. And, it was 20,000 gallons per flood and it would drop the stand pipe a couple feet every time he did it. And, there have been times I would have to call him and tell him he

could not flood that night because we don’t have enough water. It just got bigger and bigger and bigger. Which we have discussed in the past, I would like to cut down the size of it to keep it to one or two rinks that we originally used to have. It has gotten to be half the field in the past couple of years.

Winemiller: It will save our town water supply. And, it’s more because of the high pressure of the system, Sandy. We did have a break this year on Roosevelt Lane which is in direct correlation of flooding that ice rink.

And, the ice rink is something we do want to provide. A lot of kids play hockey here. Kids from Saranac Lake come here to play hockey. So, we do want to provide that service to them, but we don’t want to put our water system in jeopardy by doing so.

Hayes: Well, when I was a kid, we had a hockey rink and we had a skating rink and we had a lot smaller water system them we have today, and I never heard about that problem. And, that’s in the 50’s. And, I think $15,000 bucks…boy……….

Winemiller: It’s an investment in our kids and it’s an investment to save the lines of our water system. The pressure is so high down there that when they flood the rink, Ron Coleman will call Jeff and tell him it’s whistling through his kitchen.

Cotter: Most of the breaks that I have had here have been after fires, when they use the hydrants, that’s usually when you see a leak. We met with Kevin Woodruff and he agreed that the pressure is so high here, he is having special training classes with his fire department, so they don’t open fast or close fast. They actually use a reducer to try to cut back on that. He’s well aware of that, but it’s high pressure.

Hayes: Isn’t there a way to reduce that pressure with some sort of reducer?

Cotter: Off the hydrant. Yes, there would be. Kevin had an idea for that, but we are still going to use same quantity of water.

Hayes: Boy, I don’t see it, but I’m not one of the poor people to vote on it.

Winemiller: Sandy, just so you know, too, that break that we had on Roosevelt, we thought that the line was installed in the 60’s because that is what the map says, but when Jeff dug it out, that line is probably from the 40’s. So, you have to think, that yes, maybe in the 50’s it was only a 10-year old line, but now it’s a seventy-year old line. We need to do what we can to protect those lines until we have the millions of dollars that we need to install new lines.

Hayes: But, if you can reduce it at the hydrant, it can’t cost $15,000 to put some sort of reducer on that hydrant.

Cotter: No. It wouldn’t cost that much, but you are still going to use a lot of water.

Winemiller: But the savings, Sandy, that well will pay for itself within just a few years between pumping it from the well field into the clear well, all the chemicals up to the stand pipe…….that takes a lot of energy, a lot of chemicals to treat that water that is just being thrown on the ground. We don’t need to pay for chemicals to have an ice rink. It will pay for itself.

Jeff Tedford: Will the new system that you propose, will you need a special pump, Jeff, to produce that much water?

Cotter: Yes, it won’t be a standard house pump, it will have to be a larger pump.

Winemiller: That is why we estimated on the high end. Absolutely, it will need a bigger pump than a normal house.

Hayes: Who was the well company?

Cotter: It’s Wood Well Drilling. I also contacted Ormsby out of Plattsburgh, they seemed really busy and didn’t get back to me. The prices are pretty much the same for all these well drillers.

Hayes: What are they getting a foot for drilling?

Cotter: $40 to the ledge and $20 after the ledge. They will drill until they hit ledge and charge $40 because they have to put casing in until they hit ledge and then it drops to $20 per foot.

Hayes: We are paying $18 and $18 with Ormsby in Gabriels. They were booked.

Winemiller: It will save money in the long run, Sandy, and more than that it will save the pressure on our system. If we are not flooding through our water system, it is going to save in water breaks.

Cotter: Electric for the pumping is big, too. Pumping from the clear well to the stand pipe to replenish the water, the power is a huge cost. The run times of those pumps could cut back $2,000.

Tedford: Is it something the fire department could use also?

Winemiller: We did talk to the fire department. They could definitely use it, obviously not in an emergency situation, but if they were out doing whatever and needed to add 500 gallons to their truck, and it wasn’t an emergency, they could absolutely use that to fill that truck. If it’s an emergency situation, of course we want them to use the hydrants and get the water as quickly as they possibly can. We are not telling the fire department that they cannot use the hydrants, that is not the case at all.

Donald Amell: Would it make sense to have this an item that we discuss in the budget workshops? To Sandy’s point, $15,000 may be better utilized elsewhere.

Winemiller: But we do not have any of this money budgeted anywhere. We do not have any of this money utilized in our budget at all.

Amell: But the point is we would be using it up. It certainly would be available for something that might be more beneficial.

Winemiller: The only thing that is, is the $10,250 from the anonymous donation, which I believe was originally $25,000 and it has been in our account for a very long time. We have picked away at it doing the bleachers and things like that throughout the years. But not a penny of this money is in our budget, not one red cent.

Amell: Understood. But again, it could be money diverted elsewhere.

Winemiller: But this has to be used for youth. It was an anonymous donation specifically for youth programs.

If we waited until the budget, I am thinking we would not be able to drill the well this year, we would be another year using our water system to flood. That was the one thing we were trying to avoid so we don’t have that pressure and that waste of money and resources on the flooding.

Hayes: So, is it going to be a random drill or are they going to have somebody witch it?

Cotter: I would definitely recommend witching it. It seems to work.

Hayes: 400 is a pretty deep well around here.

Cotter: If you look at that location, you would have to think they will hit it before that.

Winemiller: We asked them to estimate on the high end. It is entirely possible that it will not cost $15,000. This is the maximum between everything that it would cost.

Doug Snickles: Where is the power going to come from, the shack?

Winemiller: Yes, the Youth shack. And, you know hockey is such a big thing up here for these kids and they don’t have a whole lot of other things to do right in Bloomingdale here in the winter. The kids love the hockey here, it’s a big deal. And, anything we can do to get our kids away from the television and off the phone, and off the computer, I think is priceless.

Snickles: There is no way to put, let’s say you hit 100 gallons per minute, to put it back in the system?

Winemiller: You cannot. And the reason is for that it will not be treated in any way, shape or form. We do not want any contamination of our water system at all.

Cotter: It could be used for an emergency source. If we ran out if something happened, we could do a boil water order.

Winemiller: That is true. Maybe in the summer, I’m sure we could think of uses for it in the summer. So, that was just food for thought. Does anyone have any other questions on the well? There were no other questions.

Supervisor Winemiller then directed the meeting to Highway Superintendent Douglas Snickles.

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT

Highway Superintendent Douglas Snickles presented the following report to the Board:

Town of St. Armand Highway Report for the July 9, 2019 Meeting

Town of St. Armand Highway Report for the July 9, 2019 Meeting

1) We fixed the upper parking lot at the ballfield. We are going to put millings down and roll it.

2) We temporarily got water to drain at one end of the ballfield. We need to make a ditch alongside of the bank all the way to the wood to get water off the field.

3) We raked all of our dirt roads.

4) Bob Besaw put new brakes and one front spring on the 2014 International.

Doug Snickles: Hopefully, we hear back from the State regarding the contract, soon.

Winemiller: I sent him another email. He came back and said they dropped the contracts, he had to do some tweaking and he would get back to me as soon as possible. That was Thursday. I don’t know what to tell you.

5) The box on the 2009 Mack rotted where the pins are and it needs to be fixed.

6) The 2015 International is down to 5TH Wheel getting the box to raise right. It needs a valve box.

7) We brought the two sets of wooden bleachers up from the ballfield to be fitted with new boards and painted.

8) The two kids started for the summer Highway crew. They are working out well with mowing and weed whacking and whatever else comes up.

9) We started brush hogging.

10) I am meeting with the County regarding the roads we want to pave.

Doug Snickles: The roads I am thinking about from the “Y”, up past the school, probably to the farmhouse. Possibly from Roosevelt from the bottom of Rte 3 to the top of the hill around the corner. And one on Vista Drive. If my calculations are right it would be about $45,000, paying them $3500 per day for their paving crew. I called Harrietstown and Franklin to see what their schedules might be, because everybody has to get on the schedule.

11) We have been patching – using the roller from Hyde’s. The roller is working good and I would like to go ahead with the purchase of that. I’d say grab it for what they are asking for it.

Jeff Cotter: Did you use it on Vine Street?

Snickles: Yes. It worked great.

Winemiller: Is the Board okay with that purchasing that for $1500? He does have it in his budget.

Snickles: It comes with a trailer and everything. For what we need, for these long stretches, you can’t use a tamper.

The Board approved the purchase of the roller.

Winemiller: Are there any more questions for Doug? There were no other questions.

WATER DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT

Water Superintendent Jeffrey Cotter presented the following report to the Board:

Town of St. Armand Water Report for the July 9, 2019 Meeting

1. Quote Received For Ice Rink Well - We received a quote from Wood Well Drilling to drill a well for using to flood the ice rink. The quote was $11,250 and is just an estimate based on well drilling data from area wells and depths. They will charge $40/ft. to ledge and then $20/ft. once in ledge.

2. Located Water Lines - On 6/17/19, I located water lines on Main St. for a dig safe ticket at 4 Main St.

3. Shut-off Water Service - On 6/17/19, I shut off the water service at 14 Andrew Way until the bill is paid.

4. Scheduled Standpipe Reservoir Inspection - On 6/18/19, I contacted Atlantic Underwater Testing to schedule an internal inspection of the Standpipe. They bought out Conrad. They will be scheduling the inspection at the end of August.

Cotter: They gave two quotes, one at $1,700 just for the inspection and one for $4,500 for inspecting and cleaning the tank and installing cathodic protection. The last time it was done by Conrad it was very clean, three years ago and the cathodic protection was in decent shape. So, we are going to elect to just having it cleaned and inspection the cathodic protection, to make that they are still there and functioning.

Winemiller: Would that be something Jeff, if while they were doing the inspection if they found that the anodes did need to be replaced, would that be something they could do right then?

Cotter: No, we would have to order them directly from Aqua Store, the manufacturer of the tank. They will give us a report and make recommendations and we can go from there.

5. Water Shut-offs - I began going down the list of customers who have not paid their water bills. I started from the ones who owed the most money. I met and spoke with them directly asking them to please make arrangements to pay their bill or I would shut their water service off the next day. So far, everyone I have spoken to has made payments.

6. Test Ran Both Emergency Generators with no issues to report.

7. Attended a Special Board Meeting on 6/20/19 on Water and Sewer Regulations.

8. Methodist Church Water - On 6/21/19, I turned on the water to the Methodist Church at their request.

9. Worked In Well Field - On Sunday, 6/23/19, I worked in the well field cutting and removing fallen trees in the well field access roads. I also repaired the electrical conduit and well cap on well #5. I also used plexiglas pieces to fill in small holes around the clear well cover in the pump house.

10. Met with Health Dept. and Engineer Todd Hodgson - On 6/24/19, I met with Marlene Martin of the Saranac Lake Health Dept. and Engineer Todd Hodgson for an annual inspection of our water system. Marlene will be following up with a report. There were no violations issued and Todd will be suggesting some future system upgrades to Marlene. Todd made recommendations and the Health Department agreed perhaps some items could come off the report.

11. Monthly Lab Tests - The Monthly Coliform test was collected at the Youth Center and submitted to Life Science Lab, and the sample tested negative.

12. New Meter Installed - The owner of 57 River contacted me to inform me that he had a new water meter and reader installed. I obtained the initial reading and provided that reading to Barb.

13. Returned Water Service - On 6/27/19, I returned water service to 14 Andrew Way after Barb informed me that the owner had paid the bill in full.

14. Met with Kevin Woodruff and Davina - On 6/27/19, Davina and I met with Kevin Woodruff of the Bloomingdale Fire Dept. at the Town Hall. We discussed fire hydrants and training because of the high pressure.

Winemiller: Kevin Woodruff did also say that annually they get together with Paul Smiths-Gabriels, Saranac Lake and other area fire departments get together and do training and they do training annually on how to run our hydrants here because they are such high-pressured hydrants. Kevin said he takes very seriously who opens the hydrants in Bloomingdale because of the high pressure.

15. Increasing Water Consumption - I had to increase well #5 running time by 4 hours each day this month due to increased water consumption with the hot temperatures.

16. Met with MJ Engineering at Rockledge - On 7/3/19, I met with Warren of MJ Engineering at Rockledge to discuss possible future improvements and upgrades to the water mains at Rockledge.

Cotter: They were hired to evaluate Rockledge water system to see what is needed up there. I don’t know what initiated it, but I did meet with him and share all the information I had on the system which isn’t very much. I showed him were I did a wet tap and where there was a freeze and a break last winter. He is going to make recommendations how to improve. He also said it was a strange agreement with Saranac Lake.

Winemiller: I did meet with Dan Manning regarding the agreement and he was going to review it and get back to me. There is a Rockledge update in your packet. You can look at it and we can discuss it now, and we can skip it later in the meeting.

Cotter: It might be worth talking to this guy, Pratt, up in Rockledge. He has quite a bit of knowledge up there.

17. Looking for Water Meters Online - We are currently looking at trying to purchase used "lots" of water meters online.

Winemiller: Maybe in the next few days I can contact United Way because they will be the ones purchasing the meters. So, maybe you and I can sit down after that.

Winemiller: Does anyone have any other questions for Jeff Cotter?

Guest Dustin Fuller introduced himself and stated he might have some questions for Jeff, actually.

Fuller: I’m sorry, I was gone. You guys already went over the well thing?

Winemilller: Yes.

Fuller: Ok. We had a meeting at the firehouse and they asked me to come up and sit in on the well. I guess I missed the most important part. So, what was the outcome?

Winemiller: We didn’t really decide anything, Dustin. We talked about the estimate. After Jeff talked to Wood Well Drilling and got an estimate of $11,250 and then we estimated with the pump and everything it would be about $15,000. I proposed paying for that $15,000 with $10,250 which was a balance remaining from an anonymous donor specifically for the youth program. And then we received $3,212.08 was given to the Town as a bonus from the Office of the State Comptroller for cyclical aide, and the Ladies Auxiliary committed to $1,537.92 and that would bring us up to the $15,000 with zero dollars coming from taxpayers or water and sewer users. So, it would be completely funded without affecting anything like that and none of this money is budgeted. The main reason we are floating around this idea of drilling a well is that the Town of St. Armand’s water system is very, very high-pressured. And, every time we flood that ice rink, it causes a tremendous amount of pressure on our water lines. So, in order to reduce the amount of pressure that we put on our water lines which we need for our water system, it would reduce the amount of money that it costs to flood the rink because we wouldn’t have to pay to chemically treat the water, to move the water, and just the undue stress to the system. So, we had figured that well would pay for itself within two years. That was the reason for the idea. I have talked to many people in the community. They all feel very strongly they want that ice rink for our kids. It’s a very big part of our winter program here. We have kids from Franklin, Gabriels, Saranac Lake that come and skate here so it’s a really good thing. I have given this information to the Board and they are percolating on it and nothing has been decided.

Fuller: Ok. So, it costs $7,500 per year to flood the rink?

Cotter: I never really put a price tag on it.

Fuller: You said in two years it would pay for itself. So, $7500 a year to flood the rink. In water?

Cotter: Mainly the electric costs.

Fuller: Ok, with the pumps and stuff. Ok, I guess that’s the besides the point. We had a meeting at the firehouse and it was brought up that you had come to the fire department looking for money and the Auxiliary is kind of part of the fire department, and it was brought up that we do damage to the water system, apparently, by opening hydrants and stuff?

Winemiller: Ok. Hang on a second. Let’s back up a little.

Fuller: That is one thing I wanted to straighten out.

Winemiller: So, because the Town of St. Armand, in Bloomingdale, our system is such high pressure, the water just roars through those lines. We absolutely are not saying we do not want the fire department to use our hydrants. We are not saying that in any way, shape or form. We are just trying to reduce the stress on the system. By putting in this well for flooding the rink, we are trying to reduce the pressure in that area. We did have a water main break on Roosevelt that we just recently fixed, that was caused directly from pressure on that water line from flooding the rink. It is nothing against the fire department. Okay.

Fuller: I guess the other thing is, you know we are a nonprofit. We put hours and hours a year in fundraising just to pay for the equipment we have. It’s upwards of $3,000 – $4,000 just to outfit a new fireman with gear and stuff.

Winemiller: Well, the ladies are doing a pie sale.

Fuller: I understand that. But, it’s the whole point of it that really kind of left a sour taste in my mouth about asking for money from us. I know the last time we did our budgets we didn’t adjust the bill for St. Armand or the contract as much as we did for Franklin because of the use of the hydrant, and we took that into consideration. But, $1500……that’s a couple days of people putting in a 10-hour day in to raise money for stuff. I just hope you took that into consideration. I don’t think it’s right that you asked for money from the fire department. I mean we really don’t have anything to do with the rink per say. That’s my personal opinion.

Winemiller: OK. I did talk to Nancy Heath who is the President of the Auxiliary. I explained to her what I just explained to you. Nancy felt very strongly that the hockey program was a worthy cause for the kids in Bloomingdale. We did talk about it at a meeting at the Auxiliary, whether or not the ladies would agree to do some type of donation or fundraiser for the well. So, that went through …….

Fuller: Yes, I’m not part of the Auxiliary. I don’t know that. I know you had asked us for money, too.

Winemiller: Well, Kevin had said that they didn’t want to do that, and that was fine. We have it funded another way. So, I mean that’s absolutely fine. I was just trying to make it so that we could have the ice rink for the kids without putting undue pressure on our water system.

Fuller: No, I understand that. Ok.

Winemiller: And, it was a thought at the time that the fire department could use the well to fill the trucks in non-emergency situations. So, that was a thought process that went along with that.

Fuller. Ok.

Winemiller: Did you want a copy of this? I have it right here.

Fuller: Yes, I would like one actually, if you don’t mind. I’m sorry I missed it earlier to make you go back on it. Thanks.

Winemiller: Anything else on that, Dustin.

Fuller: Not really. Maybe, a question for Jeff. Do you know how much we actually use per year at the firehouse?

Cotter: They are not metered, are they?

Barb Darrah: No.

Winemiller: No. And, the fire hydrant that you use there, the one over by the flagpole……

Fuller: We hardly ever use that hydrant. We have a three quarter – one-inch line in the station we use to fill the truck.

Winemiller: Barb, can you tell Dustin how the fire department is charged?

Darrah: The only charge the fire department gets is a yearly bill in July and you pay just the sewer debt.

Winemiller: So, we don’t charge the fire department anything for water or sewer usage.

Fuller: Right. I realize that. And like I said earlier, that was somewhat reflected in the contracts.

Winemiller: Please know that I don’t want to have any problem with the fire department. In no way does this well mean that we don’t want you to use the hydrants. That’s not the case.

Fuller: No. I don’t know if you guys can legally do that in the case of a fire anyway.

Winemiller: We would never say that. Oh no, stop right there, Dustin.

Fuller: No. I’m not saying that. But, we really don’t use the hydrants. The only line that we us is the three-quarter inch line in the station. No, I’m not saying that at all.

Winemiller: Please know that when I talked to Kevin about this originally a couple of months ago, I made it very clear to him that absolutely use the hydrants anytime of a fire or emergency in any way, shape or form.

Fuller: And, we will.

Winemiller: And, of course we want you to. That was never ever mentioned.

Fuller: No. And, I didn’t say that either. I’m just saying we don’t use them unless there is an emergency because of the water hammer issue and the pressure. Ok. Well, thank you.

Cotter: So, you are well aware of the water hammer here.

Fuller: I’ll put it this way. If we have a fire on the corner, here, we can park a truck, hook it to the hydrant and the truck runs on idle, we actually have to gate it down coming out behind, so it’s not too high a pressure.

I don’t know if Kevin shared this, but we hook to all your hydrants we hook with a pressure reducer, and it actually has a dump valve, so if there is a water hammer caused by a hose line, it will dump out the gate valve before it goes into the water system.

Cotter: Is that something I could purchase for when I flush the hydrants?

Fuller: Absolutely, I’m sure you could. It makes it so you can open and close the hydrant a little slower.

For flushing the hydrants, I think the Village of Saranac Lake uses a gated “Y” they put on. It’s a quarter turn valve basically.

Cotter: I have an attachment, but every time I do it, the ground shakes.

Fuller: It’s a lot of pressure. It is.

Winemiller: We are just trying to save the water lines.

Fuller: And, I understand that. My biggest concern was like I said, about asking us for money to pay for it. I didn’t think that was right. But, that’s my personal opinion. Thank you.

Supervisor Winemilller returned the meeting to the Code Enforcement Officer’s Report.

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER’S MONTHLY REPORT

Code Enforcement Officer Derrick Martineau submitted the following written report to the Board:

Town of St. Armand Code Enforcement Report for the July 9, 2019 Meeting

1. Permits issued: (2) This month.

2. Applications incomplete: (2) Working with applicants to get them finished. Allowed work to start.

3. Answered 12 calls. Most were code questions and help getting paperwork for permits.

4. Moose Pond Road issue: Resident will be in court next week, July 17th.

5. Reynolds property cleanup is on-going.

6. Continued inspections on boathouses in Lake Placid.

Comments:

Working with HAPEC to finish the Kanze project on Moose Pond.

WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT

Wastewater Superintendent presented the following report to the Board.

Town of St. Armand Wastewater Report for the July 9, 2019 meeting

1) Did daily collections, testing and recorded data.

2) Did daily checks of all systems at the PTB and WWTP and recorded the data.

3) Wrote up the DEC monthly operating report and the discharge monitoring report and submitted them digitally.

4) Did weekly generator checks.

5) Did weekly greasing of the paddle wheel drive and clarifier drives.

6) I did the weekly flexing of all the aeration diffusers.

7) Last month we did get the flow meters working properly and recalibrated.

8) To save money I have been trying to hold the addition of polymer / coagulant mix to a minimum to just keep use within our permitted regulation level of phosphorus leaving the plant. This means I had the injection rate very low and it turns out that the Surfloc B-1110 congealed in the line at that rate. That along with the high flows from our inflow and infiltration (I & I) problems and all the rain at the time put us over our limit. We did have a meeting with the DEC and discussed studying how to do better at Total Phosphorus removal.

9) I continue to work on the St. Armand Wastewater Department Comprehensive Improvement and Repair Program.

Supervisor Winemiller asked those present if there were any questions for Stan. There were none.

TAX COLLECTOR’S REPORT

Tax Collector Nancy Heath submitted the following written report to the Board.

SUBJECT: 2019 Tax Collection

Our 2019 Warrant of $845,639.29 was met with the final payment on March 6, 2019 to Dean P. Montroy, Town Supervisor.

Since the County requests that we not hold our funds until the end of April but rather forward them to the county, I sent a check for $75,000 on April 3, 2019 and a check for $70,000 on April 17, 2019 to the Essex County Treasurer.

On May 1, 2019, I turned in the Town books and wrote a check in the amount of $30,573.58 to the Essex County Treasurer which was the remaining balance minus the interest and adjustments.

The total interest collected this year was $4,186.41. One landowner’s tax payment check bounced in April and our bank charges an $18 fee on returned checks – I contacted the landowner by phone on April 25, 2019 was told the replacement payment and $18 fee would be sent. The payment was not received by May 29, 2019 so I sent a certified letter requesting the $18 fee. It is my understanding from the County that they have been contacted by this family and that the landowner’s children are taking over the finances. If the $18 fee is not received within the next couple of weeks, I will contact the County Treasurer’s Office to find out what to do next. On May 29, 2019, I cut a check for $4,168.41 to Davina Winemiller, Town Supervisor, which represents the interest received from the 2019 tax payments minus the $18 fee still due.

RESOLUTIONS #’S 59 - #’s 65

RESOLUTION # 59 OF 2019 TOWN OF ST. ARMAND ADOPTION OF UPDATED WATER AND SEWER REGULATIONS DATED JUNE 20, 2019

Deputy Supervisor D. Joseph Bates, who moved its adoption, offered the following Resolution:

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of St. Armand met and discussed at length changes and updates to the current Water and Sewer Regulations in two public Special Meetings conducted on May 30, 2019 and June 20th, 2019, which were announced in accordance with Town Law in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Bloomingdale Fire Department Marquis, and the Town’s outdoor Announcement Board, and

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of St. Armand did hereby approve the updates and changes to the current St. Armand Water and Sewer Regulations presented at those Special Meetings,

THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED the Town Board of the Town of St. Armand hereby adopts the finalized document entitled, “St. Armand Water and Sewer Regulations”, dated June 20, 2019, to include all changes discussed within the Special Meetings and the updated Water and Sewer Regulations shall be effective as of July 9, 2019.

This Resolution was duly seconded by Councilperson Jennifer Fuller, and adopted by Roll Call Vote as follows:

Supervisor Davina Winemiller AYE

Deputy Supervisor D. Joseph Bates AYE

Councilperson Donald Amell AYE

Councilperson Jennifer Fuller AYE

Councilperson Karl Law AYE

______________________________ Dated: July 9, 2019

Barbara J. Darrah

St. Armand Town Clerk

RESOLUTION # 60 OF 2019 TOWN OF ST. ARMAND TOWN BOARD APPROVAL ADOPTION OF FUNDING FOR

DRILLED WELL AT TOWN’S YOUTH FIELD

Donald Amell: I think it needs more discussion, personally. If we were to vote on it tonight, I will vote no.

Winemiller: Do you want to have a discussion now, Don?

Amell: No.

Winemiller: Do you want to table it tonight or do you want to put it on for August, or do you want to have a Special Meeting on it?

The Board agreed to table Resolution # 60 of 2019 until the August 13, 2019 Board Meeting.

Winemiller: Resolution # 61. This is the Capital Reserve Funds that we had talked about last month when you accepted the proposal for the reduction in the sewer usage rates. Dan Manning did do the language on these next four Resolutions # 61 - # 64.

Amell: This is new?

Winemiller: Yes

Amell: This is not even giving us an opportunity to even consider these things if we read them the night we

approve them.

Winemiller: I understand that. I have to just tell you that I gave this information to Dan Manning on June 2, and

I believe it was 4:15 today when he sent it in. If you would like, we could table these and that will give you until

next month to review them because we are already collecting it. These resolutions are just to set up the separate

funds in the bank.

Amell: You understand my point. I think it’s a dangerous precedent being surprised by all these resolutions and

seeing them for the first time fifteen minutes before.

Winemiller: I understand. I just want to add we can table these, that’s fine. One thing I want do want to

mention to you so you can think about this over the next month; I typed up a little ditty about the capital reserve

fund for the sewer and what we need to decide is how much you want to put into the capital reserve fund for the

improvements. I took this information directly from the proposed reduction that was passed last month.

These Resolutions are just to open the capital reserve accounts. We can open the accounts with as little as $100.

Any other discussion on that?

The Board agreed to table Resolutions # 61 through # 64 until the August 13, 2019 Board Meeting

RESOLUTION # 61 of 2019 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE “INCREASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES RESERVE FUND OF THE SEWER DISTRICT OF THE TOWN OF ST. ARMAND UNDER SECTION 6-C OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW”

RESOLUTION # 62 of 2019 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE “REPAIR OF

FACILITIES RESERVE FUND OF THE SEWER DISTRICT

OF THE TOWN OF ST. ARMAND” UNDER SECTION 6-D

OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW

RESOLUTION # 63 OF 2019 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE “INCREASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES RESERVE FUND OF WATER DISTRICT NO.1 OF THE TOWN OF

ST. ARMAND UNDER SECTION 6-C OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW”

RESOLUTION # 64 OF 2019 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE “REPAIR OF

FACILITIES RESERVE FUND OF WATER DISTRICT

NO. 1 OF THE TOWN OF ST. ARMAND” UNDER SECTION 6-D OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW

RESOLUTION # 65 of 2019 FLAT FEE REIMBURSEMENT TO ST. ARMAND’S CODE

ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR USE OF PERSONAL

BOAT FOR CEO DUTIES PERFORMED

Councilperson Karl Law, who moved its adoption, offered the following Resolution:

WHEREAS, the Town of St. Armand’s Code Enforcement Officer conducts Town business and has occasion to use a boat for performing CEO Duties, and

WHEREAS, the use of his boat results in cost savings to the Town of not having to purchase or rent a boat for the Code Enforcement Officer to perform duties and inspections of buildings on the water,

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of St. Armand hereby agrees that the Code Enforcement Officer shall be reimbursed a flat fee of $20.00 per trip for the use of his boat during his duties performed for the Town as Code Enforcement Officer.

This Resolution was duly seconded by Councilperson Donald Amell and adopted by Roll Call vote as follows:

Supervisor Davina Winemiller AYE

Deputy Supervisor D. Joseph Bates AYE

Councilperson Donald Amell AYE

Councilperson Jennifer Fuller AYE

Councilperson Karl Law AYE

_______________________________ Dated: July 9, 2019

Barbara J. Darrah

St. Armand Town Clerk

MOTION TO PAY MONTHLY BILLS

The payment abstracts for July 2019 were presented for the Board’s approval as follows:

General Vouchers # 172 - # 203 in the amount of $ 18,513.39

Trust and Agency Fund Voucher # 8 in the amount of $ 106.50

Highway Vouchers # 101 - # 121 in the amount of $ 50,932.00

Highway Outside Voucher # 7 in the amount of $ 500.80

Water and Sewer Vouchers # 88 - # 101 in the amount of $ 12,802.94

B Fund Vouchers – There were none.

Deputy Supervisor D. Joseph Bates made the motion to approve payment of this month’s bills; the motion was seconded by Councilperson Jennifer Fuller. A Roll Call Vote was as follows:

Supervisor Davina Winemiller AYE

Deputy Supervisor D. Joseph Bates AYE

Councilperson Donald Amell AYE

Councilperson Jennifer Fuller AYE

Councilperson Karl Law AYE

All in favor. Motion carried.

_________________________ Dated: July 9, 2019

Barbara J. Darrah,

St. Armand Town Clerk

MONTHLY REPORT FROM THE SUPERVISOR

Supervisor Winemiller requested the Supervisor’s Monthly Report for June 2019 be extended to the following

Month for the Board’s approval, due to the hiring of the new accountant. Councilperson Donald Amell made the Motion to extend the Supervisor’s Monthly Report to be combined with the August Supervisor’s Report. The Motion was seconded by Councilperson Karl Law. All in favor. Motion carried.

REVIEW AND MOTION TO APPROVE OF PREVIOUS MONTH’S MINUTES

Councilperson Donald Amell made the Motion to approve the Regular Board Meeting Minutes of June 11, 2019 and the Special Board Meeting Minutes of May 30, 2019 and June 20^th, 2019. The Motion was seconded by Deputy Supervisor D. Joseph Bates. All in favor. Motion carried.

TOWN CLERK’S MONTHLY REPORT

Town Clerk Barbara Darrah gave the following report for the month of June 2019:

There were (2) Dog Licenses for June 2019: 2 spayed/neutered for a total of: $ 14.00

Total Revenue Earned $ 14.00

Paid to Town Supervisor: $ 12.00 Paid to NYS Agriculture & Markets: $ 2.00

WATER AND SEWER BILLING MONTHLY REPORT:

The Water and Sewer Receivables as of July 9, 2019 is $7,743.66, including late Fees. Doorknockers were placed on service addresses with unpaid balances. Third quarter billing will be completed and mailed next week, with the due date in August 18, 2019. Supervisor Winemiller asked if there were any questions for Barbara.

Jeffrey Tedford: I think I read in the paper that the bills will double for the non-metered people?

Darrah: That is correct.

Tedford: When does that initiate? Does it initiate in October or is it the October billing?

Darrah: The October billing will already be done at that point, so it will appear in January’s bill.

Tedford: So, that doubled, twice as much will start on October 1^st?

Darrah: October 15^th. The bills will have to be recalculated from the 15^th on.

Tedford: So, they will see it in the following billing in January?

Darrah: Correct. Mandated meters. That is what that is about.

Warrene McCarthy: Barb, has the village started putting in any of the free meters that you guys had been talking about?

Winemiller: I am going to be giving an update on that in a little bit.

Barbara introduced Nick Delaini, from Hex and Hop, to present his request to the Board for an adjustment on Hex and Hop’s water and sewer bills, specifically sewer usage reduction, due to the fact that they will not be dumping the affluent from brewing into the sewer drains. The affluent will be placed in measured barrels and photographed, in order for an accurate gallon count to be credited.

Nick Delaini: Basically, we were just thinking that since we are removing bod brewing waste from the premises and trucking it to Saranac Lake and farms in the area; if we were to document how many gallons of brewing waste was going out, photograph and fill out the sheet the town created, would the town be willing to approve a sewer usage credit.

Joe Bates: What are we looking at in gallonage?

Delaini: So far, the batches we pulled off per brew has been in the 200-300-gallon mark. Right now, we are in a fairly heavy brew cycle. I don’t think we have documented because we have been feverishly trying to get ready to open. That’s on us. I think Ethan is brewing every other day, our demand may be two to three times a week, and we will have to base that on sales now. I can get a better estimate number from Ethan.

Winemiller: The affluent that can’t go into the sewer will be going into IVC totes on a truck, which are semi-clear. There is a gallon line, so it is easy to document how many gallons they are removing off site.

Delaine: We could create a more accurate means, IE; a metering stick or a flow meter from the sump pump. The IVC totes are pretty accurate. They are agricultural totes.

Joe Bates: I don’t have a problem with that.

Winemiller: I think it’s a good idea. Is the rest of the Board in agreement with that?

Amell: We have a similar request from Absolute Auto. Is this something of a more general policy we should consider?

Winemiller: The difference I think with Absolute Auto is that he wants to install a separate meter that will be used to wash cars. None of that metered water use would go through the sewer at all.

Bates: So, we still have a question where all of that goes?

Winemiller: It dissipates into the ground or goes into the storm drain. With Hex and Hop’s, he is taking away from the premises.

Amell: When you come down to it, they are exactly the same. This is contrary to our billing. We bill sewer on water usage and they are requesting exceptions to that rule. The decision is whether or not we are going to allow exclusions to the rule.

Karl Law: How would you keep track of it, just running on a trust basis?

Delaini: Any time we are filling this out, we are date and time-stamping the pictures and photograph copies would be attached to the form for the Town’s files. Any scrutiny that would make sense to the town, we can do.

Bates: If we decide to do it, it will need to be documented on those adjustment forms.

Darrah: Yes, thank you.

Bates: And the same for the Absolute Auto place, as well.

Winemiller: So, your suggestion is to go forth with the quarterly adjustment form.

The Board is in agreement to go ahead using the quarterly adjustment request.

Amell: So the same will follow with the Absolute Auto place. We will have the water usage and then the request for adjustment will be put through quarterly.

The Board agreed.

Dealaini: Hex and Hop is requesting to use the Pump House lot for overflow parking.

Amell: We would have to check with Jeff Cotter.

Winemiller: I can check with the insurance company and check with Jeff on his thoughts in case there were a water emergency.

OLD BUSINESS:

Supervisor Winemiller reported she received the estimate from Joe Gladd regarding the repairs on the emergency lights and exit signs on both ends of the Town Hall, as well as electrical outlets that were not working properly. Joe’s estimate is $2,717.67. We originally had $40,000 set aside for public buildings repairs. We have $25,000 set aside for the roof and chimney.

Joe Bates: Is this the only estimate we received?

Winemiller: I tried to get Greg Walker. He stated he is very busy.

Bates: Did you try Ampersand Electric?

Winemiller: I did not. I am not familiar with them. I will give them a call and get an estimate.

Sandy Hayes: You have John Schwartz, too.

Winemiller: I will call both of them tomorrow and get more quotes.

Supervisor Winemiller brought up the issue of the fireworks complaints. She contacted the state police on July 4^th, due to the fireworks going off again. They said they would send someone out. She followed up with the State Police today, and was told there was no record of a complaint. She reiterated she would like this problem addressed.

Supervisor Winemiller reported the Essex County Supervisors highlights were in their packets for their review at their leisure.

Supervisor Winemiller gave an update on the St. Armand Water Meter initiative. She had worked with Bruce Misarski of HAPEC, Essex County. The meter requirement was sent to every tenant and landlord that was being billed flat rate. She sent out 52 letters with applications the first week in June with the deadline for the applications to be returned on June 28^th. Three people submitted their applications. Winemiller expressed her disappointment in the low return. In spite of that, Jim Monte, Town of Lewis Supervisor, is giving us approximately 10 used meters from that town’s meter renovation that we can have on hand to possibly assist customers.

Winemiller: Do you have anything to add to that, Mr. Tedford?

Jeffrey Tedford: I have the list and I spoke with them and advised them of the change.

Winemiller: I mailed you a copy of that, too, because I wanted you to know this was going out.

Winemiller updated the Board on the Highway Garage damage claim. She spoke with Matt Norfolk and he emailed a response (copy in board folders). After a lengthy discussion with Matt Norfolk, he suggested giving Ethan Hall a call and see if he will stand up and do the right thing. After the 4^th of July holiday he was going to contact Ethan.

NEW BUSINESS:

Winemiller presented to the Board was the ongoing work at Brookside Cemetery. She passed around new photos of completed work, comparing them to the pictures taken back in 2015 showing needed repairs. On the subject of Brookside Cemetery, Sandy Hayes and she went to the cemetery two weeks ago and discussed the limited space. We don’t have that many more lots available for sale, approximately twenty. Because of this, they have been talking about the possibility of extending the cemetery. Enclosed in the Board’s packets is a draft letter to Richard and Carolyn Trudeau, requesting a meeting with them to discuss the Town of St. Armand acquiring a piece of land to extend the cemetery. Winemiller explained the enclosed map to give a better idea of what the proposal would include. There would have to be some cultivating in order to continue with burials there.

Joe Bates: Did you receive an answer yet?

Winemiller: I haven’t sent the letter. yet. I wanted to talk to you all about it before I sent the letter. I wanted your blessing to acquire that space. We would obviously have to pay for the survey, etc. But, with only approimately20 spaces left, it’s time.

Sandy Hayes: It’s unusable to them and it squares off along a lot they have. A couple years ago when I approached them, they considered donating it to the town, but it never went any further. Geomatics already has a survey, all they have to do is extend it down toward the pond and survey around the pond. Norman’s own the pond. It is nothing they could ever use, and it would be difficult for the Town to improve it. It’s worth a try.

The Board agreed to go ahead with the letter to Trudeau’s.

Winemiller reported she had a phone interview with David Miller of Paul Smith’s, and they discussed the Town of St. Armand’s well field that we have on a fifty-year lease from Paul Smith’s College. The agreement ends on May 27^th, 2031. Currently there is a lot of money in grant funds for source water protection. Winemiller drafted a letter to Kathy Dove, President of Paul Smith’s College, including a map copy that shows our well field land. Winemiller would like to pursue working with Paul Smith’s College for the Town to purchase our well fields.

One important reminder is the Town cannot apply for grants to do improvements on our well field if we don’t own the land.

The Board agreed to go ahead with the letter to Paul Smith’s College.

Another agenda item is Local Law regarding septic systems in Echo Bay. Yesterday, Robi Politi, Lake Placid Supervisor, approached Davina in Essex County. Lake Placid just passed this local law because Lake Placid is their drinking water source and a lot of the old boat houses and other septics are not disposed of properly. Because Echo Bay is located in the Town of St. Armand, Robi requested that St. Armand also adopt this local law to help keep their drinking water clean. Ronald Briggs drafted this law for Lake Placid and Matt Norfolk is partners with Ron Briggs, so Matt would probably prepare this law for us.

Winemiller: I would like to suggest opening August 13^th’s meeting with a Public Hearing for this proposed law. It would be the exact same language but it will say St. Armand.

Donald Amell: Do you have any idea what it will cost?

Winemiller: I don’t. I think it will be minimal, because Ron Briggs drafted it and it’s pretty much cut and paste.

Amell: Again, you come in with a Resolution that we don’t know the figures or anything until the next meeting

and it’s likely it’s not tabled to the budget workshops and you are proposing we are prematurely spending a lot of money on projects that we are hearing about for the first time. I am having a problem with that.

Winemiller: I don’t understand, Don.

Amell: This is going to cost money. Do you know how much the lawyers are going to charge us?

Winemiller: I can find out and get you exactly how much this is going to cost. I will send you that information.

Darrah: Can you back up for a minute? Are we going to do a Public Hearing?

Winemiller: No. They want more information.

On June 27^th, the Town of St. Armand hosted a meeting with DEC, EFC, and AES, where we discussed the needs of St. Armand and the on-consent order for the needs of the disinfection. During the meeting, Robert Streeter, DEC, informed us that the Town of St. Armand would be put under new phosphorus reduction that will be coming up in 2026. The reason for this is because the Town of St. Armand is within the Lake Champlain Water Shed. Lake Champlain is a federal water because it abuts New York, Vermont and Canada. There is algae blooms and other ecological issues that happen due to the phosphorus levels going into Lake Champlain. So, now they are saying we have to reduce our phosphorus levels. At the meeting, Anna Reynolds, the Director of Community Resources, Essex County, pointed out that St. Armand had been applying for grants from the Lake Champlain Basin Program for years and had been denied for years because we were not in the Lake Champlain Water Shed. They said they would look into that. If that is the case, then that opens us up for the Federal Grants

for our wastewater collection system and the disinfection. On the disinfection side of it, DEC is willing to work with us and EFC was definitely willing to work with us on the grants for the collection system, the storm water run-off and giving us more time on the disinfection system. Winemiller asked if there were any questions on that and there were none.

Winemiller reported Philip Fitzpatrick did a history of Onchiota published in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, in

Which he mentioned he was interested in doing an article on the Town of St. Armand. She reached out to him, and he responded agreeably.

Winemiller received an estimate from Vito Pallotta for the painting and sealing of the basement downstairs.

Joe Bates: Is that something we want to work into next year’s budget?

Winemiller: You don’t want to do it this year? You want to wait until next year? We have $40,000 budgeted, so after the upstairs roof, which is less than $25,000 so I’m saying $25,000, we would still have $25,00 left in the budget left this year for any other repairs.

Bates: We have $2800 for the lights.

Winemiller: That would bring us to $22,000, so we still have $22,000 that is actually budgeted this year.

Amell: Didn’t somebody else give us an estimate? Did we get another estimate for downstairs?

Winemiller: I tried, but no one called me back. Is everyone in agreement that we should take care of this issue this year?

The Board agreed that we would take care of this project this year.

Winemiller reported she had a meeting on July 2, with Dan Keller, APA Special Assistant for Economic Affairs.

They are working on improving their relationship with towns and villages and trying to be more helpful in economic growth. He asked what the APA could do for the Town of St. Armand. Winemiller replied that we need to extend the size of our hamlet because our lagoons are outside of the hamlet. Todd Hodgson had asked Winemiller if that were a possibility to extend the hamlet for grants and future construction. Keller replied he would work on that. Winemiller also asked about an APA jurisdictional inquiry regarding extending Brookside Cemetery. He replied he would look into that. He also offered to work on a feasibility study for a new store, deli, bakery for any business that might want to come into St. Armand about how it could support it economically and he said he would work on that this fall.

Winemiller announced Sexual Harassment Training is a requirement now for all Town employees. If you work at a place where you have already had Sexual Harassment/Work Place Violence Training, if you provide Erica with documentation to such, you would not have to attend. Erica has suggested this training take place on Monday, July 29^th at 4:00 pm. We will keep Monday, July 29^th, at 4:00 pm at the Town Hall for the training date.

Winemiller explained New York Class, which is a way for towns, villages and other government municipalities to invest savings accounts or carry over money. It is a high-interest savings account and is 100% following Municipal Law. It is not only guaranteed 100%, but actually 102% guaranteed. A lot of area towns do this. They will be coming in to do a presentation on the August 13^th meeting at 6:30 pm to give us an overview of this program. We can decide after that if it is something we want to pursue. Mike Kilroy reported in 2018 the Town of Harrietstown earned almost $20,000 in interest in their funds they have in the NY Class accounts.

The final subject Winemiller wanted to discuss is the 2019 adopted budget. Mike Kilroy and Winemiller looked for the budget on the Accountant’s computer and could not find it. Mike and Davina worked to recreate the budget by punching in the figures into the computer. Things were not lining up or adding up. Winemiller included a corrected copy to all Board members in their packets. She photocopied and highlighted the section on the corrected copy of items that were different from the adopted budget. If you go to the tax rate schedule, our tax warrant amount is indicated. And in the budget that was adopted, the tax warrant was incorrect. Fortunately, the County did not use her tax rate schedule amount in our budget. The County took the amount on the summary of funds and plugged it into their own. So, the Warrant, the amount is correct but in the adopted budget the tax rate schedule is incorrect. Once we figured out exactly what was wrong, Mike called the Comptroller’s Office and explained what happened. The Comptroller’s Office said keep a copy of the corrected budget with the old budget and because the warrant is correct, we are okay. We don’t need to make changes and they have on record that there are errors on the adopted budget. If Essex County had utilized the numbers from our own tax rate schedule, we would be having some problems. The budget that is corrected every single page says “corrected copy” on the top right corner. There were no questions on this issue.

After the meeting on June 27^th, with DEC, EFC, and AES, Jason Deno and Anna Reynolds were discussing the needs of St. Armand and the 25% matching funds and how unattainable that would be for us and they wanted Winemiller to write the Governor. Winemiller created a binder photo album of the Town of St. Armand to send to the Governor in order to catch his attention to really see our town. She is sending copies of the album along with letters to our local legislators as well.

QUESTION OR CONCERNS FROM GUESTS AND STAFF:

Supervisor Winemiller asked if there were any questions or concerns from guests or staff?

Jeff Tedford: Barb, could you email a copy of the new Water and Sewer Regulations?

Barbara: Yes.

Tedford: And, if you move forward with the well and need a small shed or cover, please keep us (Adirondack) in mind to build it. The vocational class could build that. Anything like that, nonprofit, we could build it. It would

Have to be a movable size.

The Board thanked Jeff Tedford for his offer.

Sandy Hayes: I think before you get into this well drilling; I still am concerned about that. I think you should find out where your back town park boundary is. I have maps of that. It’s way beyond the ball fields, beyond where it drops off. If you are going to drill a well, you want to know you are not drilling it where you may want to have a baseball field, or a skating rink, or a tennis court in the future. If you know where your property line is,

you can keep dumping sand off the back of the ballfield and expand it back there. I would be glad to work with somebody to go find that property line. If you are witching for water, you may find the vein is there, who knows? You should know where your property line is. Half of the parking lot up in back is on Fawcett’s property. The Town holds the rest of the parking lot.

Winemiller: I have a quick question on that. Victor Woodruff told me the fire house owns the parking lot that is up by Andrew Fawcett’s house.

Hayes: I’m pretty sure Branch and Hayes gave all three deeds to the Town of St. Armand, but it’s in there, if it is ever not used as a youth park, it reverts back to Bloomingdale Artesian Hose Company #1, which is now the fire department.

Jeff Tedford: The only other piece that comes to mind with that well is the consideration of the Health Department. All of a sudden you have untreated water, and there might be regulations of some sort.

Winemiller: I know Jeff did talk to the Health Department last week, but I will double-check and maybe get a letter from them or something. They did say we would have to put a sign on the building that it was not potable water. That is a good point. Thank you.

There were no other questions or concerns.

MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION:

Supervisor Winemiller made a motion to go into Executive Session. The purpose of the Executive Session is personnel issues. The Motion was seconded by Deputy Supervisor D. Joseph Bates and the Executive session began at 8:42 pm.

MOTION TO END EXECUTIVE SESSION:

Councilperson Donald Amell made a Motion to end the Executive Session. The Motion was seconded by Councilperson Karl Law and the Executive session ended at 8:59 pm.

MOTION TO ADJOURN:

Deputy Supervisor D. Joseph Bates made a Motion to Adjourn the Regular Board Meeting. The Motion was seconded by Councilperson Donald Amell and the Regular Board Meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm.

I, Barbara J. Darrah, Town Clerk for the Town of St. Armand, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct transcript of the Regular Board Meeting minutes held on the above-referenced date.

___________________________ Dated: July 9, 2019

Barbara J. Darrah

St. Armand Town Clerk