BWC Minutes
Board of Water Commissioners
Wellfleet Town Hall Conference Room, 300 Main St.
January 9, 2018 at 6:00 PM
Commissioners Present: Chair Justina Carlson; Curt Felix; Catharie Nass; James Hood
Regrets: Neil Gadwa
Chair Carlson called the meeting to order at 6:05 P.M.
Discussion-Coles Neck Road (Transfer Station)
The Board reviewed the water usage tool sent by WhiteWater reflecting consumption for Coles Neck and Boy Scout Camp for 2016 and 2017. The Board would like to review the information with Whitewater when the Operations Manager at the next update. The members would like to find out about capacity and cost. Tabled for a future discussion.
(Last) Wastewater and Water Commission Warrant Article: Communication Strategy
Chair Carlson announced that the Town Administrator is giving the State of the Town at the end of January, and would like to request mentioning the warrant article. Tabled for a future discussion.
Cost of Service-
Felix wants to start the process the data and what there is for different classes and what the cost is associated with those classes: commercial and residential. Might create a different rate schedule. Felix said the goal is to get some of the numbers together.
Discussion-Revenue Assumptions
Hood said he spoke with the Town Accountant and has a schedule of the actual expenses and revenues for 2015, 2016, and 2017, what was budgeted for this year and what is in the projected budget for next year. He reported that the debt service are the two loans with USDA, one of which matures 2049, the other in 2054. The principal doesn’t change but the overall loans total is 1.959 million dollars and for 2014 is 1.496 million dollars. Hood would like to look at the Deferred Payment Agreements. He suggested making conservative assumptions about connections, and create a worst-case scenario. The Board suggested doing two scenarios showing a worst-case scenario and an anticipated scenario. Felix suggested the new hire should be incorporated into the projected budget.
The Board continued reviewing the Water Enterprise fund and will table the discussion to the next meeting.
Minutes-
Nass moved to approve the minutes of December 19th
Seconded by Carlson, and the motion carried, 4-0.
Correspondence-No Correspondence to note
Topics for Future Discussions
-Have Roy Maher from WhiteWater in for an update
-BWC meeting the 23rd prior to the FinCom Meeting
The meeting adjourned by consensus at 7:10 P.M.