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CAUD Board meeting report Thu 12 Feb 2015 At the regular February 2015 meeting of the Columbia/Adair Utilities Commission:
By Ed Waggener The Columbia/Adair County Utilities District approved a Fast Track plan for utilization of surplus money leftover from the Adair Water Treatment Plant construction, with plans for the demolition of the old Columbia Water Plant, refitting the grounds for a new Paddle Trail Launch area, and a Park with emphasis on water sports, including fishing. General Manager Lenny Stone said that following the final completion of the merger, approximately $94,000 in water treatment plant funds are available for use in other projects, but that terms of agreements with Rural Development Administration necessitate the commitment of the funds no later than 18 Feb 2015, and completion of the project within five months. The Trail Town Initiative, headed by Ellen Zornes and others, has pushed for the the use of the old Water Plant as a Park, and had hoped that the Park would be available in time for the Paddle Trail on Russell Creek trial, sooner. In the meantime, a launch site downstream, at the CAUD Wastewater plant - is being readied for a Paddle Trail launch site to get accreditation of Columbia as a certified Trail Town USA community. Board member Barry Stotts noted that this solution will rid CAUD of liabilities. The estimated cost of the demolition and park site work, GM Lenny Stone said, estimated at $72,500. Engineering provided by Ronnie Grant and Bell Engineering, would be $10,250. With $7,250 in a contingency fund, the total package to get the site park-ready, will be $90,000. General Manager Stone said that should be adequate for the project. He noted that if the surplus funds from the Adair Waste Water Treatment Plant were not used, it would revert to the RDA administration after 18 Feb 2015. The move to implement the plan was unanimous, on a motion by Commissioner Barry Stotts, with a second by Commissioner David Jones, the Board's Secretary. Tim Baker new chair of the commission Tim Baker, current vice chair of the Columbia-Adair Utilities Commission, was elected Chair of the Commission last night, Thu 12 Feb 2015. He succeeds Robert Flowers. The commission members delayed election for the new vice chair, awaiting the seating of Mike Newton, who will take office in March, 2015. It only took one member voting, under parliamentary rules, for the election. With only one candidate, outgoing chair Robert Flowers noted, the only vote needed was that of the Commission Secretary, David Jones, who voted for Tim Baker. Commission Attorney Marshall Loy assented in the procedural matter for one vote, saying Chairman Robert Flower's ruling was right. Better solution for sewer for Animal Shelter in the works General Manager Lenny Stone announced that the comparatively smaller hair grinding lift pump necessary to provide sewer service to Green River Animal Shelter, may not be necessary, after all. The Commission had voted for the project at its January meeting. In the meantime, he said, the Adair Youth Development Center's Ricky Roy, has contacted him asking that a larger lift station might be built which would accommodate the AYDC's sewage. A lift pump under the AYDC is creating foul odors, GM Stone said. If a large lift pump is used to accommodate both the AYDC and the animal shelter, the animal air to other waste ratio will likely be low enough to negate the need for a grinder. Moreover he said, he's hoping that the AYDC contribution to the project will lower or eliminate the financial burden on CAUD. Stone said that he would start immediately looking into possible financial arrangements for such a project project which he hopes to present at the next meeting. Bell Engineers, whose local representative is Ronnie Grant, will be in charge of engineering work for the project. Putting the animal shelter on better financial footing has be a major focus of CJE Mike Stephens, who attended the meeting. Bandaid repair may eliminate, in the short haul, low pressure in S. Adair County Chairman Lenny Stone told the commission that a "Bandaid" change in the district's distribution system in South Adair County may temporarily take care of low pressure problems in a area on KY 704, along Sparksville Road, and over to The Flatwoods area. The area affected includes some 600 customers. An earlier long term solution was to replace several miles of 4" mains with 8" mains. The cost for that project would have been $2,115,000 General Manager Stone said. Installation of that system would have meant, the commission was told in January, an almost certain rate increase. In the meantime, a short term project, at a cost of only $341,000, involving connections with between pipes of varying pressures and the installation of PRVs - Pressure reducing valves - along the way, should eliminate water pressure problems for the most part, for the system. The Bandaid effect may put a damper on construction of new commercial chicken production facilities. The mammoth barns are heavy consumers of water. Mr. Stone said that he understands 26 applications have been made to become producers. There may not be water enough for all the chicken projects in the South Adair County area without the installation of the new lines - bad news for the commercial chicken industry, good news for those who don't see the massive change in the countryside a good economic tradeoff for the community. But Commissioner Baker said that there may not be as many new chicken houses after all, that meeting minimum financial requirements may prevent many of the applicants from obtaining finances to become producers. Mr. Stone said that he will welcome input from Commissioner Barry Stotts, who installed the 1990s line which will be part of the work, and from Larry Russell Bryant, for expertise on directional bores needed in the project. The engineering work was committed to Ronnie Grant and Bell Engineers. Commission accepts one petition for new service The Commission accepted a petition from Chris Wilson for new service on Wilson Lane, which would serve the Red Barn with a separate meter, a new house Mr. Wilson plans to construct, and include service for Simpson Reliford. The work on this project would be done in-house, GM Lenny Stone said, meaning outside, non CAUD, contractors would not be needed. Commissioners adopt new Change Order rule The commissioners unanimously adopted a new policy on change orders with a project which requires approval of the full board rather than just the chairman in order for a change order to be implemented. Mr. Stone explained that the policy would not impede field actions nor would it require sessions by the board for each change order. "I'll probably collect up two or three or more for the commission to approve at one time," he said. The 'reform' was unanimously adopted. CJE Mike Stephens made a brief appearance at the meeting. Present also were Commissioners Robert Flowers, Tim Baker, Larry Stotts, David Jones, and Larry Russell Bryant, General Manager Lenny Stone, Commission Attorney Marshall Loy, and Ronnie Grant, representing Bell Engineers, and one media representative. This story was posted on 2015-02-13 08:27:04
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