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Executive director reports finance migration and multiple sewer projects; rules changes to be considered in January
Summary
Executive Director Joseph Danielson updated the board on a finance-platform migration, several pump station and sewer rehabilitation projects, land-acquisition holds and a proposal to adopt amended rules, rates and regulations in January.
Executive Director Joseph Danielson told the Franklin Township Sewage Authority that the authority is midstream in a finance-platform migration and that phase 1 (finance) is in progress; phase 2 (utility billing) will follow and is tentatively scheduled for mid-February 2025 training.
Danielson said Doctor Roach is managing the migration and that, after both phases, an auditor will perform a project/finance-system audit to ensure the migration is complete and compliant. "This project has 2 phases... Phase 2 is our utility billing. We have not gone into phase 2 yet," Danielson said.
On capital work, Danielson reported the High Bay Garage building is complete and final payment has been made; the authority is awaiting compliance approval from the Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission for a floodplain waiver and engineering responses. The Somerset Street pump station upgrade and Brookline Avenue sewer rehabilitation proceeded in November with lining, grouting and cleaning; manhole lining is planned to begin shortly.
The Wesson Canal pump station rebuild remains on hold while staff await either PSE&G to purchase a strip of land or the landowner to grant a license for access; both options are in legal review and are awaiting regulatory input. For Commerce Street pump station rehabilitation, a notice to proceed was issued Nov. 18, but the contractor warned of long lead times for generators and precast buildings, with deliveries anticipated into May 2025.
Danielson also provided financial figures: November deposits of $2,012,588.50 and year-to-date collections of $7,527,437.38; year-to-date expenses of $3,888,857.72; and a reported net cash position of $21,533,788.62 (unrestricted $2,159,057.85; restricted $14,815,820.88; designated $4,558,909.89).
He said proposed amendments to the authority's rules, rates and regulations — described as the authority's ordinance — are years in the making and would be presented for adoption in January to give the public more review time. Danielson asked the board to consider voting on the amendments in January to allow additional public review.
The board heard the report and had no additional questions before moving on to committee reports.
