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Town board authorizes water-district accounts and advances District 2 work; bonding vote tabled
Summary
The Poestenkill Town Board moved to set up budgetary and banking accounts for Water District No. 2 and heard detailed updates on leak detection, easements and a phased software rollout; a separate bonding resolution was tabled because a supermajority was not present.
The Poestenkill Town Board introduced a resolution to create dedicated budgetary and bank accounts for Water District No. 2 to hold grant receipts and operating funds, and discussed immediate operational steps for both water districts.
Supervisor (name recorded in the transcript as Supervisor Garcola) said the accounts are needed because funds that had been given to the town for District No. 2 were being held in other accounts and must be moved into properly authorized district accounts to permit transfers and grant administration. The board read Resolution 2022-636 on the record; the transcript records the reading but does not document a final roll-call on that specific resolution.
Board and staff then reviewed several on-the-ground and technical matters. A water-staff speaker (identified in the transcript as DJ and other district staff) reported District 1 averages about 145,000 gallons per day and described an apparent leak they believe is in the aquifer rather than under pavement. The staff said two commercial leak-detection firms quoted roughly $5,700–$6,200 per day, while another vendor indicated they would provide the detection service for free; the town will follow up to confirm availability and timing.
On District 2, staff described a planned phased rollout of new billing and meter software that provides hourly, daily and monthly data and can store two years of history. The board said the initial deployment would focus on District 2, converting accounts gradually as existing equipment (antennas) reach end-of-life, rather than moving all customers at once. Easements needed for construction were reported as secured and filed with the county, and contractors had a recent kickoff meeting with work expected to begin soon.
The board also considered but ultimately tabled a separate bonding resolution for Water District No. 2 because the measure requires a supermajority and not enough board members were present that night to meet the threshold. The board instructed staff to schedule the matter for a special meeting when a sufficient quorum is available.
What’s next: Staff will confirm timing and contracts for leak detection, provide paperwork and grant conditions for District No. 2 accounts, and return to the board with the bonding resolution at a future special meeting.
