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Glens Falls water board grants one-time billing relief, recommends $14,872 watershed stewardship agreement and reviews operations updates
Summary
The Water & Sewer Board approved one-time sewer-bill relief for a customer with a basement leak, recommended joining a Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District stewardship agreement ($14,872 annual share), and reviewed engineering procurement, equipment orders and a billing-system rollout at its July 6 meeting.
The Glens Falls City Water & Sewer Board on July 6 approved one-time relief for a previously tabled billing appeal and recommended the city enter its portion of a watershed stewardship agreement with the Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District that carries an annual payment of $14,872, assuming Queensbury adopts a companion resolution.
On the billing item, staff presented an account where a basement water intrusion did not reach the sewer system. After staff (Adam) produced an itemized water-versus-sewer calculation, a board member moved to reduce the sewer charge as one-time relief because the sewer was not utilized; the motion was seconded and carried.
On intermunicipal stewardship, the board read the proposed agreement and discussed enforcement limits. A district representative noted the conservation district does not have enforcement capacity and would rely on documented processes and escalation to DEC or the Warren County Sheriff when needed. Chair (Speaker 3) read the resolution language and said the superintendent recommended entering the agreement for the $14,872 annual payment; members agreed to approve the grouped resolutions.
Operational updates included procurement and equipment news: staff reported two responses to an RFP for intake engineering and said the board selected Barton and Ljudice for the intake design; a "camel combo" machine has been ordered with roughly a five‑month lead time; and a stormwater (MS4) program update is underway with possible CFA funding to offset plan-update costs. Staff also announced a scheduled rollout of the new billing system (SnapStream 360) the following Wednesday and thanked Dylan and Amanda for substantial data work preparing accounts and meter-size updates.
Votes at a glance: - One-time sewer-bill relief for a customer with a basement pipe failure: motion made, seconded and approved (no formal opposition recorded). - Recommendation to enter Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District watershed stewardship agreement ($14,872 annual contribution): approved as part of grouped resolutions.
What happens next: staff will follow up with the common council where indicated, schedule a kickoff with the selected engineering firm for intake work, proceed with the billing-system rollout and monitor MS4 plan funding options.
