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Selectboard hears water-system and transfer-station updates; generator sale and equipment needs discussed
Summary
Town staff updated the Selectboard on a DES remote-monitoring survey, ordered replacement PC boards for water filters and sent samples to the state; the transfer station reported a $7,500 container-damage incident and discussed keeping a tractor on-site with new forks. Members also discussed selling an unused generator and the need for a public hearing to allocate proceeds.
The Pittsburg Selectboard on Feb. 10 received routine but substantive updates on the town’s water system, transfer station operations and municipal equipment.
S5, a staff member reporting on water and sewer, said the town completed a DES remote-monitoring survey for its small public water systems and ordered three identical PC boards to standardize filter controls. S5 said the town has submitted samples for synthetic organic compounds and volatile organic compounds to the state laboratory and expects that a waiver to delay testing may be requested by May 1 because the analyses are costly and time-consuming.
“We completed a DES remote monitoring survey of small water systems,” S5 told the board, adding that the town will “look to see in the 1st of May” whether a waiver is necessary. The board asked staff to track any required reporting deadlines and to provide specifications for equipment if replacements or new purchases are needed.
On transfer-station operations, S3 described a recent mishap in which a full container was dropped while swapping containers, causing damage estimated at about $7,500; insurance has paid the attendant for the loss. S3 said the town will pursue follow-up with the hauler that caused the damage and described operational improvements — storing the tractor there with a small shed and fitting bolt-on forks — to make handling appliances and heavy items safer and more efficient.
S3 said the attendant’s insurance check covered the initial costs, and the board discussed options for buying forks, advertising the sale of the current generator and whether proceeds could be used to purchase a replacement. Board members agreed to collect specifications and recommended advertising the unused generator after town meeting. The chair (S1) said she will check with the DRA (Division of Regional Affairs) or DRA-equivalent office to confirm whether using sale proceeds requires a public hearing or a warrant article; she suggested staff seek clarification.
Administrative items included an update that the revised permit application was resubmitted after a discrepancy was fixed and that the clerk (S7) expects the town report to be sent to the printer by the end of the week. With no budget changes from prior distributions, the chair announced there would be no separate budget hearing that night.
What’s next: Staff will monitor permit approval, confirm DES deadlines and testing requirements, obtain equipment specifications for the generator and tractor forks, and follow up on the transfer-station damage claim.
