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Board OKs $10,000–$20,000 desktop study to assess alternate well site
Summary
The board authorized spending between $10,000 and $20,000 for a desktop analysis by hydrogeologist Jeff Hoffer to evaluate potential alternate well locations; the motion passed 2-0 after one commissioner left the meeting.
The Town of Manchester authorized a desktop hydrogeologic analysis, budgeting between $10,000 and $20,000, to investigate whether a viable alternate well location exists. Commissioner Doug Kilburn made the motion; Chair Ivan Beattie seconded and the motion passed 2-0 (Commissioner Mark LaChac had left the meeting at 9:48 a.m.).
Minutes identify the proposed analyst as Jeff Hoffer, described as a hydrogeologist. The study is intended to inform whether pursuing a new well site is feasible before committing to larger expenditures (the minutes referenced a possible planning-level estimate of up to $2,000,000 for an alternate well location). No scope-of-work or contract was included in the minutes; the board approved the spending authority to proceed with a desktop analysis.
