Notes from the Water and Sewer Commission, October 4, Hybrid meeting

Present:

• Don Schneyer, Chair
• Peter Sosha
• John Loiodice
• Michael Canales
• Tony Campetti, Sewer Superintendent
• Michael Buffoni, Water Superintenden

1. Minutes accepted as written
2. Buffoni reported
   1. DeSisto Pump Station being worked on — cleaned up vault and added humidifier. Electricians will be installing a backup generator — redundancy
   2. Succession Plan — Campetti and Buffoni will retire at roughly same time in approx. 8 years. It seems like enough time to rehire but there are multiple licenses after much required training. Therefore, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) wants a succession plan. There are some current staff who might wish to be trained for the positions
   3. Progress has been made on all the Warrant articles passed at Town Meeting. The only one with no progress to date is study of possibility of using water as an energy source.
   4. New digital meter reading equipment — training
   5. Swann House (renovation of former Agrippa Hull House) tapped into water system?? Apparently, Swann property had its own water system but now this house will be on Town water (?)
3. Tony Campetti reported
   1. Park Street Pump Station — work under way — completion by Spring
   2. Inflow and Infiltration (I\&I) study continues — results not in but preliminary findings look good
4. Public Comment: Denny Alsop commented on the importance of Kampoosa Bog and the studies of the Bog completed and underway. The Bog is not in the watershed of either lake Mahkeenac or Averic, but still could inform us about calcareous rock — that is — water running through limestone and therefore very high in calcium which describes Stockbridge water

Meeting adjourned

Photo: Jay Rhind