COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairperson Jim Tuttle; Tom Herlihy & Charlie McGettigan.
CLERK:    Diane Nilsson
AUDIENCE PRESENT:  Jessie Salisbury

Jim Tuttle called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.
1. Minutes - July 31, 2002
    Corrections: Page 1, #2, paragraph 1, line 4 – change wellhead protection to watershed protection and after the word land, add: which is Lot F-24.
     Page 1, #2, paragraph 3, line 4 – change Everitt to Everret.  MOTION: Mr. Herlihy moved to accept the 7/31/02 minutes as corrected. Mr. McGettigan
    seconded and all were in favor.

2.   Capital Reserve Account for river crossing. Discussion as to what amount needed to be placed in the account. Board voted to place $350,000 into the         account on April 25, 2001, but Treasurer Barry Greene never placed the funds into the account. Now the board is considering whether that much is actually needed.
      No decision made.

3.  Ken Sullivan Water Service Bill. Mr. Sullivan not able to attend this meeting but will attend September meeting.

4.  Status of Current Water Projects:
· Repair of valves & leaks @ new reservoir:  some valves removed. More to be removed and repaired.
· Eastview gates, valves & landscaping: Completed.
· Fence project @ new reservoir: Commissioners will walk the site on Sunday, September 1 at 9:30 a.m.
    Mr. McGettigan said that while they were working at the reservoir, they discovered that in the gate house vandals had taken two gate valve wheels, removed the man-hole cover, and thrown them down the shaft.
Discussion as to how to make the gate house more protected.

5.  Action items report:
· Holt Road extension – not completed
· Hydrant flushing – completed and 4 broken hydrants repaired.
· Remaining items not completed.

6.  River/RR Crossing update: Mr. McGettigan spoke to George Thayer of Guilford Transportation, who said that he will send a letter outlining what Guilford needs in order to give the go-ahead.

7.  Tom Quinn request to remove gravel on water dept. property: Mr. Herlihy received two maps from DES;
     A Favorable Gravel Well Analysis map and a Drinking Water Resources & Potential Contamination Sources map with accompanying documents. More study    needed.

8.  Water Service to new Police Bldg.: The board noted that supplies and labor were used for this project. Need to be sure that Town pays WWW for supplies used and doesn’t bill WWW for labor. Mr. McGettigan will contact the Selectmen.

9.  Water Tower Painting bids: 3 bids received – from Hemi in No. Attleboro; Pittsburgh in Henderson, KY and Cornerstone in Fremont. Cornerstone was the lowest bid. Mr. McGettigan will call them to get references and then contact the references.

10. Mr. Herlihy suggested making a new aquifer protection district to protect  the town wells. Will work with the planning board to accomplish this.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Diane Nilsson, Clerk
Posted:  8/7/02

Charlie McGettigan
· Contact Cornerstone Paint Co. for references & then contact references
· Call George Thayer re: letter we are waiting for
· Contact Peggy or Jerry Greene re: reimbursement from the Town for materials used on Police Station water line installation
· Contact Ken Sullivan re: resolving bill
· Contact Barry Greene re: setting up capital reserve account
· Contact Jaffrey re: quote for Holt Road extension & getting copy of water dept. rules & regs.
· Schedule the Holt Road loop project
· Complete dam maintenance at new reservoir
· Complete fence project at new reservoir
· Clean up debris on Glines property & resolve boundary dispute
· Replace and relocate hydrant on Russell Street
· Replace and relocate hydrant on Intervale Road
· Install 6” gate in main line at Dale & Laurel Hill Street

FUTURE PROJECTS
· Come up with revised rules & regs after reviewing those of Milford, Merrimack, Peterborough & Greenville. These to include standardized costs for bringing new service to residences and businesses as well as costs for meter installations, among other things.
· Paint standpipe