HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-07-16 Water and Sewer Advisory Committee MinutesWATER & SEWER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
July 16, 2003 F rCLERK
A meeting of the Water & Sewer Advisory Committee was held at 7:40 PM on Wednesdjay JWW .16,
2003, in the Berger Room, Reading Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA.
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In attendance were Chairman Richard Moore, Committee members Steven Oston and John Wood, DPW
Water Treatment Supervisor Peter Tassi, Ginger Hartman from the consulting firm of CDM and Finance
Committee member Paul Bolger.
Water Conservation Program
Ginger Hartman updated the committee on the water conservation program. The Staff kick off meeting
for the program was held on Tuesday, July 15, 2003. Ginger identified Energy New England as the firm
hired to conduct the water audits and retro fitting services. Jenny Menendez Isenburg who took early
retirement from the MWRA was hired to conduct the education, public outreach and rebate end of the
program. She indicated that this was the first municipally run rebate conservation program in New
England. Ginger also distributed and reviewed the program schedule. She passed around samples of the
items that could be included in the retro fit kits and briefly discussed each. The committee was pleased
with the program.
Meeting Minutes
It was moved by John Wood, seconded by Steve Oston and approved by a vote of 3-0 to accept the
minutes of December 18, 2002 as written.
It was moved by John Wood, seconded by Steve Oston and approved by a vote of 3-0 to accept the
minutes of January 8, 2003 as written.
It was moved by John Wood, seconded by Steve Oston and approved by a vote of 3-0 to accept the
minutes of March 19, 2003 as written.
It was moved by Steve Oston, seconded by Richard Moore and approved by a vote of 3-0 to accept the
minutes of April 16, 2003 as written.
It was moved by John Wood, seconded by Steve Oston and approved by a vote of 3-0 to accept the
minutes of May 21, 2003 as written.
It was moved by John Wood, seconded by Steve Oston and approved by a vote of 3-0 to accept the
minutes of May 29, 2003 as written.
Storm Water Committee
The committee briefly discussed the future of the storm water committee. Richard Moore felt it would be
better to hold off any further discussions until the next meeting when Steven Crook was in attendance as
he was on the storm water committee. Steve Oston suggested and requested that Joe Delaney as current
It was moved by John Wood, seconded by Stephen Oston and approved by a vote of 3-0 to adjourn the
meeting at 8:50PM.
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