11/10/11 WPCA Meeting Recap

Robert Elliot did not show up for last night’s WPCA meeting. I surmise, like the rest of us, he feels rather helpless and is tired of banging his head against the wall. But, that’s just my opinion.

The meeting started late as the board was in an “executive session”, meaning they were discussing the lawsuits. Once the meeting started, chairman Jack Murrary moved around on the agenda to maintenance items like approval of minutes and public comments (there were none at this point). We then all sat there for several minutes waiting for Peter Hughes to give his report.

Hughes eventually arrived, and began reading off a status report on various items. Flow at the pump station was at 29,000 gallons per day, down from last month. Power outages during the Alfred storm required pumping of the grinder pumps on Lake Ridge, Cheney, and Denler. Hughes said at the WPCA will seek reimbursement from FEMA, as they did for Irene. The cost of pumping the grinder pumps during Irene was $3,000.