VILLAGE OF CORONA
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Regular Meeting
November 11, 2009
5:30 PM
A Regular Meeting of the Corona Village Council was held on November 11, 2009 at 5:30 P.M. at Corona Village Hall, Corona, New Mexico.
PRESENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Sherrill Bradford
Terri Racher
Samuel Seely
Kimberlee Smith
EMPLOYEES:
Jacque Davis, Deputy Clerk
Turner Wilson, Public Works Director
VISITORS:
See attached list.
ABSENT:
Janet Verna, Clerk/Treasurer
William E. Hignight, Mayor
Mayor Pro-tem Terri Racher called the meeting to order.
Pledge of Allegiance
FIRST ON THE AGENDA
Approval of Purchase Requisitions and Review of Purchase Vouchers
The Mayor Pro-tem stated there were no Purchase Requisitions to approve.
The Mayor Pro-tem asked if there were questions regarding the Purchase Vouchers.
Councilor Bradford asked what the charge of $180.58 under Legislative Operating - per diem to the Bank of America - Hampton Inn was for.
The Deputy Clerk answered it was for the Clerk’s stay at the Hampton Inn during Clerk Institute.
No other questions were asked.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA
Approval of Minutes
The Mayor Pro-tem asked for a motion to approve the Minutes of the October 27, 2009 Special Meeting.
Councilor Seely made a motion to approve the Minutes from the Special Meeting on October 27, 2009.
Councilor Smith seconded the motion.
The Mayor Pro-tem asked if there were any questions or corrections.
Councilor Seely noted a correction on the last page. He stated the motion to adjourn was made by Councilor Smith and seconded by Councilor Seely.
The Mayor Pro-tem called the vote.
The Deputy Clerk called the roll.
Councilor Bradford: Yes
Councilor Seely: Yes
Councilor Smith: Yes
Councilor Racher: Yes
None Opposed.
Motion Passed.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA
Public Works Update-Turner Wilson
Water Department
Mr. Wilson reported Ronnie Gustin of Gustin Electric had been at the Red Cloud Wells the previous day.
Mr. Wilson stated Mr. Gustin checked the Alternating Relay Switch that the Village had been having problems with. He also checked the 3 phase 480 volt heater which went out at the well house.
Mr. Wilson reported Mr. Gustin would obtain the parts and repair the heater.
Mr. Wilson reported Mr. Gustin determined that the burning out of the relays was caused by losing power from the power company. When the well’s electricity loses a certain phase the power back-feeds to another phase and the 120 volt electricity has problems. Mr. Wilson reported the protection Mr. Gustin recommended would cost more than the amount spent to replace the relays at this point.
Mr. Wilson stated he replaced one relay with the last one that he had on hand, and he said he would wait and see how the replaced relay worked.
Mr. Wilson stated the relays cost $100 per relay.
Councilor Bradford asked how often the relays burned out.
Mr. Wilson answered that he really did not know how often the relays burned out because he had to replace one relay three times during the past summer because of bad weather. Mr. Wilson said that the first time the relays burned out he did not just replace the relay. Mr. Wilson stated he searched for what was wrong with the system and did not find anything. When the relays were having problems again, he still did not know what was going on and that was why he asked Mr. Gustin to investigate.
Mr. Wilson stated that he planned to keep additional relays on hand in the future.
Mr. Wilson said the employees had been working on maintenance to catch up from the summer and had fixed three leaks this month.
Mr. Wilson added one leak was on the main line and two were in town. One leak was small and in the other a cap blew off which made a more serious repair. He added there was still 17% water unaccounted for.
Mr. Wilson said the pond leak had been solved after the pond drained down. He said the volunteers found a place where the crawdads were causing a leak due to breaking through the liner.
Mr. Wilson said A. J. Gibbs put cement in the break and Bill Wilson mixed bentonite and soil to cover the cement.
Mr. Wilson stated EPA and NMED had a new ground water rule in effect December 1st. The new regulation mandated if there was a “hit” on the system from the monthly bacteria testing, the water system would be required to do a 4-Log removal. The 4-Log removal would mean disinfecting the water at the wells to kill 99.99% of the bacteria. If there was a “hit” an engineer would have to calculate the time it took the water to come from the tanks down to the first customers. The first customers of the Village of Corona are the Erramouspes who are a half a mile away from the source. He added after this the Village would need to prove they were disinfecting the tanks by installing a Chlorine Analyzer on the system. He stated Chlorine Analyzers were problematic because the current technology was known to not function well.
Councilor Seely added that the Analyzers were expensive as well.
Mr. Wilson agreed with Councilor Seely.
Mr. Wilson stated that he would be changing his testing sites some to try to prevent any “hits” or false “hits” on the monthly bacteria testing schedule.
Gas Department
Mr. Wilson stated they were continuing to develop the natural gas public awareness program.
Mr. Wilson stated the gas system would have a new regulatory program called Distribution Integrity Management Program that would go into effect in the near future. He added there would have to be a new written program for DIMP.
Trash Department
Mr. Wilson said he still did not have the parts to repair the trash compactor.
Wastewater Department
Mr. Wilson stated that Cone Construction had been out and completed the items that were not finished on the punch list. He added they would still have to test the drip system at the football field to make sure it worked, but there was no electricity yet to complete the test.
Street Department
Mr. Wilson mentioned that some street signs were missing, and he asked the Councilors to keep a look out for anyone taking signs and to report anything to him, Mayor Hignight or the Sheriff.
Councilor Racher asked Mr. Wilson if they could replace the street signs.
Mr. Wilson replied they had been replacing the signs if they had extras on hand.
Councilor Bradford added that the street signs were expensive to replace. She suggested contacting the school to ask for their help in preventing the street signs from being taken. Mr. Wilson also mentioned that if the Council let people know that they are aware that signs were missing, it might help prevent more street signs from being lost.
Councilor Bradford volunteered to notify the principal of Corona Public Schools, Mr. Cogdill and to let the Village know about the missing signs.
Mr. Wilson said that the Backhoe was in the shop because the radiator was leaking and also a hydraulic valve was leaking. He said he had to take the radiator to Albuquerque, and it was being completely rebuilt. The hydraulic valve was also being looked at, but the shop had not quoted a price or a solution to the problem yet.
Councilor Seely asked when the Plastic Recycling Dumpster would be hauled.
Mr. Wilson answered that he had not called for it to be hauled because they did not have a full compactor ready. It would probably be a couple weeks before he would be able to call unless a compactor filled up faster than expected. He said he pushed the contents down to make more room in the dumpster.
Councilor Bradford asked if the trash dumpster by the Red Cloud turn off was used during the hunting season.
Mr. Wilson said he had not really noticed. He knew it was not full, but said he had seen people throwing trash in the container when he was driving past.
The Mayor Pro-tem asked if there were any questions.
No more questions were asked.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA
Discussion Item from the Mayor Pro-tem
The Mayor Pro-tem stated she had not been given any discussion items from the Mayor.
The Deputy Clerk reminded the Council that the Election Resolution would be on the agenda for the November 24, 2009 Special Meeting, and therefore there would definitely be a meeting on November 24th.
Councilor Bradford asked if they had plenty of time to approve the Resolution for the Election.
The Deputy Clerk said they had plenty of time for approval of the Resolution.
The Mayor Pro-tem added that there were changes to be made in the wording of the Resolution which were not available in time for today’s meeting.
The Mayor Pro-tem asked for any questions or comments from the audience.
Tom Reuss stated an Appraiser will be coming from Albuquerque on Monday to appraise the value of the Cougar Mountain Ranch Domestic Water Consumers Association system as required by Department of Finance.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA
Adjournment
Councilor Smith made a motion to adjourn.
Councilor Seely seconded the motion.
The Mayor called the vote.
The Deputy Clerk called the roll.
Councilor Bradford: Yes
Councilor Racher: Yes
Councilor Smith: Yes
Councilor Seely: Yes
None Opposed.
Motion Passed.
Approved
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William E. Hignight, Mayor Date
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Janet L. Verna, Clerk/Treasurer Date