Commission Meeting Minutes 3-7-19 with Attachments<\/a><\/p>\nTo read the minutes, please open or download the pdf from the link above, or you may see more below.<\/p>\n
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Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission<\/strong><\/p>\n1703 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA 31520<\/strong><\/p>\nThursday, March 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nCOMMISSION MINUTES<\/h1>\n
PRESENT: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\nG. Ben Turnipseed, Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\nSteve Copeland, Vice-Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\nCornell L. Harvey, Commissioner<\/strong><\/p>\nTripp Stephens, Commissioner<\/strong><\/p>\nWayne Neal, Commissioner<\/strong><\/p>\nALSO PRESENT: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\nCharlie Dorminy, Legal Counsel HBS<\/strong><\/p>\nAndrew Burroughs, Deputy Executive Director<\/strong><\/p>\nTodd Kline, Director of Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\nJohn D. Donaghy, Director of Finance<\/strong><\/p>\nJay Sellers, Director of Administration<\/strong><\/p>\nJanice Meridith, Exec. Commission Administrator<\/strong><\/p>\nABSENT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\nBob Duncan, Commissioner<\/strong><\/p>\nDonald Elliott, Commissioner<\/strong><\/p>\nJimmy Junkin, Executive Director<\/strong><\/p>\nMEDIA PRESENT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\nTaylor Cooper, The Brunswick News<\/strong><\/p>\nPamela Permar Shierling, The Islander<\/strong><\/p>\nChairman Turnipseed called the meeting to order at 2:00 PM.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Copeland provided the invocation and Commissioner Neal led the pledge.<\/p>\n
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD<\/strong><\/p>\nChairman Turnipseed opened the public comment period.<\/p>\n
Monica Smith, SPLOST 2020<\/strong> \u2013 Monica Smith commented that she had attended the Glynn County Retreat Session where the provisional SPLOST 2020 list was discussed.\u00a0 She noticed that beside JWSC on the project list there were no entries and inquired if JWSC had a list of projects that were to be included and also if anyone had reviewed with the County to see if there were any projects that might intersect.<\/p>\nAndrew Burroughs responded that JWSC had received the County\u2019s list of SPLOST projects which staff is currently reviewing to see if JWSC has assets in those areas to be worked on, and that JWSC does also have a list of projects if there is funding available.<\/p>\n
There being no additional citizens for public comment, Chairman Turnipseed closed the public comment period.<\/p>\n
APPROVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Minutes from the February 21, 2019 Regular Commission Meeting <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Commissioner Harvey made a motion seconded by Commissioner Neal to approve the minutes from the February 21, 2019 Regular Commission Meeting.\u00a0 Motion carried 5-0-2.\u00a0 (Commissioner Duncan and Commissioner Elliott were absent for the vote.)<\/u><\/p>\n\n- Minutes from the February 21, 2019 Executive Session <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Commissioner Harvey made a motion seconded by Commissioner Neal to approve the minutes from the February 21, 2019 Executive Session.\u00a0 Motion carried 4-0-3.\u00a0 (Commissioner Duncan and Commissioner Elliott were absent for the vote.\u00a0 Commissioner Stephens abstained due to his absence from that Executive Session.)<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nChairman Turnipseed requested a motion to excuse Commissioner Duncan and Commissioner Elliott from the meeting due to being at a conference out of town.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nCommissioner Stephens made a motion seconded by Commissioner Harvey to excuse Commissioner Duncan and Commissioner Elliott from the meeting due to attending a conference out of town.\u00a0 Motion carried 5-0-2.\u00a0 (Commissioner Duncan and Commissioner Elliott were absent for the vote.)<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nCommissioner Stephens requested permission to leave the Commission Meeting after the approval section of the agenda due to an out of town commitment.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Deed for Hawkins Island Infrastructure \u2013 C. Dorminy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Charlie Dorminy presented the request for approval to accept the deed from the Hawkins Island Property Homeowners Association for the Hawkins Island infrastructure. \u00a0He noted that a second identical deed would come from the Sea Island Council once approved. \u00a0Hawkins Island and Sea Island request that JWSC accept the deed from Hawkins Island Homeowners Association and Sea Island quitclaiming their interest in the real property located on Hawkins Island which contains water and sewer infrastructure that is being operated and maintained by the JWSC.\u00a0 Mr. Dorminy provided the background history of this infrastructure for the Hawkins Island Development.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Stephens made a motion seconded by Commissioner Harvey to move that the JWSC accept the quitclaim deeds conveying the water and sewer infrastructure located on Hawkins Island, Glynn County, Georgia.\u00a0\u00a0 Motion carried 5-0-2.\u00a0 (Commissioner Duncan and Commissioner Elliott were absent for the vote.)<\/u><\/p>\n\n- Regina Court Encroachment<\/strong> \u2013 T. Kline<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Todd Kline presented the recommendation to approve the acceptance of the Regina Court sewer infrastructure with the easement as public infrastructure. \u00a0Regina Court is a small subdivision off of Demere Road on St. Simons Island.\u00a0 Mr. Kline briefly advised that this acceptance will clean up some easement issues and that there was also an encroachment involved.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Copeland made a motion seconded by Commissioner Neal to move that the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission accept the on-site water system and on-site sewer system along with associated easements within Regina Court development as public infrastructure for <\/u>ownership, operation and maintenance.\u00a0 Motion carried 5-0-2.\u00a0 (Commissioner Duncan and Commissioner Elliott were absent for the vote.)<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nCharlie Dorminy advised that a second motion was required to accept the encroachment on both lots 1 and 4 on that same project as well.\u00a0\u00a0 He added that the easements were accepted upon the condition that JWSC and the developer enter into an Encroachment Agreement as included in the package.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Copeland made a motion seconded by Commissioner Stephens to move that the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission accept the on-site water system and the on-site sewer system along with associated encroachments on lots 1 and 4 within the Regina Court development as public infrastructure for ownership, operation and maintenance.\u00a0 Motion carried 5-0-2.\u00a0 (Commissioner Duncan and Commissioner Elliott were absent for the vote.)<\/u><\/p>\n
Commissioner Stephens left the meeting at 2:11 p.m.<\/p>\n
DISCUSSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Academy Creek WPCF Urgent Dryer Repair Update<\/strong> \u2013 A. Burroughs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Andrew Burroughs advised the Commissioners that an agreement had been entered into with AIT Services to perform some emergency maintenance on the sludge dryer at Academy Creek.\u00a0 He provided a brief history of the issues with the dryer and added that the back plate to the dryer has failed causing it to be non-functional at this time.\u00a0 Mr. Burroughs also noted that the sludge is currently being pressed and then hauled to the landfill, but the sludge still contains some water.\u00a0 He added that every month the sludge dryer is down is costing an additional $25,000 at the landfill due to the moisture in the sludge.\u00a0 The total cost of $73,500 will include the emergency repairs, re-programming of the dryer, and the JWSC staff will also be formally trained on the proper maintenance of the dryer to help avoid future issues and will also be provided with necessary operations and maintenance manuals for the dryer.\u00a0 AIT Services is expected to be available to begin the repairs by the end of the month and complete everything within a couple of weeks for the dryer to be functional by mid to late April. \u00a0Mr. Burroughs advised the funding is coming out of the wastewater treatment plant operations budget.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\u2019S UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\nAndrew Burroughs advised that Mr. Junkin and two of the commissioners were at the Utility Management Conference and gaining good information at the workshops.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nCHAIRMAN\u2019S UPDATE <\/strong><\/p>\nChairman Turnipseed commended the staff and noted that JWSC has been providing better service and improving operations, all of the pump stations now have additional capacity, the commission is looking at extending the system, as well as making improvements to all of the plants in the upcoming years.\u00a0 He expressed his appreciation for the staff and all of the commissioners working together to improve the system for the customers of the JWSC.<\/p>\n
EXECUTIVE SESSION<\/strong><\/p>\nThere was no executive session.<\/p>\n
There being no additional business to bring before the Commission, Chairman Turnipseed requested a motion to adjourn the meeting.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Neal made a motion seconded by Commissioner Harvey to adjourn the meeting.<\/u><\/p>\n
Chairman Turnipseed adjourned the meeting at 2:19 p.m.<\/p>\n
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