Provincetown Water and Sewer Board

Minutes of May 16, 2002

4:30 p.m.

The Provincetown Water and Sewer Board was called to order by acting Chairman Jonathan Sinaiko. Present were: Board members, Anne Lord, John Ciluzzi(alternate), Sacha Richter, and Lucille Plante. Also in attendance were D.P.W. Director Dave Guerton, Administrative assistant, Kathy Meads, Wayne Perry, Water superintendent, Steve Olson, and a Banner reporter .

The people made a report from Metcalf & Eddy. Present were Gary Williams, chief project manager, Jim Sullivan, an engineer. They reported that everything was running on schedule and very smoothly. They supplied a telephone number for the public for any questions they may have. The phone number is 508-487-7491.

Lucille Plant, for the record, wanted to thank Wayne Perry and his firm for the exceptional work that has been performed so far.

David Guerton made a report on the water leak the town experienced. The leak was not detected by the alarm system due to a failure of operation of the system at Knowles crossing. David Guerton said that he is working on an alarm system for future water leaks that would be less dependent on a phone system.

Business discussed was the review and approval of the minutes of May 2, 2002. A motion to accept the minutes was made by Anne Lord, and seconded by Jonathan Sinaiko, the vote was 5-0.

The next order of business was a vote to initiate the water conservation act of the state of Massachusetts. The motion was made by Lucille Plant, and seconded by Sacha Richter. The vote was 5-0.

Anne Lord made a motion to instruct the staff to take up the issue of Women’s Week congestion with Metcalf & Eddy. John Ciluzzi seconded this motion and the vote was 5-0.

A motion to adjourn was made by Jonathan Sinaiko, seconded by Sacha Richter and the vote was 5-0.

Meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.