Provincetown Water and Sewer Board Meeting of

January 31, 2002

The Provincetown Water and Sewer Board Meeting of January 31, 2002 was called to order by acting Chairman Anne Lord. Present were: Acting Chairman Anne Lord, Board Members Sosha Richter, Jonathan Sinaiko, Lucille Plante, and Terry Siegel. Also in attendance were D.P.W. Director Dave Guerton, Director of operations Sandra Turner, Administrative Assistant Kathy Meads, and Banner Reporter Marian Brag.

Items on the agenda were: The reading of the rules and regulations, the election of officers, the Water Systems legal pumping limits and where to find sources of water if one or more branches of the System should be over used, and the policy of both The Water Department and The Board concerning the penalty when deciding whether or not to either grant or deny rebate applicants requests for rebates.

Acting Chairman Anne Lord then read to The Board the Rules and Regulations concerning the duties and responsibilities and its annual election of officers. A motion was then made by Terry Siegel to nominate Jonathan Sinaiko as the Chairman, Anne Lord as The Vice Chairman, and Sosha Richter as The Clerk as the Board’s Officers. After Terry Siegel seconded the motion, the vote was unanimous five to zero in favor of the newly elected slate of Officers.

Jonathan Sinaiko then took over the Chairmanship of The Board and moved on to the topic of the statis of The Water System and where it was heading. D.P.W. Director Dave Guerton then talked about the legal limits of the three well fields and what was being done to find alternative sources of water if one or more of the systems branches were to go off line. Dave Guerton also discussed the needs of The System, The Board’s jurisdiction, and the budget of The Water Department and it’s breakdown.

Administrative Assistant Kathy Meads then discussed the rebate application process and the way The Water Department decided how it would grant or deny applicant’s requests for rebates.

Chairman Jonathan Sinaiko then made a motion to only consider 500% five hundred percent abatements which was then seconded by Terry Siegle. The motion was then carried unanimously five to zero. Mr. Sinaiko then made a motion to make the 500% five hundred percent abatements would be a monetary penalty based on the rate at the time of the billing. The motion was seconded by Mr. Siegel and passed unanimously five to zero.

Topics discussed under other business were the problem of zero growth, where The Cape End Manner would be located, and The Cape End Manner Project. The main concern of The Board was that it seemed that The Manner Project was moving forward and that The Board was being shut out of the loop. Mr. Guerton assured The Board that nothing was set in stone and that all of the proper governmental procedures were being followed and that The Board would eventually make the decision on whether to give The Manner a sewer and water hook up.

Also discussed was the collection of over due water bill payments and the adoption of the minutes for the meetings of October 18, and November 1, 2001. Motions were made to approve both sets of minutes as corrected by Anne Lord and seconded by Chairman Sinaiko. They passed unanimously five to zero.

The next meeting was then scheduled for February 21, 2002 at 5:00 P.M. in the Grace Goveya Building. The motion to Adjourn was made By Mr. Sinaiko and seconded by everyone unanimously. The vote was five to zero.