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MEETING Minutes
TOWN OF NANTUCKET
Committee/Board/s SEWER PLANNING WORK GROUP
Day, Date, and Time Frida, January 16, 2015, 9AM
Location / Address 2 Fairgrounds, PLUS Conference Room
1. Call to order:
Chair called meeting to order at 9:07.
Attending: Matt Fee, Michael Glowacki, Dual Macintyre, Charlie Stott, Nancy Wheatley, and David
Worth.
Staff: DPW Director Buzanoski, Finance Director Turbitt; Woodard & Curran: Rosemary Blacquier
and Helen Gordon
2. Review minutes from November and December 2014:
Upon a motion by Mr. Fee, duly seconded, the revised minutes for 11/03/14 were approved
unanimously.
Upon a motion by Mr. Macintyre, duly seconded, the minutes for 12.08.14 were approved
unanimously.
3. Sewer Criteria Checklist Final:
Chair Wheatley reviewed the memo to the Board of Selectmen, requesting that Board to establish the
work group recommendation as town policy, and asking that the Board notify the work group of any
action taken on that request. By unanimous consent, the SPWG approved.
4. Consultants’ review of Draft CWMP Update needs areas recommendations:
Chair Wheatley summarized the group’s progress to date in understanding the regulatory criteria that
drive many of the recommendations of the draft CWMP update.
Woodard &Curran provided further details in support of their recommendations and on how to
prioritize needs areas of Somerset, Hummock Pond North and South, Miacomet; and, Monomoy and
Shimmo,
Chair Wheatley reiterated the group’s prior findings on the regulatory criteria and on responsible
stewardship.
Members observed that the public outreach as outlined in our adopted work plan will be most
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effective if it depicts what is going on in each of the needs areas, along with alternatives considered
for each area.
5. Fiscal policy for allocation of capital costs:
Finance Director Turbitt presented a mathematical model which explores the impact to the tax rate
and / or to the betterment charge under various scenarios.
Members suggested various scenarios and combinations which Mr. Turbitt demonstrated.
Finance Director Turbitt indicated his intention to make the model available for individual members
to explore. Further information needs identified:
Installation and annual maintenance costs for a typical septic system,
Projected interest rates on borrowing,
Projected annual operating cost per user (Is this expected to decline as new connections
increase?).
Members discussed some of the perceived inequities under the current funding practices with some
possible fixes. Discussion centered on the general preference for a fresh start on allocating the
capital costs, instead of attempting to fix the present practices.
Next Meeting: February 5, 9 a.m. Allocation of Capital Costs, and Components of Public Outreach.
Adjourned: