Article 1 Debt Authorization for USDA Loan
On the left hand side of Pauly's Templeton Watch blog, there is a link to the Water Improvement Plan. The Water Improvement Plan is a very large file.
The Water Improvement Plan cost the water rate payers a lot of money to produce. Bottom line the water system needs about $37 million dollars of repair to its infrastructure.
When asked at a public meeting how THIS debt authorization would bring the water department closer to implementing the Water Improvement Plan, the general manager stated that the only reason THIS project is proposed is due to a DEP compliance issue and the Water department will be fined if the water tank is not repaired. If this proposed tank is not built there is a possibility that the state will come in and run the water department.
Templeton has the one of the highest water rates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Nowhere in this plan does it state the water department is understaffed, and yet the TMLWP Commissioners voted to add another Water department employee due to water department employee health issues.
baby hueyMarch 16, 2016 at 5:07 PM
ReplyDeleteThe tanks in templeton have a pipe in the bottom that sticks up i think 12 or 18 inches and the iron is suppose to settle on the bootim and they clean it out before it gets high enough to come out thats the way they are designed and alot of other tanks around the state are the same way
david smartMarch 16, 2016 at 7:35 PM
November 5-2012 report is as follows.
A pipe penetrates the floor approximately 24" in from the wall with a 12" inside diameter and has a 14" inside diameter by 6" tall removable riser installed serving as a silt stop.
This info is from the report and on pg.4 All facts and no fiction!
So if read correctly i see a 6" riser.
Pg 3 of the report states.
SEDIMENT ACCUMULATIONS found during Nov.5 2012 inspection.
A uniform layer of accumulated precipitate was found on all
floor surfaces measuring 6" to 9" in depth.
So how long has the silt been flowing down the 6" tall pipe that only stops 6" of the buildup?
The piping on the south road tank only has a 5" tall riser for a silt stop.
The last inspection done April 30 2012 on the south road tank conclusion was the exterior protective coating applied to the exterior wall panels and welds shows decline in film thickness(nearly expired)due to weathering,causing the coating to become chalky. No mention of the depth of sediment found but it was removed after inspection.
My point in all this information is to show we have a management team leading from behind and they say one thing to keep from showing out of control cost. While they keep Templeton blind about the water budget put off things that wind up costing millions a short time later. Lack of ability to read and understand reports we pay thousands and thousands for get stuck in a corner. Part of what i just rote is just the tip of water department problems. Quick to blame the problems on the Board of Selectman only makes me want to point things out more and get involved as a commissioner. After the chapter 93 acts of 2000. 16 years later the fall guys are still being labeled as the problem as told to Julie Richards by Ron Davan at the meeting when the question about the rte.2a water main breaks was asked.
Not sure about what Ron was thinking when he said the money for the loans cant be accounted for or was spent on and that is why the debt load is so high.
So not we as a town are looking to borrow 1.238 million to replace a tank that needed repairs 3 years ago. Voted tonight to allow the General manager to sign for all project documents. I think The people in town have been put on the back burner like the tanks have been as far as our right to vote on the loan.
IT IS OUR BUSINESS!!!
Brad LehtonenMarch 16, 2016 at 11:54 PM
as I have mentioned in this blog before #1 the current board and driscoll have to go. what the hell are we paying $50. a quarter for if thy can't even drain skum from tanks??#2 the water dept has to once again become a separate dept., not under electric.
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When the question was asked Mr.Driscoll if this loan would have have any impact on the towns bond rate in the future he said no.
ReplyDeleteAny time you borrow without a bond rate the interest rates tend to not be in your favor.
The more you owe the lower the bond rate quality gets.
With that and a 28 million loan for the school we will be a high risk with low quality bond rates.
There are many input items to create a bond rate i wonder if the team in place knows what they all are.