Shenandoah water authority OKs pump purchase
By John E. Usalis, Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. | |
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The emergency meeting, which lasted almost two hours, was called to deal with the loss of the two water pumps at the No. 5 and 6 reservoirs near
While there is no water emergency yet, the situation had a
MABS board members in attendance were Chairman
MABS provides water service to
The public portion was opened at the meeting's start, with borough resident
"
Burke raised the matter of funds coming from the placing of wind turbines on authority land, with Whitecavage explaining that those funds, which used to be placed in the savings/reserve account, are now placed in the general fund.
Gawrylik, who became a board member in January, asked Whitecavage about the funds from the wind turbines and what accounts they were placed in.
"There is no missing money," Whitecavage said.
"I'm not saying that," Gawrylik said.
Well, the rumor is out there," Whitecavage said.
"I'm not saying that," Gawrylik said.
"I'm here for five years and I have an audit for every one," Whitecavage said.
"Mike, are we here to argue or to talk about the problem that we have?" Lukashunas asked.
"I'm trying to answer some of
"I believe there is a lot of wasted time. We'll be here until 12 o'clock tonight," Lukashunas said.
"You're being very arrogant," Gawrylik said to Whitecavage. "You're supposed to be a leader. Right now, we have no leader. I'm sorry. We have no leadership up here. You're being every arrogant."
"I'm just trying to answer
"I never said that," Gawrylik shot back.
"She didn't say money was missing," Kulpowicz said of Gawrylik.
Whitecavage said that a review of the audits over the past years will verify where authority funds were used.
"The rumor is out there. There is not money missing. I just want that to be clear," Whitecavage said.
The authority applied for a
During her report, Jaskierski said the financial situation over the past two fiscal years included having revenue being under under-budget due to loss of customers, workers compensation insurance higher due to being placed into a state pool, a video project of the reservoirs required by the state
"To recap,
McCoach asked for a motion to purchase a new 2,400 GPM primary pump from
Gawrylik made the motion to order the pump, but before Kulpowicz provided a second, she asked, "Are we going to come up with the money?"
"We're going to work something out," Whitecavage replied. "It's not like we have zero dollars in the bank."
Jaskierski said the general fund has
"We can work out some kind of payment plan and we're working on other avenues, but one way or the other, the borough will have water," Whitecavage said. "It's not like we're letting it go. That's the reason I called this emergency meeting. If we were not concerned about it, we would not be sitting here. We will try to make it work."
The purchase was accepted unanimously. McCoach estimated that the new pump should arrive in about 2 1/2 weeks.
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The emergency meeting, which lasted almost two hours, was called to deal with the loss of the two water pumps at the No. 5 and 6 reservoirs near
While there is no water emergency yet, the situation had a
MABS board members in attendance were Chairman
MABS provides water service to
The public portion was opened at the meeting's start, with borough resident
"
Burke raised the matter of funds coming from the placing of wind turbines on authority land, with Whitecavage explaining that those funds, which used to be placed in the savings/reserve account, are now placed in the general fund.
Gawrylik, who became a board member in January, asked Whitecavage about the funds from the wind turbines and what accounts they were placed in.
"There is no missing money," Whitecavage said.
"I'm not saying that," Gawrylik said.
Well, the rumor is out there," Whitecavage said.
"I'm not saying that," Gawrylik said.
"I'm here for five years and I have an audit for every one," Whitecavage said.
"Mike, are we here to argue or to talk about the problem that we have?" Lukashunas asked.
"I'm trying to answer some of
"I believe there is a lot of wasted time. We'll be here until 12 o'clock tonight," Lukashunas said.
"You're being very arrogant," Gawrylik said to Whitecavage. "You're supposed to be a leader. Right now, we have no leader. I'm sorry. We have no leadership up here. You're being every arrogant."
"I'm just trying to answer
"I never said that," Gawrylik shot back.
"She didn't say money was missing," Kulpowicz said of Gawrylik.
Whitecavage said that a review of the audits over the past years will verify where authority funds were used.
"The rumor is out there. There is not money missing. I just want that to be clear," Whitecavage said.
The authority applied for a
During her report, Jaskierski said the financial situation over the past two fiscal years included having revenue being under under-budget due to loss of customers, workers compensation insurance higher due to being placed into a state pool, a video project of the reservoirs required by the state
"To recap,
McCoach asked for a motion to purchase a new 2,400 GPM primary pump from
Gawrylik made the motion to order the pump, but before Kulpowicz provided a second, she asked, "Are we going to come up with the money?"
"We're going to work something out," Whitecavage replied. "It's not like we have zero dollars in the bank."
Jaskierski said the general fund has
"We can work out some kind of payment plan and we're working on other avenues, but one way or the other, the borough will have water," Whitecavage said. "It's not like we're letting it go. That's the reason I called this emergency meeting. If we were not concerned about it, we would not be sitting here. We will try to make it work."
The purchase was accepted unanimously. McCoach estimated that the new pump should arrive in about 2 1/2 weeks.
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