Town of Germantown

MINUTES

Held remotely via Microsoft Teams  

March 13, 2025

  9:00 AM

Present: (all via Teams) Board Members Jim Murphy, Rod Abbrederis, Randy Dorshorst, Administrator Kathy Oliver, Jason Terry, Gavin Bender, Jacob Novitch and Pat Morrow from MSA. Absent – Jim Keene and Brad Pavloski.

Call to Order/Approve Agenda-

The meeting was called to order via Microsoft Teams at 9:04 AM and the agenda was approved by the board. With 3 board members present, we did have a quorum.

Approval of Minutes-

A motion was made by Randy Dorshorst, seconded by Rod Abbrederis, to approve the minutes from the January 11, 2025 regular meeting with no changes or corrections. Motion carried with all in favor. A Motion was made by Randy Dorshorst, with a second by Rod Abbrederis to approve the minutes from the February 11, 2025 Special Meeting. Motion carried with all in favor.

Discussion and Possible Action on Administrator’s Report –

-Financial Status Summary – Financial information was provided by Kathy Oliver, including bank account balances, accounts payable and accounts receivable. Our current members, Connected and Unconnected, total 1,391. Per our January meeting we have opened a Money Market account at a higher interest rate than we earn on our checking, and have moved $100,000 to that account. A motion was made by Randy Dorshorst, with a second by Rod Abbrederis, to approve the Administrators Report. The motion carried with all in favor.

Discussion and Possible Action on WWTF Operations Update –

Jason Terry from MSA reported that the treatment system is stable and meeting all permit limits.

An application has been submitted for WPDES permit renewal and is in process thru the DNR.

Jason summarized permit changes including chronic WET testing, Ecoli limts, increased sample frequency and reduced phosphorus TMDL limit. 

There was a blockage on 1/2/25 near Island Bay. They were unsuccessful in removing the blockage and they tried again with a larger pump on 1/13. This was also unsuccessful so we are working with Gerke’s to excavate and make repairs as needed.

Jason suggested the increasing amount of trash makes it necessary to look into using a trash removal service at the plant. Kathy will explore options and work with Jason to get something set up.

Jacob mentioned that we received a proposal thru the Water Quality Trading Program and need to decide how we want to proceed with purchasing credits. It was decided that Jacob will meet with Kathy Oliver, Jim Keene, and Rod Abbrederis to review the proposal and decide how to proceed.  

Public Comment –

There was no Public Comment

Adjourn –

A Motion was made to adjourn at 9:41AM by Rod Abbrederis, with a second by Randy Dorshorst. Motion carried with all in favor.

Next regular meeting is scheduled for May 8th, 2025 at 9:00AM.