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] A Special Meeting of the Village Board of Trustees wa~ held on Sept. 15th.~ 196~ at 7:30 P.M., in th~ Mesier Homestead. Also present Planning Board and W~ter Board. Those present: Village Board:Mayor Furnari~ Tr. Napoleon~ Tr. Bain Tr. DiDomizio~ Tr. Temple, Tr. Cheetham~ Tr. VanVoorhis. Water Board: Mr. Joseph Fries~ ~. Jack Feeney~ Mr. Anthony DiMarco. Planning Board: ~. Edward Crafty Mr. R.J. Marshall~ Mr. John Evans~ Mr. Groenwegen. Mr. Epstein was absent. Mayor Furnari discussed water situation and described work of water board~ complimenting them on their services to the Village at such a reasonable cost. Mayor Furnari called on Mr. Joseph Fries~ Chairman of the Water Board~ to explain ~ater situation and to answer any questions asked. Nayor Furnari asked Mr. Fries on water status and the probability of hiring an Engineer to make a study of the Village water supply. I~. Fries reported present Engineer is efficient and that test borings cannot always find water supply. Mr. Fries reported that the water board have hired the services of gckerman~ knox Hayward and Pakan for Engineer work. Resolution was read for test borings. Discussion followed on these borings. Ma~or Furnari called on Village Engineer~ Mr. Hayward~ to discuss water situation. Mr. Hayward discussed the annexation of property and the need for a future source of water. He reported water pressure is low sometimes. He stresse~ the necessity for a future source of water. He stated that best source would be this side of Creek. He stressed need for storeage of water and that water and storeage should adjoin one another. He reported all action is dependant on new source of water and that the Lane Co. has been hired tO'find this source. He explained work has been difficult in that they are searching for a gravel base. He re- ported one test well has struck water. He also reported latest test well is largest and is located about ~O' away from existing well. Tr. Napoleon asked if Village could withstand a 2~ or 30 percent in- crease on present ~ater supply. Mr. Hayward reported that this increase under normal conditions~ could be sustained by Village. Mr. Hayward went on to explain that pumps should be rested and that wells do clog and amount gets cut down. He reported there is always the hazard of fire~ and pressure drops due to small lines. Tr. Cheetham asked if wells would be located in Ward I and Mr. HaF~ard said yes~ but their was a possibility of having a storage tank in Ward 3. This would increase pressure in this ward. Mr. Hayward discussed cir- culation of wa~er between system and tank. He reported operative well would have to come from gravel base.