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A special emergency meeting of the Village Board and the Board of Water Commissioners was held Thursday, January 4, 1990 at 6:00 p.m. in the Water Dept. offices in Mesier Homestead. Present: Mayor Hemingway, Trustees Buckley, and Ward; Water Commissioners Mazochi and Morris, and Donald Booth. Costello, Kolb, Engineer Paggi, The Mayor explained that the purpose of the meeting was to address the current situation at the well site. Problems at the Town of Poughkeepsie drainage project on Nelson Ave. in mid-November had'depleted the system, and when the system did not recover as fast as it should have, an electrical tune-up was done on Pump #4 over Christmas weekend; but that a line break over New Year's weekend had put a drain on the system to the point where the pumps were having difficulty keeping up with daily demand. Mr. Booth stated that while Well#3 could produce approximately 250 gpm, Wells #4 & 5 that could normally produce about 500 gpm were not pumping to capacity. Both wells were cavitating, causing air in the water, with the resulting cloudy appearance. Engineer Paggi reported that the problem was that the tanks were down and since the system was having difficulty keeping up with daily demand that at this time the system can supply drinking water, but can not be able to meet minimum fire flow protection. Commissioner Mazochi said that County Fire Alarm Headquarters had notified the neighboring companies under mutual aid, and that Hugksonvilie would respond with tankers for the duration of the emergency. He stated that he, Mr. Booth, and the Mayor had met this morning with a representative from Layne/Hydro-Group which is the company that installed the pumps and that Wells 95 and 4 needed to be redeveloped in order to increase pumping capacity. He estimated that this would cost between $7,000 to $8,000 per well, provided that the electric on pump #5 did not require Work, and that might involve an additional $4,000 to $5,000. The Mayor stated that under the present situation the systems operations must be brought back on line as soon as possible in order to insure adequate fire protection response. Mr. Booth reported that the state required a minimum 20 psi but that the Hillside and Wenliss tanks had dropped to the extent that they had by-passed the softeners in order to increase psi. Commissioner Mazochi explained that this was a temporary measure, as the softeners could not be by-passed indefinitely or would need to be rehabilitated as well. Mr. Booth explained that by-passing the softeners necessitated an increase in chlorination, and that the residents would now notice some degree of difference in taste as well as color due to air in the lines.