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The second monthly n~ccting of the Mayor and Village Board of Trustees was held on Feb. 23, 1994 at 7:30 P.M. in the Village Hall. Present: Mayor Hinzmann, Tr. Napoleon, Tr. D~zio, Tr. Shay, Tr. Traver, Tr. Bain, Tr. Usavich and Atty. Viglotti. Minutes: Minutes of the Village Board ~cting held 1-26-94 had been duplicated and previously presented to Board members. Motion by Tr. DiDcmizio, seconded by Tr. Shay that the above minutes be accepted as written. Carried. ~ Discussion on recent gas explosion which occurred on Market Street: Pat Abruzzo, Custc~ Services Division Manager for Central Hudson G. & E. Corp., present to address ~ting and answer any questions. Ms. Abruzzo reported Central Hudson was ~esponsible for restoration and repair of.gas service resulting frc~ the gas e~plosion on 2-12-94. She stated they were informed by Dutchess County Fire Alarm Headquarters at 7:25 A.M. on 2-12-94 advising there was a structure fire and gas odor at the corner of Franklin Str. and M~rket Street. fbntrol Center began to mobilize personnel and were on the scene at 7: 44 A.M. and began to call additional resources. Ms. Abruzzo reported they werked closely with the Fire C~c~any and were going to try to repair the line in question by pressurizing same, which would have inconvenienced about 100 residents. She statedit became evident about 1:30 P.M. that these repairs could not be made and they began to isolate the m~n in question which resulted in the loss of service for over 1700 customers. Ms. Abruzzo stated once fire was estinguished, they continued with excavation of pipe and found a crack in the 8" main. She reported they, the Public Services Commission & D.C. Cause and Origin team were performing independent investigations to determ/ne cause of the crack and e~plosion at this point and time. Ms. Abruzzo reported Central Hudson initiated a tagging procedure of all the h~mes which would be affected by the de-pressurized line and it was necessary to secure each hc~e that has a gas system before re-pressuring the system to bring it back on line.. She stated tagging process w~s completed by about 5:00 P.M.. Sunday, Feb. 13, 1994 and, by this time, repairs to pipe bad ~n completed , re-presSuring of tb~ system began and the re-lighting process was begun. She stated service was almost cc~pletely restored by 7:30 P.M., Monday, Feb. 14, 1994. Ms. Abruzzo reported they tried to alert residents, through the local media, as to the re-lighting process and utilized entire work force so as to complete this process as soon as possible. She stated this detail could not have happened so quickly withou~ tl~. cooperation of the Police and Fire Departments and through the courtesy of the Knights of Columbus for use of their facilities as a temporary headquarters, Ms. Abruzzo c~nded the Village and the Fire Depax~,~nt for their quick action by providing temporary housing of the evacuated residents.