07/16/2024 SEWER COMMISSION Minutes

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MINUTES MASHPEE BOARD OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2024 @ 5:00 p.m. MASHPEE TOWN HALL WAQUOIT MEETING ROOM 16 GREAT NECK ROAD NORTH MASHPEE, MA 02649 *In-person, televised meeting* Present: Vice-Chair, Meredith Harris, Clerk, Catherine Casteneda, Joe Lyons, Al Towle Other Attendees: Wastewater Superintendent, Jared Meader Sandra Tripp, GHD Irene Checkovich, Sunset Strip Susan Dangel, Cotuit Road Absent: Chair, Chad Smith Phyllis Sprout 5:00PM – Convene Meeting: Vice Chair, Meredith Harris called the meeting to order at 5:05PM in open session at Mashpee Town Hall, Waquoit Meeting Room. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MOMENT OF SILENCE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Irene Checkovich thanked the Sewer Commission for all their time and hard work on the incredibly important issue on the Town sewer project. She read a letter that she wrote to the Editor of the Mashpee Enterprise addressing the billing method that was discussed at the last Sewer Commission meeting considering a per bedroom billing method. She stated that her hope is that the Commission will vote for a fair and equitable sewer rate billing system for the 10,000 plus users of Town water and asked that they set fairness and water protection as higher priorities over administrative ease. Susan Dangel addressed the Commission and stated that she agrees with what Irene had to say. Susan went on to encourage the Commission to have more meetings than only once-a-month. She stated that people are anxious to know what’s going on with the sewer project. Susan reported that there was another serious cyanobacteria bloom this past June in Mashpee Wakeby Pond. The person that is conducting their diagnostic study attended their annual meeting in late June and the cluster system, that will be addressed later in the meeting, was 1