At the Oct. 28 council meeting, Inframark representative Doug Zook delivered routine water and wastewater operations updates and council approved several budget and contract items related to those operations.

Lead and copper testing: Zook said 2025 sampling was completed and certified by the Pennsylvania DEP. All participating residents were below the lead action level except one single residence — a house built in 1936 with galvanized plumbing and a water softener; letters were mailed to the affected household.

Nutrient credits: Zook reported the wastewater plant generated 7,495 nitrogen credits and 878 phosphorus credits for the year; credits were certified Oct. 19. At the time of the meeting staff said sales of 5,463 nitrogen credits and 37 phosphorus credits were in process, totaling $15,539, with remaining credits available. Zook said the per‑pound sale price was about $2.58 for nitrogen but did not state a formal contract price in the meeting record.

Budgets and capital projects: Council approved the preliminary 2026 sewer fund budget for transmittal to Warwick Township. Council authorized NTech Engineering to begin administrative work to bid a solids conveyor at the wastewater treatment plant (budgeted cost $216,000) that will provide redundancy if the dryer is out of service.

Payments and change orders: Council approved final payment of $352,545.50 to Doley Construction for the Front Street meter pit replacement and approved Change Order #3 recognizing a borough credit of $17,284.50 after accounting for previously supplied materials. Council also approved final payment to Wexcon for manhole work; the transcript contains conflicting dollar amounts for that final payment (see clarifying details). The manhole contract was noted as funded by ARPA.

Operations notes: Zook said water plant capital projects are complete and under budget; staff reported a delayed part shipment for a check‑valve repair and several after‑hours callouts at the wastewater facility (power outage, blower fault and pump station alarms). Staff will proceed with the conveyor bidding schedule and return with contract documents following the advertised bidding process.

Provenance: Lead/copper report and nutrient credits reported beginning about 40:10; sewer budget and conveyor bidding discussed and voted upon near 47:30–50:05; Front Street payments discussed at ~53:25; manhole payment at ~58:16.

Speakers (selected):
- Doug Zook, Inframark representative
- Ken (committee chair)
- Elijah Yurek, staff member

Why this matters: The nutrient‑credit sales are a recurring revenue stream; the conveyor project is a resilience investment for wastewater operations; lead sampling results trigger resident notification and possible follow‑up action.

Ending: Staff will proceed with bid administration for the conveyor, finalize paperwork for contractor payments and continue to manage nutrient credit sales and water testing follow‑up.