MINUTES City Council Public Works & Utilities Committee Thursday, January 9, 2025-3:30PM City Council Chambers Members Present: Mac Morrow, Chair, Council Member Lauren Wise, Vice-Chair, Council Member Owen Carson, Citizen Member Mayor Maureen Copelof, Ex-Officio David Todd, Assistant City Manager Dennis Richardson, Water Treatment Plant Supervisor Emory Owen, Wastewater Treatment Plant Supervisor Wesley Shook, Public Works Director Aaron Winans, Wastewater Treatment Plant Staff Becky McCann, Communications Coordinator Selena Coffey, Assistant to the City Manager Staff Present: Guests: Harvey Sankey A. Welcome and Call to Order Committee Chair Mac Morrow called the meeting to order at 3:30pm. B. Certification of Quorum Assistant to the City Manager Selena Coffey certified that a quorum was present. C.A Approval of Agenda Motion by Mr. Wise, seconded by Mr. Carson to approve the agenda as presented. The motion carried unanimously. D. Approval of Minutes - November 6, 2024 Meeting Ms. Coffey asked for a typographical error to be corrected on page 2 ofthe December 5, 2024 minutes, changing 7%1 to 75%. Mr. Carson made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, Mr. Wise seconded, and all voted in favor. E. Update on Pump Station Project Mr. Todd introduced the agenda item stating that significant progress has been made on the design work for the pump station project and work continues towards getting easements finalized before putting the pump station project out to bid. He said that staff ist trying to get easements for the Fish Camp property and the property on Gallimore Road finalized. He noted that he expects to get the Gallimore Road property finalized in the near term but shared that the owner oft the Fish Camp property has been working on their negotiations for a potential reuse oft their property, which isi impacting staff's ability to obtain the necessary easement. He noted that he will keep the committee updated as the easements are obtained or ift the easements need to be obtained by legal means. F. Update on KCI Field' Trip Mr. Todd introduced the agenda item providing a virtual tour of sites included in staff's The first visit! highlighted was Renewable Water Resources (ReWa), which is the water treatment company that serves Greenville, South Carolina. Mr. Todd highlighted the Mauldin Road Plant and discussed ReWa'suse ofs screening, their conventional activated sludge process, their facilities, and their operational technologies. While presenting the information, Mr. Todd displayed images of ReWa's plant on monitors for the committee's The second wastewater treatment site overviewed was the George's Creek' Water Resources Recovery Facility (WRRF), which is also operated by ReWa. Mr. Todd noted that this plant also uses the conventionally activated sludge process and their use ofa carousel system for wastewater treatment. Mr. Todd noted that this plant has clarifiers The third water treatment site overviewed was a: smaller facility that serves Pickens County, South Carolina. Mr. Todd noted that this facility also operates with a device like the Aquastorm filtration system and a sequential batch reactor (SBR) that the city may The committee and staff continued extensive discussion oft the various components and processes necessary for efficient and effective wastewater treatment and how the site visits provided helpful information to staff as they plan for construction oft the city's new facilities. Thisi included discussion of technical aspects of wastewater treatment. as well as new and innovative approaches to treatment plant operations. Mr. Todd noted that KCI has not yet made a firm recommendation yet, but he expects them to recommend the activated sludge process using SBRs due to the smaller footprint requirements for Mr. Todd shared two additional videos depicting UV or ultraviolet disinfection processes and the committee asked questions of staff. Mr. Owen, Mr. Winans, and Mr. Todd responded to members' questions regarding water treatment filtration, the utilization of filtration, disinfection methods, etc. Mr. Todd wrapped up the discussion noting that KCI Technologies still needs to meet with the County and Rosman and staff needs to provide KCI with short-term and long-term capacity estimates. He noted that staffv will next be visiting a site in Chicago to review this site's use oft the Aquastorm technology in their recent: site visits via the monitors in council chambers. reference. that are: approximately the size oft the city's clarifiers. bei interested in pursuing for its new plant. the city's facility. Minutes- Council Public' Works and Utilities Committee Meeting - January 9, 2025 Page 2of3 wastewater treatment. Mr. Todd noted that once staff provides the capacity estimates and makes decisions regarding the use oftechnology, KCI will be able tol begin their site design process. G. Public Comment Harvey Sankey asked Mr. Todd where the city stands within the presented Gantt chart and ifKCI will provide estimates for thel life expectancy and operational costs oft the new facility, i.e. whether the city will need tol hire additional staff. Mr. Owen responded affirmatively that it is likely that the city will need tol hire additional staff. Mr. Todd noted thats staff will ask KCI to conduct al life cycle cost analysis to better define future maintenance and operational costs. H. Set Date for Next Meeting The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 3:30pm. 4 Adjourn 4:32pm. With no additional business before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at Minutes Approved: Febary 52025 Mnac Dou Mac Morrow Chair, Council Member Seléna Coffey E LGK Assistant to the City! Manager - Minutes - Council Public' Works and Utilities Committee Meeting- - January9,2025 Page 3of3