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Town Manager's
Report
September 2004
prepared by: David Haller, Town Manager 9/30/04
Streets:
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Staff
cleaned East & West Main Street
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Staff
installed the "Fallen Fire Fighters
Memorial"
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Staff
Installed the following signs:
2 "Slow Children At Play" on Frailey
Road
6 "No Trucks Over 1 Ton"; one at each
end of Armstrong, Stoner & Hoffman Lanes
- Staff Repaired a
number of street lights
Water:
- The Rehab of the
500,000 gal. water storage tank has been
completed, we were told that the tank could be
refilled and staff did so. However,when we
tested the water in the tank (prior to releasing
any of said water into the system) we determined
that the tank had not cured properly and we have
drained the tank wand will allow it two additional
weeks to cure before refilling the tank
- Staff is having a
very difficult time with the roughing filters at
the water plant due to the algae blooms in Rainbow
Lake
- Due to the algae
blooms and the storage tank paint curing problem
we are continuing to buy water from Mt. St. Mary's
- Staff has received
interest from 10 contractors related to the
demolition of the old water treatment plant
- Water
production and consumption. We produced
and purchased an average of 372,946 gpd. We
consumed an average of 341,276 gpd. **Up
17.2% from July.
The difference is "Backwash" Water
--(8.5%) **Due to the rehab of the 500,000 gal
storage tank --- we purchased 2,570,958 gal. of
water from MSM this month
- 581,000 gpd
(consumed 341,276) which means that 41% of the
wastewater treated this month was "wild
water" (up from 26% last month). We
exceeded the plants design capacity three days
this month ... 9/17- 1,880,000; 9/18 -
1,710,000 & 9/28 - 3,176,000
Trash
- Trash pickup days
will be Monday & Thursday for the month of
October
Parks
- Staff performed
standard mowing, trimming and weed control in all
parks
- Staff painted and
installed a new grill at the small pavilion in
Memorial Park
Meetings: (attended
by the Town Manager)
- with Frederick Co.
Parks & Rec. staff related to the Town of
Emmitsburg's After-school program
- with Frederick
Co., Board of Commissioners Municipal meeting
- with local
employer related to the proposed development of a
parcel of land east of Rt. 15
- with the Maryland
Department of the Environment related to the
ongoing Consent Order
- with future staff
and CASS staff related to the Town's After School
Program
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