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Town Manager's
Report April
2006
Prepared by
David Haller
Streets:
- Staff removed a few
parking meters and painted some curb yellow on West
Main Street (per SHA specs) to support the
pedestrian crossings
- The paving of DePaul
Street has been completed
- Staff installed and
repaired a number of street signs
- Staff installed a speed
bump on Chesapeake Avenue
Water:
- Staff is working with
"Maryland Rural Water" to perform a water
delivery system leak audit
- The roughing filters are
being backwashed everyday and the DE filters every 7th
day
- Staff has arranged for a
new chemical supplier at the water treatment plant
- We have contracted a
local trapper to trap the beavers at Rainbow
Lake. The trapper has trapped a few of the
beavers
- Water production and
consumption. We produced and purchased an
average of 386,637 gpd. We consumed an average
of 358,162 gpd.
- The difference is
"Backwash Water" ...(6.0%). We purchased
400,750 gals. of water from MSM this month.
- 54.5% of this water
came from wells
- 3.5% of this
water came from Mt. St. Mary's
- 42.0% of this water
came from Rainbow Lake
Wastewater:
- We had one raw sewerage spill in the Month of
April. April 22 / 3,760 gals. We
received 1.1 inches of rain that day
- We received about 3.3
inches of precipitation this month (the average is 3.8
inches)
- Wastewater Treatment:
- We treated an average
of 383,000 gpd (consumed 358,162 gpd) which means
that 6.5% of the wastewater treated this month was
"wild water"
- We exceeded the
plant's design capacity one day in the month of
April
4/22 .... 1,441,000 gpd
Trash:
- Trash pickup days will
remain Monday & Thursday for the month of May
(except for May 29th - Memorial Day)
Parks:
- Staff has been working
on the ballfields and dougouts
- Staff has made a number
of general repairs in preparation for the Spring
season
- Staff has completed the
installation of the 4" storm water pipe and
catch basin in Memorial Park to better drain the
Little League fields
- Staff is working with
contractors to assess and repair the electrical
supply situation at the Memorial Park bathrooms
Meetings
Attended:
- 04/19 Pre-construction
meeting - sewer force main project
- 04/19 State of Maryland
infrastructure bond meeting
- 04/26 Pre-construction
meeting - South Seton Avenue project
- 04/26 Frederick County
Affordable Housing Staff
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