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Town Manager's
Report November 2007
Prepared by
David Haller
Streets:
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Staff
installed swags on Main St. and decorated the town
square for Christmas
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Staff has
repaired a number of street lights
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Staff painted
yellow curbs & striped a number of streets
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Staff
installed crusher run along the edges of Bunker Hill
Drive's new paving
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Staff
installed and decorated the Town Christmas tree
Water:
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Rainbow Lake
is now 3.1 feet below the spillway (down 0.4 feet from
last month) and our five
wells have dropped a total of thirty-nine (39) feet -
an
average of 7.8 feet each (which is up 4.4 feet from
last month) from July 23, 2007 until December 10, 2007
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The roughing
filters are now being backwashed three times per day
and the DE filters are being done once per week
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The recently instituted water use
restrictions which prohibit all outdoor water use are
starting to show some results, daily consumption has
dropped by 44,372 gpd over the last two months
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Water
production and consumption. We produced and
purchased an average of 3346,068. We consumed
an average of 274,068 gpd (down 2,049 gpd)
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The
difference is "Backwash Water" ...(20.8%). We purchased
736,400 gals.
of water from MSM this month.
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49.9% of this
water came from wells
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7.1% of this water
came from Mt. St. Mary's
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43.0% of this
water came from Rainbow Lake
Wastewater:
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We have
experienced another sewer back-up at MH-94 in Emmit
Gardens, this back-up was again due to a grease
buildup in that sewer main. Staff hopes to bring
you a draft ordinance which will address our grease
trap problem within the next three months
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We received
about 2.6 inches of precipitation this month (the
average is 3.8 inches)
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Wastewater
Treatment:
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We treated
an average of 352,000 gpd (consumed 278,068 gpd)
which means that 0.0% of the wastewater treated this
month was "wild water".
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We
experienced no spills of untreated sewerage
during the month of November
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We exceeded the plant's design capacity
one day during the month of November
Trash:
Parks:
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Staff
installed a new picnic table and grill in Community
Park
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Staff supervised the installation of
additional new fencing at the Little League field in
Memorial Park
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Staff
performed some additional repairs at the swimming
pool
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Staff removed
a picnic table from the swimming pool which was thrown
into the pool by vandals
Meetings
Attended:
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11/05 with a
citizen related to meetings with developers and park
benches
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11/05 with
CASS to discuss transportation needs in our community
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11/06 meeting
with MSM to discuss our water contract
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11/07
Emergency Management task force meeting
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11/08 meeting
with MSM and PNC Bank to discuss and review possible
bonding issue
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11/09 MDE
water & sewer rate setting seminar
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11/13 meeting
with property owner to discuss possible land uses and
regulations
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11/14
meeting with DNR to discuss and review reforestation
requirements related projects
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11/20
budget and audit review meeting
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11/29
meeting with After-School Program staff to review
program needs and operation
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11/29 MML
legislative update and dinner meeting
List
of prior months' Town Manager's reports
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