Town Manager's Report
November 2004

Prepared by: David Haller, Town Manager 12/02/04

STREETS:

• Staff prepared street lights on Heritage Lane, Robindale Drive and East & West Main Street

• Staff installed the median strip in Silo Hill Parkway

• Staff installed snow flags on fire hydrants

• staff cut and hauled pine & Christmas tree

• Staff decorated the Town square and Main Street for Christmas

WATER:

• Staff replaced the multi-media in the roughing filters with sand and anthracite and those filters are operating much better

• The 500,000 gal. storage tank has again failed to meet the specs for use in our water system.  We are in contact with rehab contractor

• Staff has emptied one of the DE filter waste tanks

• The contractor has started the demolition of the old water treatment plant

• Water production and consumption:

  • we produced and purchased an average of 327,930 gpd

  • we consumed an average of 309,449 gpd  (down 9.3% from September)  the difference is "backwash" water  (5.6%).  Due to the rehab of the 500,000 gal. storage tank.

  • we purchased 2,536,980 gals. of water from MSM this month

    • 54% of this water came from wells

    • 27% of this water came from Mt. St. Mary's

    • 19% of this water came from Rainbow Lake

WASTEWATER:

• Staff completed the shut-down of the "overland flow" treatment system at the wastewater treatment plant this month

• Staff has been performing general/seasonal maintenance at the wastewater treatment plant

• Staff has been preparing equipment for snow removal

• We received almost 5.5 inches of rain this month

• We did not have any sewerage spills in the month of November

• Wastewater Treatment:

  • we treated an average of 422,000 gpd (consumed 309,449) which means that 27% of the wastewater treated this month was "wild water" same as last month

  • we did exceed the plants design capacity on 5 days in the month of November: 11/4-1,017,000;  11/12 - 1,050,000;  11/24 - 1,691,000;  11/25 - 1,312,000 and 11/28 - 910,000

TRASH:

• Trash pickup days will be Monday & Thursday for the Month of December

PARKS:

• Staff performed standard mowing, trimming and weed control in all parks

• Staff winterized Memorial Park

MEETINGS: (attended by Town Manager)

• 11/4    Met with after-school program staff

• 11/8    Meeting related to the Mid-Atlantic Cable Contract

• 11/9    Pre-construction meeting related to the Little Run Rehab project

• 11/9    BOCC hearing related to the fire & rescue tax district

• 11/23   Met with the Town's auditors to review and discuss the FY2003 audit

List of prior months Town Manager's reports