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Staff ReportsPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT AUGUST 1995 A. OFFICE, REPORTS, BUDGETS. REQUESTS & COMPLAINTS - 175 Work Orders issued - 10 Emergency Callouts recorded - 81 Line locate requests received B. SUPERVISION PERSONNEL & SAFETY -Curtis Konecky awarded position as Wastewater Treatment Operator (in training) -Alan Elston awarded position in Solid Waste - 40 employees attended "Coaching the Experienced Driver II" class C. CENTRAL GARAGE (Jim Snell) - 141 repair orders were completed during the month of -Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -WT/WW/SW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Garbage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -PW/BD/CD/TSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Repairing Leaf Machine -major rebuild on thrower -Shipped rear engine on Mobile Sweeper to be rebuilt -Sand trucks ready for winter -Barko truck (crane) operating and serviced -Replaced side engine mount on John Deere mower August 29 24 11 12 46 .7 12 ENGINEERING A. ENGINEERING PROJECTS CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED OR COORDINATED BY CITY STAFF. -S.I.D. Bonding sale proceeding for 5th Avenue East -Second St. West/Peterson School Sidewalk project completed in time for first day of school -High School Parking Lot Phase II construction completed in time for first day of school -Conducting Topographic Surveys and Preliminary Design for the Windward Way/ North Meridian Road project -Located Public Lands corners in 4 sections of Phase III mapping project -Located and cut out property line and power pole access line for East Lawrence Park to Whitefish Stage Road -Began preparation for bore hole at Woodland Park lagoon -Overlay Project complete except for Parkway Drive and North Meridian Road -Continue to issue Excavation Permits -Three sewer services were extended to the back of property lines on Parkway Drive to replace septic tanks -North Meridian overlay is on hold until PP&L water and sewer extension projects are complete -Continuing inspection of the following construction projects: .,... Belmar Subdivision, Lone Pine View Estates Subdivision, Glacier Village Greens Phase V, Knolls Addition, Sunrise View Subdivision, Woodland Park Drive sewer extension, Farm & Ranch Home Supply, Second Wind OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE A. WATER PUMPING, STORAGE. DISTRIBUTION (Ben Van Dyke) -Continued maintenance of all pumps, motors, reservoirs, grounds and controls for the water supply system -Produced 117,869,000 gallons of water, 26,342,000 gallons in the upper zone and 91,527,000 gallons in the lower zone -Injected 73 pounds of chlorine at Lawrence Park pump station -Replaced 480/120 Volt transformer at Armory Well due to lightning strike -Completed lead & copper testing for Federal and State requirements -Assisted field crews with various projects B. SEWER FACILITIES LIFT STATIONS COLLECTION ( Vic Schroeder) -Weekly general maintenance continues at fourteen lift stations -Video and jet cleaning operations continue -Installed new holding and pump tank at Lawrence Park -Poured new invert in manhole at 5th St. East & 2nd alley -Videoed new sewer line on Woodland Park Drive -Assisted PEC. Inc, with 2nd St. East Sewer Rehabilitation project - slip liner -Dug pit in Woodland Park for boring under Conrad Drive C. SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONIDISPOSAL (Jack Fournier) ALLEY CLEAN UP. -Delivered 25 containers - (twenty one) 100 gallon containers, (three) 300 gallon containers and (one) 400 gallon container -Weekly garbage service continues -Alley clean up continues -Repaired one 90 gallon container and one 300 gallon container -Responded to 3 violations -Assembling 100 gallon Roto containers CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE A. STREETS CURBS GUTTERS ALLEYS (Leonard Hogan) -Sweeping & flushing of city streets & state highways per schedule -Alley grading and dust coating ongoing - Backfilling and landscaping of boulevards from overlay project -Installed flow line on N. Main and Nevada Street (Valley Gutter) -Hauled dirt to Lawrence Park from FVCC tennis court construction -Swept and flushed streets for striping of crosswalks and centerlines -Patched cut-outs -Removed culvert on Sherry Lane, made flow line (Valley Gutter) -Completed special alley cleanup -Assisted Water Department -Prepped alley south of Checker Auto for repaving to eliminate ponding -Assisted with surveying of GIS -Used 3 sweepers in fair parade -Preleveled Parkhill for overlay -Built road for power line construction in East Lawrence Park B. WATER CONSTRUCTIONAND SYSTEM REPAIR (Randy Vickhammer) -Replaced 2 fire hydrants -Work order and complaint resolution continues -Relocated 3/4" curb stop at Montessori School -Replaced lead 3/4" water line from Main to curb stop at 642 2nd Ave East -Repaired 3/4" copper water line at 503 East Center Street -Assisted Street Department and Parks Department with pumps -Finished meter pit at Lawrence Park -Installed meter pit at Buttreys for watering new landscaping -Cleaning and exercising valve ongoing -Meter repair and replacement ongoing -Repaired 3/4" curb stop and standpipe at Woodland Park -12 new water taps (One 12X8, one 6X6, one 10xl, three 6x2, one 4xl, one 6xl, one 8x4, one 8x2, two 6x3/4) C. SIGNALS, SIGNS, STRIPING. SERVICES (Jerry Diegel) -Continued general maintenance on traffic signals, signs, meters, decorative lights, alley lights, special lighting, airport runway lights, barricading, banners and sight obstructions -Replaced 2 stolen stop signs, street names, signs & poles at Glenwood & Hawthorn and Rosewood & Hawthorn -Traveled to Libby to reset TOD in controller, inspected conflict monitors (MDOT billed) -Sign installation for 1st Street East project ongoing -Completed striping of city streets after Chip Sealing and Overlay projects -Assisted with signal replacement in Bigfork (MDOT billed) -Repaired signal in Whitefish (MDOT billed) -Signed and barricaded for Fair parade and Motorcycle parade and removed afterwards -Painted crosswalks for schools -Installed no parking signs on 7th Ave WN for fair weed -Installed temporary 4 way stop signs at 7th Ave WN & West Wyoming -Began painting yellow around schools -School crosswalks painted PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ACTIVITY REPORT August 1995 Joanne Emrick Since January lst the flow from Evergreen has increased from approximately 150,000 gallons per day to approximately 410,000 gallons per day. The increase in volume and the different characteristics of the wastewater have caused operational problems and changes: The first major change was a result of the different wastewater characteristics. The polymer we had been using to dewater the sludge no longer produced a dry sludge; the sludge was approximately 2.5% wetter. After trying operation changes, such as running 2 belt filter presses, using more polymer for the amount of sludge, changing the proportions of stored sludge to fresh sludge, etc. we sent samples to the polymer specialists. A new polymer was recommended and used. The new polymer works much better although it still doesn't produce quite as dry a product The improvement is that we are able to operate again with only one belt filter press and the sludge doesn't "ooze" out of the trucks. As a result of the increased volume of wastewater coming into the Plant, we added in an additional basin. Before Evergreen came on line, the Plant received approximately 1.5 million gallons per day; we now receive approximately 2.0 million gallons per day, or an increase in volume of one- third. We added in the additional basin on July 5th, and the laboratory results since the change show we are stable. This additional basin is under aeration so the Plant power consumption has increased due to the Evergreen increase. We are experiencing up to 5 or 6 hydrogen sulfide gas alarms in the Headworks Building per day. Since the gas system seems to be functioning correctly. We are trying to determine why we are suddenly receiving this large volume of alarms. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Wastewater Treatment Plant has sent to Joe's Radiator Shop a joint letter requesting that they take action to reduce the volume of lead that is going into the sewer from their shop and consequently into the sludge. We will be working with Joe's Radiator Shop to help correct this lead discharge problem. On August 7th and August 10th we had .2 inches of rainfall resulting in an additional 250,000 gallons of water through the plant, on August 15th and August 16th we had .55 inches of rainfall resulting in an additional 350,000 gallons of water through the plant Total flow through the plant for the month of August was 60 million gallons.