Town Manager's Report

                                                      December  2008

                                               Prepared by David Haller

Streets:

• Staff  worked with the contractor to re-pave North Federal Avenue

• Staff has repaired a number of street lights

• Staff salt treated a number of streets

• Staff repaired a number of parking meters

• Staff replaced the signs and post at Chesapeake and Lincoln Avenue

Water:

• Rainbow Lake is now full and holding at the spillway level

• The roughing filters are now being backwashed twice per day and the DE filters are being done once per week

• Staff has been taking regular e-coli tests, as now required by MDE, and results have been very low counts, well within allowable limits

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• Water production and consumption.  We produced and purchased an average of 318,258 gpd.  We consumed an average of 273,258 gpd 

  • The difference is "Backwash Water" ...(14.1%).   We purchased 388,800 gals. of water from MSM this month.

  • 43.9% of this water came from wells 

  •   3.9% of this water came from Mt. St. Mary's

  • 52.2%  of this water came from Rainbow Lake 

Wastewater:

• Staff has shut down the overland flow treatment system for the season

• Pump No. 1 at the sewage pump station has been rebuilt 

• We received about 5.7 inches of precipitation this month (the average is 3.3 inches)

  • We have a precipitation surplus of 2.3" over the last six months. The average precipitation for the period from July 1 thru Dec. 31 is 22.1" and we have received 24.4" for that period. 

• Wastewater Treatment:

  • We treated an average of 783,000 gpd (consumed 273,258 gpd) which means that 65.1% of the wastewater treated this month was "wild water".  

  • We experienced one spill of untreated sewerage during the month of December (December 11) at MH #98 (7200 gals)       

• We exceeded the plant's design capacity 9 days during the month of December

• 12/01  910,000 gal.        12/11   3,107,000 gal.     12/12   1,644,000 gal             12/13  819,000 gal         12/16   1,005,000 gal      12/17   1,207,000 gal             12/18  812,000 gal         12/19   2,259,000 gal      12/20   1,048,000 gal 

Trash: 

• Trash pickup will remain Monday and Thursday for the Month of January, 2009

Parks:

• Staff made all standard checks and emptied trash cans

• Staff installed two new benches in Community Park

Meetings Attended:

• 12/03 Media presentation class

• 12/03 Frederick Co. MML meeting

• 12/04 Meeting with the Mayor related to Mountain Trails

• 12/05 Computer usage class

• 12/08 Meeting with resident related to SWM pond maintenance

• 12/10 Meeting with HR consultant

• 12/11 Staff Clerks meeting

• 12/16 Meeting with Daughters of Charity related to their property on S. Seton Ave.

• 12/17 Mayor's Staff meeting

• 12/30 Meeting with resident related to Home Office

list of prior months' Town Manager's reports