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HomeMy WebLinkAbout#05 - Public Works Monthly ReportMAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATION DATE: 6/11/2019 CONSENT AGENDA ITEM: Public Works Director Report SUBMITTED BY: Marty Powers, Public Works Director REVIEWED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: City Council is asked to review and accept, as part of Consent Agenda, a brief description of activities that have taken place in the Public Works Department in the month of May, 2019. PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: • Welcomed as new Public Works Director • Meet one on one with Public Works staff, city staff and engineers • Tours from Jamie and Kristina • Attended Employee recognition dinner at Sally Manzara Nature Preserve • In-house Public Work’s shop floor drain corrections • Attend to several afterhours down trees in ROW • Focused on Pebble Park clean up, dead tree removal and trimming of branches. • Requested bids for Pebble Park security lighting improvements • Lead Worker Jamie Colemer graduated from Hamline Pubic Works Leadership Academy • Install Volleyball, tennis court and basketball nets for the season • Bi-weekly ball field grooming, weekly park garbage collection • Attended monthly Park Commission Meeting • Remove city spring road restriction signs • Fill potholes as often as weather allows • Grade gravel roads and parking lots • Hydrant & Water main directional flushing completed • Reinstalled insulation at old parks building • Completed Pressure Reducing Valve inspection and maintenance • Redesigned daily lift station inspections and record sheets • Adjusted daily chlorine and fluoride sampling techniques • Investigated future use of old water tower • Completed and filed 2018 Consumer Confidence Report Page 2 • Update Public Works CIP plan • Proposed five year CIP items to Maintenance Advisory Committee • Replace chlorine chemical pump at well • Attended weekly Old Village Phase 4 construction meetings • Disposed of stock piled buckthorn from Sunfish Lake Park • Vac 94 and Lisbon sanitary lift stations to remove excess grease and solid build ups • Jet sanitary main from Machine Shed restaurant to 94 lift station • Replace Overhead doors and one opener at Public Works shop • Final Walk through Inwood Development • Spring fertilizer and weed control application on city parks • Completed monthly MDH bacteria samples • Safety Training RECOMMENDATION: Base on the activities listed above, City Council is respectfully asked to accept the May 2019 Public Works Report.