City Manager Reports to Council
on December Activity

 

From City Manager Marc Maxwell

 

 

GILMER STREET – Gilmer Street is nearly done.  We have opened the street from Connally to Main, although we still have a portion of the intersection with Main closed.  Next will be Main/College along with some preparatory work in the center of the square.

 

WINTER PAVING PROGRAM – R.K. Hall is making some progress.  The sub-grade preparations are done on Seventh, Dena, Clayton, Elizabeth and Gladys Alexander.  No work has been done yet on Fisher, Georgia, Brinker or Lamar.

 

HOME GRANT PROGRAM  -  We had five successful applicants on the previous round of HOME grant funding.  All five have now had their old dilapidated homes demolished and removed by the City.  Two of the applicants’ homes are now dried-in, and the others are about to be under construction.  The contractor has until July to complete the homes.

 

We have five applicants for funding for additional homes in the works.  Some of them look fairly promising.  The HOME grant program is funded by HUD.  It pays for the replacement of old dilapidated homes for qualifying low and moderate income applicants.

 

 

CLAIMS – We had two minor liability claims in December.  One for a broken window and another for flooding caused by a broken water line.  Both have been submitted to TML.

 

We also had two minor workers compensation claims.  One employee broke his thumb, and another stepped on a nail.  Neither resulted in lost time.

 

 

REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES – In lieu of the usual financial report, the annual audit will be presented later on the agenda.

 

                                                                                                        

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS –   Elsewhere around the City, employees:

• Responded to 138 fire/rescue calls.
• Performed preventative maintenance on 80 fire hydrants.
• Replaced 6 street signs.
• Performed 52 fire inspections.
• Removed the Christmas tree.
• Saw the retirement of Assistant Police Chief Robert Stidham.
• Made 4 felony arrests in the special crimes unit.
• Responded to 223 animal control calls and found homes for 71% of the unclaimed pets.
• Repaired 42 ruptured water mains.
• Replaced 13 water meters.
• Unstopped 23 sewer mains and repaired 4.
• Washed 65,000 feet of sewer mains.
• Checked out 1,894 materials from the Library.
• Repaired Cooper Lake pumps.
• Hauled 705 cubic yards of sludge to the landfill.
• Achieved a daily average total suspended solids count of 2.17 mg/L, well within our permit limitations.
• Patched 65 potholes and made 27 extensive street repairs following utility repairs.
• Repainted crosswalks at schools.
• Conducted 17 health inspections, 25 public nuisance inspections and issued 3 health permits.
• Abated 3 substandard structures, all were done by the owners.
• Conducted 13 building inspections, 27 electrical inspections, 20 plumbing inspections, 11 mechanical inspections, 21 miscellaneous inspections and issued 17 building permits.
• Began removing numerous dead trees at Coleman Park.
• Began renovation of Soccer Field #5.
• Flushed 37 dead-end water mains.
• Performed preventative maintenance on the raw water pumps at Lake Sulphur Springs.
• Sold 8,111 gallons of JetA fuel and 1,601 gallons of AvGas.
• Responded to 45 accidents, made 72 arrests, wrote 475 citations and recorded 57 offenses.
• Treated 116 million gallons of drinking water.

 

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