Town Manager's Report
December 2005

Prepared by David Haller

Streets:

• Staff installed Christmas decorations
• Staff repaired a number of street lights
• Staff plowed snow and treated streets
• Staff has installed snow flags on fire hydrants

Water:

• Staff is having difficulties operating the water treatment plant, those difficulties are related to the treatment of the lake water and the limited detention time the chemicals have to act
• Pursuant to a citizen comment at a recent Town meeting staff has reviewed the matter and the backflow preventer in Commissioner Elder's Car Wash was inspected in August 2005 and is in compliance
• Water production and consumption.  We produced and purchased an average of 318,183 gpd.  We consumed an average of 308,267 gpd.
  • The difference is "Backwash Water" ...(3.1).   We purchased 1,067,310 gals. of water from MSM this month.
  • 59.0% of this water came from wells 
  • 10.8 of this water came from Mt. St. Mary's
  • 30.2% of this water came from Rainbow Lake 

Wastewater:

• We had no raw sewerage spills in the Month of December
• We received about 2.1 inches of precipitation this month
• Wastewater Treatment:
  • We treat an average of 581,000 gpd (consumed 308,267 gpd) which means that 47% of the wastewater treated this month was "wild water"
  • We exceeded  the plant's design capacity on 5 days in the month of December
  • 12/15-966,000 gals., 12/16-1,368,000 gals.
  • 12/17-807,000 gals., 12/25-880,000 gals., 12/26-859,000 gals.

Trash:

• Trash pickup days will remain Monday & Thursday for the month of January

Parks:

• Staff has been preparing equipment for the Spring
• Staff has been making regular vandalism checks

Meetings Attended:

• 12/08 MML Legislative Meeting
• 12/20 Emmitsburg Planning Commission related to a proposed annexation
• 12/28 With State staff related to a CDBG grant to repair the Town's 14" sewer force main

List of prior months' Town Manager's reports