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8.f Public works staff reportMarch 19th, 2019 Public Works Staff Report – February 2019 Roads and Right – of – way  ROW–Brush mowing – The main objective this last month was to keep snow pushed back to allow for more storage.  ROW - Trees – Staff removed dead branches / trees from Lakamaga and Maxwill, and Quint  Snow – We had thirteen days of plowing, winging, and deicing of roads in the month of February. Staff had three occasions where they plowed in the afternoon and then needed to come in early the next day to finish plowing the snowfall that continued.  Fleet - Public Works is having mechanical and computer issues with the tandem plow truck. The emissions system is telling the computer to shut down the truck into what is called limp mode. In limp mode the truck can not exceed 5 mph in speed. The NUSS Mack dealer is performing the work. The truck also had failure of the rear brakes. The slack adjusters were backing themselves off and creating more clearance between the pads and the drums. Diesel Rocker fixed that mechanical problem.  Sewer – Water:  February ‘19 – sewer samples were taken at Bliss  201 – January monthly DMR completed  Uptown – Director of PW noted the alarm on the lift station was alarming more than usual. After consultation with the engineers, the pumping time was increased and how often the pump ran was decreased to match the flow reported at the system. This should provide more accurate flow reports and minimize alarms by the system.  Washington Co. monthly sewer report completed  Uptown - Monthly water meter readings completed  2 Gopher One call requests Parks:  Vinterfest preparations have been put back in order. The hockey rink doors are open again, barricades and recycling containers returned to storage, and the signs on the 4 entrances to town were removed and stored in cold storage.  Ben continued for the week of 2-18-19 through 2-25-19. The position is a 67-day appointment by the city and staff will need to save some days for next year to help with flooding. We thank him for his fine services.  Plowed Park’s two paved parking lots 4 times. The Lilleskogen snow piles were getting large so PW moved snow to the East side of the parking lot.  Staff caught rubber from the Vinterfest mats in the vertical auger which feeds the snow from the conditioner into the hopper. The rubber has been removed after some negotiating with the machine to give it up. Other:  The new holiday decorations for the downtown lights have arrived and are in the cold storage building.  Downtown Holiday decorations on the light poles removed by PW staff.  Roof raking performed on the City Hall buildings and on the warming house.