8.f Public Works April Activity Report
April Activity Report
Date of Meeting: May 17, 2016
To: City Council
From: Dave Williams, Public Works
Re: Activity Report
Beginning of the month inspections for OSHA were completed on Monday, April 4 th.
This involves all of the municipalities. During this period of time, monthly water meter
readings are taken to keep record of gallons used. Load tests on lift stations and drain
field pumps are performed. DMR reports were completed. We performed daily meter
reading on all the lift stations pumps. This gives us an idea of performance from the
pumps.
As stated in last month’s activity report, Public Works put gravel in identified problem
street areas. The streets were Old Marine Trail, Oak Hill, and Meadowbrook. This
month we periodically used the skid loader and smoothed the areas over after vehicle
traffic wear.
The crew worked on removing the plow and sander equipment from all trucks. The
snow blower was detached from the John Deere and the mower was put on. The
sander and hopper were removed from the 550 flatbed. All equipment was serviced,
cleaned and stored. The box used for tree trimming was removed from the 1-ton and
placed in strorage, along with the plow blades from the light-duty trucks. The crew
repaired the wood and some metal on the skateboard equipment. The equipment was
then placed in the skateboard park/ hockey rink.
The city borrowed a disc attachment from the City of Hugo. This equipment is attached
to the tractor and pulls material in from the side of the gravel road. This helps with the
flow of rainwater into the ditch, as well as reclaims gravel lost from traffic use.
A few small jobs we did during the month was:
Picked up debris from Lillyskogen
Put seed and bedding down at the corner of Melanie and Meadowbrook where
the new culvert was placed
Painting for handicap walk ramps and curbs at City Hall parking lot
Put out trash containers at select parks
Cleared overgrowth of branches and vines at lighted ball fie ld so the fence could
be repaired from an automobile accident
Replaced bulbs on street lights
Put dock in City’s Public Access on Goose Lake
Spent a day in Hinckley for equipment training
Saw was rented to cut bituminous potholes to square off edges
Crew prepared roads for re-patching.
One of the crew brought the bench back to the shop from the corner of Olinda and Oak
hill to repair it. We poured a small concrete pad next to the sidewalk and mounted the
bench to the new pad
Public works spent a couple of days cleaning the yard around public works/fire station.
We hauled a load to the junk yard along with a load of steel to the recycling center . My
objective was to get some organization after the winter months
April was a month when Public Works began to address road construction. This will
remain a main objective for the foreseeable future.
Thank you
Dave Williams, Public Works Director