Sulphur Springs City Manager Report To The Council

 

 

 

TO:                 CITY COUNCIL

 

FROM:           CITY MANAGER, MARC MAXWELL SUBJ:                        MANAGER’S REPORT

 

PACIFIC PARK DRAINAGE PROJECT – This project is progressing well. This project is finished. The barricades will remain in place until Friday so that the concrete will cure a bit more before we subject it to traffic. Allowing traffic on the concrete before it has had sufficient time to cure would lead to cracking and premature failure. The estimated final cost of  the project is $43,000, well  under the $85,000 budget.

 

SUNSET STREET – This project is on hold until we can construct the Connally/League intersection. We are trying to get that intersection open before the school year begins.

 

CONNALLY STREET – The Capital Construction Division is constructing the Connally/League intersection at one end of the street and the drainage system at the other end of the street.

 

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT – Today was a milestone day at the wastewater treatment plant. We began testing the new aerators today. Tonight we will  fill the aeration basin with treated effluent, and we will begin a 5-day aeration test tomorrow. After that we will begin treating wastewater with the new aerators. This marks a turning point in the project. Almost all of the work remaining is street construction, sidewalks and grass. This has been an $18 million project. We expect to come in a little under budget. We expect to be finished in January.

 

CLAIMS – We did not have any workers’ compensation claims in July.

 

We had one liability claim from a driver who claimed damages to their vehicle after driving around city equipment in a work zone. TML denied the claim.

2020 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (S.I.P.) – Staff has prioritized the list of streets to be paved in the 2020 S.I.P. These are all of the streets we will be able to pave with the $5 Street Maintenance fee:

 

 

Project	Segment	Length	History	Notes
Asphalt Repair	Various soft spot repairs	1000′		mill&inlay
Barbara	Tate to Camp	649′	PMS 2004	mill
Cedar Springs	Hollie       and       Cedar Springs	3364′	PMS 2004
CMH Rd.	Hwy 67 to I-30	2535′	seal coat 1993
Debord	Park to Cemetery	570′	PMS 2005	CTS
Graham	Gilmer to Oak	338′	1995	CTS
Harred	Alabama to College	470′	Slurry 1998	mill
Lake Shore	Jill to Lewis	1362′	PMS 2003	mill-gutter
Linda	Fisher to Gilmer	1410′	PMS 2004	CTS
Longino	Middle to Park	1452′	PMS 2007	CTS
Lou and Jonas		2650′	Slurry 1998
Middle	Jackson to Church	1140′	PMS 2007	CTS
Mockingbird	Shannon to Posey	3560′	HMAC 1998	mill&inlay
Myndi	Helm to dead-end	898′	Slurry 1998
Nicholson	Locust to Moore	1072′	PMS 2005	mill
Oak Grove	Jefferson to End	702′	PMS 2004	mill
Park Cir.	Bill Bradford to all	1563′	PMS 2006	CTS
Plano/Pampa	Texas to Brinker	1362′	PMS 2002	mill
Rosemont	Jefferson to Houston	1072′	PMS 2004	CTS
Seventh	RR to Park	1584′	PMS 2005	CTS

 

REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES – Finance Director Lesa Smith will give a year- to-date report of revenues and expenditures.

Elsewhere around the city, employees:

• Made 13 street repairs following utility
• Patched 45 potholes.
• Replaced 6 street signs, 2 Wrong Way signs and installed 2 Slow Children Playing signs.

 

• Burned the brush pile at
• Repaired the belt press at the wastewater treatment
• Repaired the generator at Coleman water
• Repaired Cantex lift
• Treated wastewater effluent to a daily average total suspended solids (TSS) reading of .68 mg/L, less than one-tenth of the maximum
• Repaired 14 water main
• Replaced 18 water
• Unstopped 14 sewer
• Repaired 6 sewer
• Flushed 35 dead-end water
• Drained and washed the Carter Street water tower.
• Treated 161 million gallons of potable
• Responded to 178 fire/rescue calls including 1 vehicle fire and 4 grass
• Performed 25 fire inspections and reviewed 25 pre-fire
• Performed preventative maintenance on 72 fire
• Conducted 34 building inspections, 26 electrical inspections, 16 plumbing inspections, 6 mechanical inspections, and issued 32 building
• Checked out 4,629 items from the
• Sold 2,196 gallons of AvGas and 11,598 gallons of JetA
• Responded to 2,911 calls for police, worked 22 accidents, wrote 605 citations, made 87 arrests and recorded 71
• Responded to 203 animal control calls and achieved an adoption rate of 34%.
• Made 13 felony arrests in the special crimes
• Seized 8.9 pounds of