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Borough Manager's Activity Log
February 2004


Date Activity
2-2
  • Clean snow from around hydrants and catch basins.
  • Check on frozen water to Gulick St. home.

2-3
  • Calling for heavy snow today. Salt and cinder roads in morning, then start plowing in afternoon.
  • Frozen water to Gulick St. home on home owners' side of curb box. Unthaw water with steam genny and will re-bill customer for work.

2-4
  • Crew in early to plow streets and haul away some snow.
  • Order 150 tons of anti-skid.
  • 2" water line break at Health Center on Ruah St. 1 MG storage tank dropped about 5' or about 125,000 gallons before we found leak and isolated the problem. Turn on R&G Well to try and replace water in 1 MG tank.

2-5
  • Start cleaning snow from around hydrants before snow and freezing rain start tonight.
  • Repair leaking 2" galvanized water line on Hannibal St. Estimated leak at about 20 GPM.

2-6
  • Crew in early to plow streets.
  • Frozen water on Taylor St. service line. Dig up line and unthaw with steam genny.

2-7
  • Have crew come in and clean off Main & Carpenter Sts. Will clean up other snow piles next week.

2-9
  • Haul snow from around town all day, and truck down to empty lot north of new F/A Building.

2-10
  • Discuss parking space design of downtown parking lot with Boro engineer. I will get entire area surveyed so engineer can determine best way to paint parking areas to achieve most spaces. Will also have grass area on south side of lot surveyed for parking spaces.
  • Talk to Chester Engineers about new 911 re-addressing. They will submit anew map, with corrections, for Council approval.

2-11
  • Haul snow from downtown parking lot so surveyor can locate corners of blacktop.
  • Cinder roads where needed.
  • Clean snow from around hydrants and catch basins.

2-12
  • Clean snow from around hydrants and catch basins.
  • Talk to Fire Chief about new building. They hope to move equipment out of old Town Hall this weekend. If they do, I will get crew to winterize old Boro Hall and shut off gas meters supplying building.

2-13
  • Install convex mirror on pole at Maple Hill Rd. and Schuylkill St. intersection.
  • Cold patch some potholes around town.
  • Take 10-wheel dump truck to shop for brake repair.

2-16
  • Holiday
  • Two loads of anti-skid delivered today.

2-17
  • Fire equipment moved out of old Boro Hall into new F/A Building. Winterize old Hall and shut off gas at meters.
  • Surveyor map out downtown parking lot so engineer can determine if any more parking spaces can be made to help parking problem in front of Dollar General and Holiday Market.
  • Work on new shelves in new Boro Hall basement.

2-18
  • Clean up snow on Schuylkill St. to widen street where possible.
  • Clean off catch basins around town.

2-19
  • Widen some streets and open storm drains around town by hauling snow away.
  • Brakes on 10-wheel dump truck repaired, so bring vehicle back to garage.
  • Take grader to shop for repair on transmission.

2-20
  • Work on grader completed. Bring back to town and park in old Fire building.
  • Finish shelves in new Boro Hall basement.
  • New fiberglass grating delivered. Put on top of media at stp tricking filter.

2-23
  • Frozen water to home on Gulick St. Unthaw using Stuart Lisowski's steam genny.
  • Take Boro pickup to Cummings Ford to have ball joints replaced. Repairs should be covered under warranty.
  • Recreation meeting-Have to advertise for summer lifeguards. Red Cross taking care of Tioga County this year. Boro employees will open gates to Island Park on weekends before they do filter plants.

2-24
  • Bring Boro pickup back to town from Ford garage.
  • Light snow in morning. Salt and cinder roads around town. Plow streets in afternoon after snow quit.
  • 3HP motor at stp kicking breakers. Will take to electrical shop tomorrow morning to get checked out.
  • Planning Commission meeting cancelled because of no quorum .

2-25
  • 3HP motor checked out and got installed back in manhole at stp.
  • Clean grease pump impeller at stp.

2-26
  • Clean water garage. Will take old water meters to junk yard for salvage.
  • Clean CI2 contact pit at stp.
  • Meeting with solicitor on legal issues for Boro.

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George Lloyd
Borough Manager

 

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