Borough Manager's Activity Log
January 2003

Date	Activity
1-1	Happy New Year. Rain heavy during day; change to freezing rain at night. Power off to Blossburg late in evening. Shut down Bellman filter. Call for freezing rain changing to snow. Call crew to come in early tomorrow to plow and cinder roads.
1-2	Did not get as much snow as anticipated. Plow snow then salt and cinder roads. Water level in 1-MG storage tank dropping faster than it should. Call Cleveland Brothers in morning and they brought a 125 kW generator to run R & G Well. Unit was delivered before noon and we had connected and running well by 2 PM. Water level in 1-MG tank at 16'. Water dropping about 14,000 gallons per hour. Discover excess water being used by Plant #1 , so went and talked with personnel. They rented a portable generator to operate their water supply and shut off water from Authority water system. Water level at 14.9' in 1-MG tank by 5PM. Rent 50 kW generator to run pumps at stp pump house. Power to town by 6:30 PM, so start up Bellman filter so 1-MG tank can be filled back up. Leave generators running at R & G well and stp pump house. Boro offices closed, because portable generator not connected yet. Calling for more snow tonight. Have crew come in early to plow.
1-3	Electric off to Bellman filter in morning. 1 MG tank up to 20'. Electric back on to filter in afternoon, so start plant back up again. Plow snow all day. Calling for 6-18" by tomorrow morning. Pump sludge from secondary clarifier. Finally start to get some clear liquid.
1-4	Crew in early to plow, then salt and cinder roads.
1-5	Shut down generator at R&G well and turn power back on from GPU.
1-6	Clean snow off Main St. and haul away. Order more salt and cinders for stockpile. Connect wiring for new CI2 analyzer at Bellman filter.
1-7	Crew in early to plow snow. Two loads of salt delivered to stockpile in afternoon.
1-8	Plow slush off roads, then salt where needed. Roads melting nicely. Two loads of cinders delivered today and push into pole barn. Start picking up Christmas trees and hauling to stp, where we will chip up. Ground water on Granger St. freezing into dirt road causing bumpy road. Level off area with 1 B stone. Disconnect 50 kW generator at stp pump house and take back to Central Equipment. Check out installation of generator at Boro Hall with Dave Jones. Start mounting some panel boxes to wall.
1-9	Dave Jones work at Bellman filter to figure out control wires for call out box. Haul sludge from Be1lman filter basement to sewer manhole at park. Arrange date for reconvened meeting between Authority members and Authority engineer.
1-10	Three loads of cinders delivered to garage. Push into pole barn. Work on control wires at Bellman filter. Re plumb new CI2 injection point at Bellman filter, which will work better for new CI2 analyzer . Company called about fiberglass grates for top of trickling filter media at stp. Should be delivered early next week.
1-13	Take down Christmas lights and store in basement of Boro Hall. Dave Jones draw up revised electrical schematics for Bellman filter. Will get copies made for plant. One load of cinders delivered and pushed into pole barn. Council meeting.
1-14	Work at Boro Hall identifying circuit breakers in panel box So it can be determined what the generator can service. Budget meeting in morning to discuss insurance packages. Mail signed Agility paper work to PennDot. Three loads of cinders delivered and pushed into pole barn.
1-15	Fiberglass grates delivered in morning. Take to stp and place on top of filter media. If work out good, will order more later . Meeting with Scott Bray in morning to discuss addition of more drying beds at stp. Wrap up cables for generator at R & G well So ready when Cleveland Brothers pick up 125kW generator at end of week.
1-16	Connect natural gas supply line to exhaust to generator at Boro Hall. LRM connect new flow meter chart at stp. Reconvened Authority meeting to discuss portable generator, hydro study and municipal agreement with Morris Run. Snow during night. Call someone to come in early to salt roads.
1-17	Salt and cinder roads around town. Amrex deliver chemicals to Bellman filter and stp. Pump sludge from secondary clarifier to drying bed. Dirty at first, but cleaned up quickly. Cleveland Brothers pick up 125 kW generator from R & G well.
1-20	Mike Stoudt connect small computer at Bellman filter to record electrical use of plant so that correct size of generator to run plant can be determined. + 1" of snow last night. Salt roads in morning. New recirculating pump at stp not running. Pull pump and call company about getting it repaired. Push four loads of cinders into pole barn at garage.
1-21	Real cold temps. predicted for all this week. Comminutor at stp pump house stuck because small towel caught in cutting teeth. Got Comminutor running again after towel pulled out. Work on footbridge grant application; will go to Planning Commission meeting tonight for their approval. Order materials for generator connection at Boro Hall.
1-22	Call Eagle Equipment about garbage truck compactor bushings. Representative will come look at unit next week. LRM connect new CI2 residual analyzer at Bellman filter. Put new weather-stripping on two Boro garage overhead doors.
1-23	Mike Stoudt pull computer from Bellman filter and put at R & G well to record electrical use there. Start work installing new electrical panel and conduit in Boro Hall basement for generator. Meet with Mark Dalton on some of Boro's insurance packages. Discuss footbridge application with Jerome Ogden. Snow late in day. Call in someone to salt hills and busy intersections.
1-24	Work on Boro Hall generator wiring. Salt and cinder roads that weren't done last night. Had to plow some roads that had snow drifted into them. Take information to Covington Township about property purchased from Jack Kelly, next to stp. Want to get all paperwork done for any possible stp expansion. Talk to Kerry Gykis about county questionnaire for local communities. Boro has to make copies of survey then mail out with return envelope. Boro then has to re-bill County for costs associated with mailing. Take pictures of footbridge to send with grant applications.
1-25	Replace expansion tank in meter pit at Mitchell trailer park.
1-26	Snow heavy in afternoon. Call crew in to plow off hills and busy intersections so they can be salted.
1-27	Crew in early to plow then salt and cinder roads. Water consumption to town really high. Some usage can probably be attributed to customers letting water run because of cold weather. Go out and listen for any big leaks. Dan finish revised O & M plans for filter plants. Make copies to put in books. Finish preliminary wiring at Boro Hall for generator. Call Dave Jones to see what has to be done next.
1-28	Salt and cinder roads around town where needed. Listen for water leaks. May have a leak on Rt. 15 by Maple Hill Rd. Eagle Equipment check out garbage truck compactor. Will send us the part to fix the problem. Work on Boro Hall generator. Get unit ready so it can be checked out tomorrow during a trial run.
1-29	Snow early in morning. Salt roads early then plow off slush later in the day where needed. Listen for water leaks on Rt. 15. Have to isolate sections of water main so it can be determined where leak is located. Start up generator at Boro Half and everything checked out. Start transferring some breakers to sub-panel that generator is connected to.
1-30	Allison Crane at Island Park to look at footbridge so estimate can be worked up for use of Crane. Meet with Jerome Ogden and Doyne Chartreau to discuss footbridge. Locate possible leak at intersection of Rt. 15 and Maple Hill.
George Lloyd Borough Manager