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Public Works Monthly Report <br />April 2009 <br />Spring is here again and so are the vandals. We have had our first <br />round of damages at city parks already. Posts have been removed in Sibley <br />Lake Park and a cedar picnic table was destroyed in Trailside Park. <br />This month we had an energy audit on City Hall conducted by Energy <br />Management Solutions Inc., a company contracted by Minnesota Power <br />Company. I have recently received the report and will be meeting with a <br />company representative soon on cost saving projects on different equipment <br />to bring down our electrical demands. <br />This month has been a rough month on the repair portion of the budget <br />with several large scale break downs in the sewer and water departments. <br />• A repair of a sewer service line in the Industrial Park turned into a <br />repair on a 1 V2" copper water service line that had been leaking, <br />possibly for years. The good news is that both repairs were made. <br />The bad news is that it broke under the curb at Morehouse Drive, <br />which is a ten -ton road (costing more to repair). <br />• There was a break in the underground cable feeding a pivot site at the <br />irrigation field. It took three different locator contractors to find it <br />before it could be repaired. <br />• Then there was a break in the shaft of one of the irrigation pumps that <br />supply the irrigation pivots. <br />All three repairs are now in one way or another being handled and are <br />functional. <br />I was contacted by the Chamber of Commerce regarding a remodel of the <br />Trailside building, which they are proposing. A copy of the plans is attached. <br />Meetings Attended <br />April 4 -7 MMUA Safety Group Meeting in Pine River <br />Met Senior Group at Cole Building <br />`, Council Meeting <br />