03-04-25 Administrator's Report

Don Harrod • March 4, 2025

To:  Mayor, Council Members, and Others

From:  Donald W. Harrod, Administrator

  1. Public works crews have installed the MORA signs throughout the downtown area for the designated outdoor refreshment area. Letter will go out to the seven liquor establishments this week inviting them to a meeting to discuss the operation of the MORA and to decide on the purchase of the cups that will be used. In addition, we are working on obtaining a quote on some additional trash cans that can be placed in the downtown area for collection of waste cups.
  2. Crews from Heyne Construction continue to work on the Paris Street Shelter House Project. Even with the cold weather, they continue to lay block for the shelter house facility and have started setting wood trusses for the roof. Another construction meeting is set for this Thursday at 1:30 pm.
  3. Work on the new well field generator building at the Four Seasons Park is underway. This building was damaged by the tornado a couple of years ago. Woehrmyer Concrete has poured the footers and village crews are getting ready to pull in wire to the building. Baumer Construction will start laying block for the building shortly.
  4. The dilution wells are now up and running and can be operated using the village’s water and waste water SCADA system. We are working with CDM Smith to determine how best to utilize the wells to reduce the volume of TDS that is in the village’s waste water effluent.
  5. NWS has been in the village to pull the high service pumps at the water treatment plant for rebuilding. These pumps which are the original pumps that were installed when the plant was built need to be serviced. High Service Pump 1 has been pulled, reworked and put back in place. Pump number 2 has been pulled and is currently being worked on. When Pump 2 was pulled it was found that part of the intake piping to the pump was bad and needs to be replaced. NWS is in the process of acquiring the needed piping for the pump. Once Pump 2 is reinstalled, they will move on to pump 3.
  6. On Monday, March 3rd, ODOT will host a pre-construction meeting for the State Route 66 Crosswalk project. Both Scott Langenkamp and I will attend the meeting.
  7. While construction is ongoing on the YMCA’s new addition, they will be once again utilizing Four Seasons Park to host some of the YMCA’s outdoor spring activities. If you remember they utilized these areas in the fall for their fall programs
  8. The Public Works Department will be making the water tap for the new Purpose Energy site on March 11 and 12th. In addition, crews from the electric department continue to work on installing the electrical feeds to the site.