1) Public Works: Public Works was left with one employee as the other was called out on a fire strike team; with the extreme fire danger, certain equipment is being used sparingly to minimize potential fire cleaning of areas around the Hedge Creek Falls Park; repaving on Shasta Avenue; graffiti removal; repainted curbs on lower Pine St;, unplugged the Belnap Fountain; utility locations completed for upcoming water project in north Dunsmuir; worked with community service on maintenance at the cemetery; used a leaf blower to remove debris from downtown sidewalks; Irrigation done on Children’s Park; cleaned graffiti at Children's Park; walking meeting with City Manager about problem sidewalk areas; cleaned trucks; ran sweeper; gathered trash and responded to emails and phone calls.
2) City Manager: One week of work post return from a family funeral back east.
Worked with Clemens Waste Removal to finalize solid waste contract; reread contract to ensure that there were no grammatical issues, incorrect or extraneous information; met with CalTrans about the upcoming STP cycle and the potential for transportation funding for Dunsmuir; final approval from the Rod & Gun Club Board on gun range lease-will be coming to the next City Council meeting for approval; work on funding and a job description on a proposed Public Work’s Director position; meeting with CalTrans on progress on the 800’ Bridge; meeting with Jacob’s on the progress on the environmental work for the Butterfly Bridge; wrote a resolution in opposition to the siting of the Blackberry Timber Harvest access road; work with the in-town film crew on the expectations to minimize the provision of basic services; visited the springs and have asked PACE to begin water rights approval to use two springs that are under our control, but are not currently serving the citizens of Dunsmuir; Active Transportation Plan meeting with CalTrans-reworked task order to conform to State standards; received an additional $22k in Delphi system for reduction of Airport debt to the general fund
3) Wastewater Dept: Continued with daily, weekly, and monthly sampling; sewer main locates for water main contractor; sewer main maintenance on Gleaves Ave.; continued with sludge maintenance; maintenance on mixer motor-required parts ordered; general plant seasonal clean up; lift stations checked and target manholes inspected.
4) Water Dept: Continued with water main project work; continued with Blacksmith water main project; continued with automatic water meter replacements; Elizabeth street flushing and bacteriological testing; locates on Gleaves and Isgrigg Street completed for project; meeting with ENPLAN and Pace regarding Mossbrae Springs project; water main break on Hemlock; pressurized River Ave. for disinfection and pressure testing.
5) Finance: Accounts payable; accounts receivable; payroll; utility billing payment processing; covid fund research; water project change order processed; CDBG grant paperwork.
6) Fire Department: For the period, the department responded to (16) dispatches, (10) EMS, (1) other type fire, (1) Structure Fire, (1) Vegetation Fire, (1) traffic accident, (1) Hazardous situation, (1) Public Assistance;
Weekly Fire Department training-Fire personnel reviewed EMS skills and maintained EMS equipment; all equipment and apparatus remain in good working order; entered run reports into computer data base; currently (1) fire department engine with personnel is assisting CAL-Fire with station coverage in the County, (1) department engine was returned from the River Complex Fire after a 14-day assignment. Our staffing levels are still adequate to respond to our daily dispatches.