Accounting and Finance:
Accounting and Finance
Attended Council meeting
Paid all Council claims
Attended Department Leader meeting
Attended Debt Administration classes
Utility Billing Services:
Cycle 1 bills mailed
Cycle 3 reminder notices mailed
Eight new residential accounts
One new hydrant account
Water/Sewer:
Completed 40 locates
65 new radios installed with 2808 total installed to date
Began collecting lead and copper samples
Collected Carhenge samples and standard bacti samples
Repaired broken tee on Elkhorn arsenic treatment facility
Read cycle 1 and cycle 2 radios
Rebuilt check valve at lift station “A”
Adjusted motor tension belts at lift station “A”
Flushed 6 dead end hydrants
Cleaned and organized all trucks
Sucked drainage ditch out on Howard
Boarded up broken window from break-in on SCADA building
Worked on ferric pump at Burnham well
Completed 2 employee evaluations
Shut down main on 1st and Black hills for contractor
Landfill:
270 customers, 358 tons of refuse this week
Ran burn box
Laid 10,000 sf of dirt coverage
Ongoing maintenance
Scraper repairs
Streets:
Ongoing street sweeping
Completed several concrete pours for curb and street repair
Training of new employees on skid steer
Ongoing road grading and alley repair, sign repair and maintenance, pothole repair
ROW mowing and weed eating
Repaired crosswalk signs
Changed brooms on sweeper
Electric:
Continued installation of load control/disconnect boxes
Completed single-phase rebuild project on CR 59 and York Road
Performed monthly 2-hour run of one generation unit at Cody plant per MEAN requirements
Performed maintenance on overhead line on 18th street
Attended virtual meeting discussing solar field protective relays
Library:
Busy summer reading times here in the library! We are ending week two with three more weeks to go and registration is open throughout the program. The kids have been so excited about this year’s program and are enjoying all the great programming. Cynthia Horn works tirelessly at coordinating this program. Her efforts are an asset to this library! I am thankful for all the staff here who consistently pulls together as a team to make the program the success it is. A very special thanks to the Red Nest family from Alliance Theater who donated the weekly drawing prize, which is a family pass to a night at the Sandhills Drive-In. Please thank them for being such an amazing supporter of our community events next time you take in a movie downtown!
Children’s Librarian Cynthia Horn’s “Under the Alliance Night Sky” events included LEGO Club Stars, Watercolor Wednesday with Sandi Blankenship, and checking in reading logs throughout the week. Cynthia also compiled May stats for the Director’s Report. Her ongoing projects included backpack maintenance, cataloging new items and updating displays.
Stephanie Hamilton has been promoted to the Adult Services position and has hit the ground running with project planning and displays. We are excited to see what she will bring to the position! Steph has been very helpful in holding down her former clerk position for us as well and will be part of the training process for the new hire filling that position.
Library Clerk Pam Becker has been amazing at keeping the summer reading records organized at the desk and managing the high levels of circulation the program brings to the library.
Golf Course:
Play continues to be great when the weather allows, but the rain has been great for the course! Unfortunately, the rain makes it difficult to keep up with mowing.
Completing repairs on the picker cart which continues to have mechanical issues
RSVP & Senior Center:
Continued providing dine-in and delivery meals for area seniors
Volunteer Youth Alliance participants assisted with painting fire hydrants in the community
RSVP had ten volunteers in the community assisting with programs and activities
Hosted Cards, bingo, bunco, and coffee and treats.
Museum:
Continued archiving Box Butte County Court Records
Assisted with several research projects
Hosted the Sandhills Writing group
Updated cemetery records
Visitor numbers continue to be steady as we get further into the summer travel season
Parks:
Coordinated with a contractor to schedule the cemetery well repair.
Annual flowers arrive and will get planted in the following days
Mowed the necessary areas of the Disc golf course on the west side of Laing Lake to improve the playing experience
All mowing got done despite the rain, and staff picked up grass clippings when weather allowed
All trimming in town was completed for this week.
Completed irrigation repairs at the Library and the Softball Complex.
Trimmed and picked up tumble weeds at the 3rd St. Underpass.
Pumped out 6th St. Underpass.
Sprayed at Central Park, Bandshell, Bower Park, and the RV Dump.
Community Development:
Used the drone to take aerial images of Lakefield Addition.
May Summary:
8 Building Permits totaling $98,736.12 estimated improvement value.
5 Zoning Permits totaling $35,902.16 estimated improvement value.
3 Construction, Excavation, or Obstruction of Right of Way Permits.
16 Plumbing and Mechanical Permits.
1 Stop Work order for building being constructed with no permit.
Nuisance Abatement:
103 New Nuisance Abatement Contacts.
32 Completed Nuisances.
1 Citation issued by APD for noncompliance.
1 Fence removed from City Right of Way
Facility Maintenance:
32 New Facilities Maintenance work orders.
31 Completed work orders.
Building Inspections:
WNCC Line School classroom expansion and Consumers COOP Credit Union at 3rd and Cody projects are working on interior finishings and should be ready for the final inspection and Certificate of Occupancy within the month of June.
No May Planning Commission or Board of Adjustment Meetings due to lack of agenda items.
Airport:
Airline selection – An extension of contract was put out last Friday for Denver Air Connection to stay until August 31, 2025 or until a decision has been made, or application to Alternate EAS is approved – whichever comes first. IF it happens to be a new airline it will take 60-75 from date of order for them to start.
Participated in a phone conference call for the Airport Layout Plan.
Working on an internal audit of all leases which includes, buildings, land, and aerial spray for required documents.
Work continues on capital work items and preparing for next year’s budget.
FAA inspection items are almost complete. Some minor re-training and one re inspection of markings left to do, which gets delayed with rain. Working on an update to the Certification Manual.
Mowing of Runway 12/30 was completed.
Filling of prairie dog holes continues on all airport property. Right now we are concentrating on grazing areas without livestock in them.
Equipment services completed on Snow Plow and spray truck pump
Repaired perimeter fence corners.
Inspection and any repairs completed on Runway and Taxiway light bases and signs
Repair Maintenance shop garage door
Administration:
Council Meeting held June 3
A council subcommittee held interviews to fill the upcoming City Clerk vacancy.
Attended monthly BBDC board meeting
Received five MicroTIF applications to be considered at the next Council Meeting on June 17th.
Met with several council members and department heads regarding various issues. Also held staff meeting with department heads.
Completed final paperwork for the CCCFF planning grant awarded in 2023.
Met with the City’s grant writer to discuss upcoming applications.
Received notice of funding for public transit for 2026. The contract to accept this funding which will be considered by the City Council on June 17th.