Administration:
• Began summer hours, Monday – Thursday 7:00 am – 5:00 pm, Friday 7:00 am – 11:00 am.
• Congratulations to Shelbi Pitt, new City Clerk for the City of Alliance! Shelbi was appointed at the May 2nd City Council Meeting.
• Tourism announced Bands on the Bricks dates, June 9th, June 23rd, July 7th, July 21st, July 22nd. Line-up to be announced soon!
Water/Sewer:
• Carhenge, Airport and Weekly water samples.
• Chlorine residuals.
• De-winterized pivots and got them running.
• Cleaned up 7th and Sweetwater.
• Fixed broken pipe under pit at Bower, dug up and repaired.
• 28 Work orders.
• 75 Locates.
• Vactored out fire hall pit.
• Jetted all trouble sewer lines, 600 feet.
• Changed 5 drops on pivots and repaired hole in one tower.
• 4-inch sewer tap on Emerson.
Streets:
• Street sweeping.
• Finished alley grading.
• Assisted parks with irrigation.
• Cleaned over pass and under pass.
• Pre-assembled signs for replacement.
• Patched potholes.
Police Admin:
• Meetings: UNO, Microstrategy, Central Square, State of Nebraska, PLECET, POAN, PCAN.
Police Communications/Intelligence:
• Coordinated 558 calls for service.
• Completed 4 report requests.
• 1 firearm permit issued.
Police Operations:
• 0 K9 deployments.
• 1 accident.
• 0 DUI.
• 103 Building Checks.
• 18 Community Contacts/Business Checks.
• 6 Child Welfare Investigations.
• 4 Traffic Stops.
• 0 Vacation House Checks.
• 24 Active Investigations.
• 11 Cases Resolved.
PAARI:
• 45 Calls for service YTD.
• 15 Offers for service YTD.
• 21 Active Service YTD.
• 12 Medical Service Referrals YTD.
• 13 Financial Service Referrals YTD.
• 11 Employment Coaching YTD.
• 2 Graduates YTD.
• 0 Known relapses YTD.
Animal Control:
• 30 Animal Calls.
• 2 Dog Impounds. 1 dogs currently in the shelter.
• 1 Cat Impounds. 0 cats currently in the shelter.
Code Enforcement:
• 1 Code enforcement issues.
Notable Service:
• Satisfaction rating 91%.
Electric:
• We installed two new poles and transformer banks to upgrade existing irrigation well services.
• Removed the scoreboard at Bower-Shankland baseball field and installed new support poles.
• Waiting on replacement parts before installing scoreboard.
• All staff attended monthly NECC safety meeting.
• Installed a replacement re-closure on Keith Road and CR 63.
• Repaired/replaced streetlights as needed.
• Working with WAPA on details of planned power outage for May 21.
Community Development:
• Advertising for a Permit Technician.
• Building Permits: 10 building permits for a total improvement value of $136,550.
• Excavation Permits: 3 permits.
• Plumbing and mechanical permits: 10 plumbing and mechanical permits.
• Zoning Permits: 6 zoning permits.
• Projects:
o Westco Tire Shop: Sewer service installed to 10th Street, getting ready to bore under the street.
o Heartland Flats: Electricians and plumbers are doing their installations.
o Library HVAC: Installation is estimated at about 80% done.
o Started accepting bids for condemned house demolitions. Will accept bids until May 18.
o Will stop accepting bids for the City wide phone system replacement on May 10th.
• Planning Commission – May 9th
o One and Six Year Street plan.
o Zoning district designation change renaming the single family residential districts. No actual rezones occurring.
o Transportation component of the proposed Comprehensive Plan updates.
• Board of Adjustment
o No meeting in April.
Airport:
• Staff attended Live Burn training at Ellsworth Air Force Base. This is an annual requirement to remain ARFF (Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting) certified.
• ARFF station and truck cleaned.
• Monthly ARFF training conducted Wednesday evening.
• Special inspection of airfield marking and signs during daylight hours was conducted on Thursday. Sign and paint orders are based on these inspections.
• Annual service and repairs were done on the airfield windsocks.
• T-hangar door drive motor repaired.
• Conducted training on inspections of airfield during construction.
• Taxiway/Apron Rehabilitation Project.
• Provided information and pictures to a possible contractor for preliminary inspection of MALSR lighting system on the airfield.
• Annual Generator Inspections scheduled.
Fire:
• Staffed participated in annual FAA live-burn training at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.
• Weekly Department Training: ARFF.
• Chief attended Scotts Bluff County Mutual Aid Fire Chief’s meeting.
Library:
• Prepared the adult monthly stats for the Director’s Report, planned summer reading programs for Adults, and collected suggestions for the July-October APL Book Club meetings.
• Hosted Fiber Arts Club, and the book club at Highland Park Care Center. Also created a display for Mental Health Awareness month and cataloged new Fiction materials.
• Story Time feature this week is Zooming Through Space and one of our adult patrons, Granny B, is excited to volunteer regularly with Story Time.
• On Tuesday, LEGO Club continued building their masterpieces. April Stats were documented plus ongoing projects include backpacks and updating displays.
• “All Together Now” Summer Reading, plus a special Story Time visit to Immanuel Lutheran on Friday with kindergarten and first grade classes.
• Compiled the statistics for the April Director’s Report.
• Made weekly Book Mobile deliveries, processed Interlibrary loans, and assisted patrons.
Golf:
• Hosted a Callaway fitting day.
• Membership sales are up significantly over last year.
• The course has been extremely busy when the weather is good.
• Junior Golf sign up has begun.
• Fish that winterkilled were removed from the lake.
Parks:
• Repaired a broken irrigation main line at Bower.
• Turned irrigation and make repairs as needed in Central park, Fountain block, and Laing Lake.
• Repaired several sections of fence top rail at Bower.
• Installed crushed concrete at the old tennis courts in an effort to better stabilize the south bank
• Started installation of the rubber weed guard that will go under the fence to reduce the need for trimming along the fence
• Started working on the fencing around the dugouts at the Softball complex.
• Met with the tree trimming contractor to identify trees for trimming and removal.
• Finished up the rubber weed guard on B field at Softball and the swimming pool.
• Sprayed under all the chain link fences at the Ballfields with Growth Inhibitor.
• Street Department assisted with parking lot improvements at Bower Park.
• Seasonal staff started to help keep areas mowed while other projects get completed.
RSVP & Senior Center:
• Nutrition site staff continued to provide dining room and delivery meals for the community.
• Staff is making plans to start up Wednesday bingo at the center again.
• Preparing for the RSVP Recognition Dinner.
Museum:
• Hosted multiple school tours many from neighboring communities
• APS foundation fundraiser finished up. The event was a success.
• The museum is hosting a Nebraska sunset photo contest. All entries are available for viewing at the museum.
• Hosted the monthly scrapbooking event.
• Worked with Redman’s shoes on getting some donations for the Museum.