Public Works:
• Grade work completed on Rodeo grounds road and on sewer lake road.
• Monday, May 16th was extremely busy with a water break at 1115 W 3rd St. followed by another water break at 612 W. 3rd St.
• Concrete repair at 1115 W. 3rd St.
• 586 transit riders this week.
• Landfill 639 tons of refuse this week.
Finance:
• The City received notice of March sales taxes in the amount of almost $208,000 which exceeded last year’s record amount by over 12.5%!
Parks:
• Preparing to open the pool on May 28th!
• Preparing the fountain at Central Park.
• Preparing the Alliance Cemetery for Memorial Day.
• Mowing and landscaping has begun in earnest.
• Began clearing excess brush from the creek.
• Updated the computer at the Alliance Cemetery kiosk.
Police Admin:
• State Radio System Meeting.
• Meeting with Lumen regarding 911 software services.
• VIP Coordinator Meeting.
• Numerous software contract meetings to ensure proper billing for 2023 budget and adequate services.
• Datalytics Meeting, with prototypes approved. Need to fix a data link and it should be live in two weeks on the PD website.
• Auditor Meetings for CALEA Accreditation.
• DOVES meeting for a mutual agreement on best practices for both entities working together with victims.
Police Communications/Intelligence:
• Coordinated 623 calls for service.
• Completed 0 report requests.
• 0 firearms permits issued.
• Revising Code Red for spring.
Police Operations:
• 6 Child Welfare Investigations.
• 3 DUI, 28 Traffic Stops.
• 5 accidents.
• 0 K9 deployments.
• 162 Building Checks.
• 39 Community Contacts/Business Checks.
• 16 Active Investigations.
Animal Control:
• 26 Animal Calls.
• 2 Dog Impounds. 2 dogs currently in the shelter.
• 0 Cat Impounds. 2 cats currently in the shelter.
Code Enforcement:
• 27 Code enforcement issues.
Notable Service:
• Grand neighborhood meeting held.
• Know your force: Maintaining 5 out of 5 rating from those contacted.
Airport:
• New employee started today!
• Mowing and sweeping of airfield surfaces.
• FAA inspection is scheduled for June 21st & 22nd. The records portion of the inspection will take place the week before.
• FAA runway pavement inspection took place this week.
Electric:
• Finished the three phase rebuild project on HWY 385 across from Chiff feedlot.
• Performed line maintenance on Valley Road east of HWY 385.
• Started a three phase rebuild project on CR 63 south of Sarpy Road.
• Completed installation of light pole bases and installed underground pipe for wiring of new lights at tennis court.
• Attended MEAN meeting in Kearney on Thursday.
HR:
• Completed 2 days of Seasonal Hiring Workshops and met with 28 new and returning seasonal employees. Tracking and processing for these employees will be completed over the next 2-3 weeks to ensure accurate reporting and compliance on all new hires.
• Onboarding with new full time employees conducted for Electric Department and Airport.
• Conducting interviews with multiple departments for full and part-time positions.
• Led the WNHRA meeting in Scottsbluff.
• The department continues to accept applications for Public Works Seasonal Positions, as well as Police Officer, Dispatcher, Fire Apparatus Engineer/EMT, Transit Driver, and Street Maintenance Worker.
BBDC:
• Last week Chelsie Herian, BBDC Director attended the NEDA Annual Conference in Valentine where she made valuable connections in housing and was elected NEDA Board Treasurer.
• Prepping for Interns to arrive next week – academy for a couple days then they officially begin May 31; Snapshot of each intern are posted on Facebook.
• Attended virtual Heartland Expressway Board Meeting Thursday; HEA Annual Meeting TBD but will be hosted in Alliance; Ports to Plains annual conference is September 14-16 in Big Spring, TX.
• Looking into possibility of re-establishing Alliance/BBC Community Foundation.
• Meeting virtually with UNL Placemaking Professors later today.