Accounting and Finance:
∙ Attended City Council meetings
∙ Paid all Council claims approved
∙ Attended staff meeting
∙ Processed payroll
∙ Attended Budget Workshop
Utilities Billing Services:
∙ Cycle 3 reminder notices sent
∙ Ten new residential accounts
Eelctric:
∙ Replaced “reject” pole in alley of Big Horn/Toluca
∙ Held interviews to fill open lineman position
∙ Dropped service line for tree trimmer two mornings for removal of large backyard tree ∙ Attended Council budget workshop and Council meetings
∙ Replaced pole and underground primary wires as part of Hammond area three-phase rebuild project
∙ Replaced transformer at Diamond Hill farms
∙ Installed and adjusted lights at Head Start school on East 3rd
∙ Performed maintenance and repairs on warehouse office and bathroom areas Streets:
∙ Swept and washed shop floor
∙ Cleaned and washed vehicles
∙ Graded Sweetwater and alleys
∙ Completed 15 locates
∙ Cleaned storm drains
∙ Mowed drainage ditch
∙ Repaired crosswalk signs
Water/Sewer:
∙ 55 work orders and 15 locates completed; 19 radios installed
∙ 12,370 feet of sewer line jetted
∙ Collected routine water samples and Carhenge samples
∙ Read cycle 1 meters
∙ Completed chlorine residuals
∙ Repaired broken tube at Chlorine Plant
∙ Repaired chlorine analyzer
∙ Completed one meter change out
∙ Installed sewer tap for new Game and Parks building
∙ Sprayed weeds at “A” Station
∙ Mowed shop
∙ Changed valve at 25th and Toluca
∙ Completed readings at wells and lift stations
∙ Tightened packing on Elkhorn, Booster pump, and Well 3
∙ Johnson Services finished storm sewer cleaning
Landfill:
∙ 214 customers and 241.91 tons of refuse this week
∙ Ran burn box
∙ Covered Municipal Solid Waste
∙ Started dirt stockpile for winter
∙ Added safety barriers for baler
∙ Completed state inspection of construction and demolition; passed with 100% Personnel:
∙ Entered employee data for Payroll processing, including annual employee evaluations, wage changes, benefit enrollment, and other personal information changes as requested by employees.
∙ Scheduled and completed interviews for various open positions.
∙ Assisted in preparing conditional job offers and scheduling follow-ups with candidates. ∙ Human Resources has welcomed 3 new employees in the past week: Corey Hitchcock and Neil Pryor are joining our Public Transit team, and Matthew Mayer is our newest full-time Grounds Maintenance Worker in the Parks Department! Welcome to the City! ∙ Verified monthly billing and enrollment accuracy for Employee medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
∙ Participated in the City’s Leadership Team meeting and Budget Hearing. Police:
∙ Attended Council Meeting, Department Head Meeting and Budget Workshop ∙ Attended a Meeting with Senator Strommen at WNCC to discuss more local training opportunities for law enforcement
∙ Completed revised fee schedule for submission to council
Airport:
∙ Department of Transportation awarded Denver Air Connection for airline service. Working with the airline to get added flights that we will have for 35 weeks out of the year.
∙ Working on new lease for airline and rental cars.
∙ Met with engineers in preparation for our kickoff meeting on the new Airport Layout Plan.
∙ Reviewing the final draft of the Title VI plan for the airport. The next step is to forward it to the FAA for approval and then it will go before City Council. This is a required plan to receive grant funding.
∙ Work continues on updating the Airport Minimum Standards and lease requests. ∙ Submitted all documents required to the FAA regarding the annual inspection. Waiting on the letter from the FAA closing the inspection.
∙ All airport staff participated in the community education in regards to prairie dogs. Our battle with control of prairie dogs continue and it is ongoing with the dragging of prairie dog mounds and wildlife control.
∙ Maintenance staff participated in monthly ARFF training.
∙ Mowed perimeter fence and edges of all taxiways.
∙ Sprayed paved areas and FAA equipment areas.
∙ Maintenance repaired gate in grazing tract “B” and a tank in another grazing pasture. ∙ Weed eating in the MALSR areas.
∙ Staff replaced a toilet in the maintenance shop.
RSVP & Senior Center:
∙ RSVP is collecting items to be delivered to Alliance’s first responders. Items we would appreciate include protein rich snacks, gum, sunscreen, ChapStick, hand sanitizer, candy, tissues, and electrolyte drink packets. For questions or to donate items contact the Senior Center at 762-1293. If you cannot bring items in, please call the center to schedule a pickup.
∙ RSVP had fifteen volunteers assisting with activities in the community. ∙ Staff hosted coffee and treats and bunco at the Senior Center this week. ∙ Continued providing dine in and delivery meals for area seniors.
Museum:
∙ Accepted donations from several families that included historical documentation about local organizations, photos and Christmas items
∙ Responded to several requests for information regarding family history and court documents
∙ Assisted a patron with updating her family tree
∙ Hosted BBGH in the conference room for training
∙ Hosted a Western Sugar Training meeting
∙ Hosted partner and Museum board meetings
Golf:
∙ Hosted the Panhandle Open over the Labor Day weekend
∙ Hosted the Panhandle Seniors on Tuesday
∙ Play continued to be steady with great weather conditions.
Library:
∙ Fall has officially taken over summer as our “busy season”, and we are all enjoying doing the little things to make the big things happen. Registration for the first annual “Witch’s Brew Tea” continues until September 30 or until all the spaces are full. This is open to children accompanied by a guardian that are 7 years and up. The cost for a ticket is $10 per person.
∙ Technical Service Librarian Mason Trumble has been busy with an overabundance of presentation slides for all the upcoming fall programming. He has also been busy shelf reading the collection and helping out at the circulation desk. Mason also helped in assembling the Ghostbuster Mobile for one of our new Halloween backpacks that will be unleashed next week!
∙ Adult Services Librarian Stephanie Hamilton has been working on continuing education class, adding to displays and creating new signage. Her outreach this week included a book club at Highland Park Assisted Living Center and visiting residents at the Care Center when she delivered library books. She is working with Technical Services Librarian Mason Trumble shelf reading the collection and they are currently working through the non-fiction.
∙ Children’s Librarian Cynthia Horn’s Story Time Stars shared “My Family” including Handprint Hearts and Family Trees. LEGO Club worked on their creations with several new members joining us. Book Mobile is picking up for the school year and we welcome back our school participants. Cynthia also worked on August Stats, cataloging and backpacks plus the addition of several new backpacks! Her ongoing projects include updating book displays, website and program preparations.
∙ Library Clerks Pam Becker and Carolyn Hamel have been busy preparing items for contests, getting items ready for the library to participate in “Trunk or Treat” for the first time this year, and processing all the items for the new backpacks!
Parks Division:
∙ Sprayed for weeds at Laing Lake and the old swimming pool area.
∙ Picked up grass clipping behind the mowers in most park areas.
∙ Prepared for a funeral for Monday morning.
∙ Installed new PTO clutches on two of the Hustler mowers that were down this week. ∙ Received trees from the Nebraska Forest service for planting at BN ballfield and 16th St. Tennis Courts.
∙ Started repairing a John Deere mower at the cemetery
Administration:
∙ Work on the FY26 budget. FY26 Budget public hearing held
∙ City Council Meeting; Senior Staff meeting
∙ Scott Yates was appointed to fill the vacant City Council position
∙ Attended BBDC monthly meeting
∙ Met with consultant on upcoming grant opportunity
∙ Met with multiple City Council members and Department Heads