Street Department Weekly DHR 8-18-08

STREET DEPARTMENT REPORT 

Department: Street Department 

Date: Aug. 8-14, 2008 

Prepared by Oscar Hoskins and Earnest Womack 

Specific Weekly Activities: 

Mowed & cut:

8/8

• Corner lot of Plaza & 1^st St
• Lot at New Light MBC
• Washington St ditch
• 1131 College ditch
• Corner of:
  • Beech & Walker
  • Chickasaw & Arkansas
  • Pontotoc & Arkansas
  • St Francis & Arkansas
  • Balls Alley & Arkansas
  • Short Mobile & Arkansas
  • Biscoe & Arkansas
  • Missouri & Pecan

Shoulders

• Arkansas St
• Miller Loop
• West St

8/11

• City Hall-East
• Center St ditches
• Anderson St ditches
• North 2^nd St ditches
• Working on West St ditch
• Cut limbs 400 block of Ladino

8/12

• City Hall West-cutg limbs
• Longbell St-cut limbs
• Park St-cut limbs
• Corner of Longbell & Park
• 520 Roseland
• Corner of Navijo & Sioux

 
 

8/13

• Center greens West
• Shoulders
  • 7^th & Park
  • 6^th & Park
  • Lohmans Ln
  • Old Hwy (Texas Eastern)
  • College & McDonough
  • Walker Hill
  • Bell St
  • South St
  • S Washington

8/14

• Audubon-cut limbs
• Corner lot 4^th & Anderson
• Working on Oak Grove Cemetery
• El Canaveral welcome sign
• Rifle range
• Bridge approach
• Shoulders
  • Springdale Rd
  • Wire Rd
  • 6^th & Baldwin
  • Rifle range

 

Mechanic:

8/8

• Welded door chains Unit 107 Street
• Gear box blue & white dump truck Unit 32 Sanitation
• Installed new battery on Police Unit
• Charged battery on Dozer
• Moved tables & bike racks from Sebastian Shop to First Bank storage for Main St
• Radiator off Unit 31 Street to Holland Radiator
• Radiator off Unit 15 Police to Holland Radiator

8/11

• Repaired flat (right rear) Unit 18 Police (needs new tire)
• Installed Pitman Arm and stabilizer bushing on Unit 103 Street
• Installed radiators Unit 31 Street & Unit 15 Police
• Installed bumper ram guard on Unit 15 Police
• Replaced brakes and rotors on fire chief's truck

8/12

• Transmission fluid in Unit 103 Street and Unit 29 Sanitation
• Installed air compressor on Code Enforcement Impala
• Changed oil and filters on Unit 105 & 106 Knuckle Boom
• Replaced coolant reservoir on Unit 106 Street

8/13

• Removed 5^th wheel from Ford track hoe truck
• Replaced turn signal switch on Unit 27 Sanitation
• Tightened hoses on Unit 106 Street
• Replaced harmonica balance and charged A/C on Code Enforcement Impala

8/14

• Replaced thermostat on Unit 31 Street
• Repaired spot light on Unit 10 police
• Installed fuel filter on Unit 7 East side Water
• Put water pump on Unit 15 Police
• Checked brake sensors on Unit 15 Police (back in service, will replace on 8/15)

 

Potholes:

• Edgewood Circle

 

Animal control:

• 1 dog euthanized 8/14 (Police request-abandoned at #10 Lincoln Ct/later owner stated he did not want it b/c it was vicious)
• Took 3 dead animals from Vet Office to Landfill

 

Mosquito control:

Mosquito control-sprayed 8/2 Tuesday's Sanitation route

Mosquito control is coordinated in conjunction with Sanitation route-weather permitting

1 rig needs starter, other truck needs steering column  

Other activities:

Litter pick up at primary routes of City:

      Walnut St.

      Cherry St.

      Porter St.

      Perry St.

      Elm St.

      Franklin St.

      Oakland Ave.

      Quarles Lane

      Springdale Rd.

      Plaza St

      Little Rock Rd off Jane St

8/8

Began cleanup in alley between N 2^nd & 3^rd-Curfew zone

Delivered barrels to designated curfew sights

Delivered benches and bike racks to Main St storage areas

8/13

Sprayed South shop yard area with Round Up

Cutback tree overgrowth at Presbyterian Church on Porter St

Cut hanging limb N 7^th St

Womack welded pool ladder

8/14

Welded broken lift supports on frame of 107 Street (Womack) 
 

Future Weekly Activities:

Tree removal at 600 block Cleburne, 1135 Poplar, Cline-Frazier bldg on Cherry St

Install 4-Way stops at Aaron & McDonald and Pontotoc & Arkansas Continuous cleanup of Ohio St Shop Yard

Removal of dead sycamore tree at 500 block East Baldwin  

Follow Up Activities:

Bids on tree removal on Braden and Russell St

Code Enforcement identifying and notifying property owners of overgrown lots throughout City. City will not mow lots until Code Enforcements has communicated with owners. 

Staff Concerns/Issues:

Safety classes for Street & Sanitation being organized