STREET DEPARTMENT REPORT – 11/9/09
Department: Street Department
Date: October 30-November 5, 2009
Prepared by Oscar Hoskins and Earnest Womack
Specific Weekly Activities:
Mechanic: 10/30 Cleaned shop Replaced relays and tightened arm-Sanitation 27 Replaced hydraulic hose and tightened arm-Sanitation 25 Installed new hydraulic pump and hose blue and white dump truck 11/2 Replaced hydraulic pump-Sanitation 28 Trouble shooting Sanitation 28-arm will not lift Went to 11/3 Cleaned shop Replaced leaking fuel line-Street 107 knuckle boom Checked Sanitation 30-arm will not lift Replaced pin in boom Street 107 knuckle boom Fixed hopper light-Sanitation 29 Tightened hydraulic cylinder on arm and tightened fender-Sanitation 29 Welded finger on arm-Sanitation 25 Took Sanitation 30 to machine shop-broken rod on lift arm 11/4 Replaced hydraulic line-Sanitation 25 Serviced and filled Sanitation 24 with diesel Replaced accelerator rod on Auto car Boosted white Suburban Worked on Street 106-engine shutting off (damaged radiator) Took Street 106 radiator to Holland Radiator for repair Fixed bent rim and aired tires on red Police van Charged battery on fork lift 11/5 Changed oil in Col. Fielder's white Impala Cleaned battery terminals and cable ends-Street 103 Greased arm-Sanitation 28 Serviced blue & white and red & white dump truck Cleaned and serviced dozer and returned to Brown's Equipment Rental Potholes: 400 block Joyner Dr-6 Filled street cut 800 block 100 block East Garland-1 200 block East Garland-6 100 block Mississippi St-5 300 block Russ-1 300 block Dinan-1 400 block No 10th-1 Christopher Homes-3 100 block Coanza-5 1000 block Pecan-2 600 block Beech-filled pothole with white rock Animal control: Picked up numerous dead animals from street Picked up 3 animal from vet Other activities: Continuous removal of debris throughout city designated trash routes Litter pick up at primary routes of City: Rightor St Walnut St Cherry St Elm St Plaza St 10/30 Amos Electric started on Christmas decoration displays Cut up fallen tree-800 block Checked drain flow-No 6th, No 7th, No 5th with assistance of Cut up fallen tree-Columbia at McDonough Cut up fallen tree-Old Blew out culverts-812 Replaced green traffic light-Columbia at Perry Cleared drains: Frank Frost-2 Pecan at Porter-1 700 block Columbia-1 600 block Porter-1 800 block Rightor-1 11/2 Blew out drain 300 block Checked drains-7th and Plaza Blew drains out with assistance of Fire Dept at Checked on fallen tree-Bonanza & Baringo (Owner will contact Disaster Relief) Cleared alley between So 8th and 7th St Cleaned curbing: 11/3 Womack went to Set poles for directional arrows for Oak Grove and Cleared debris from old Coca-Cola building Cut both ditches on Westwood off Hwy 49 Cut ditch and picked up paper in front of Cleaned curbing-Pecan, Market, Miller, McDonough, 11/4 Brickeys inmates clearing intersection of Center & Old Little Rock Rd behind TIC Womack and Clark took Sanitation 26 to Scruggs for service Moved auto lift to East side shop Cleaned ditch from Mixed Breed Auto Repair to Cut ditch at corner of Anderson & Center Cleaned curbing: Beech & Market, Beech & Miller, Poplar & Market, Poplar & Miller, 1100 & 1200 blocks Poplar, Arkansas St in front of old fire station, and 500 & 600 blocks 11/5 Womack and Clark took Sanitation 24 to Scruggs for service Moved old oxygen cylinders from old Coca-Cola bldg Cleaned dozer for return to Browns Equipment Rental Installed directional signs at intersection of Park and Ashlar for one-way traffic at Put sand on oil spill on Adams Hill Follow Up Activities: Hackberry overgrowth Cleaned curbing in Repair culvert at intersection of Valley Dr & Oakland Repair loop at Ditch in
Staff Concerns/Issues: All part-time employees laid off-11/4
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