Street DHR 12/7/09

STREET DEPARTMENT REPORT – 12/7/09   Department: Street Department   Date: November 27-December 3, 2009   Prepared by Oscar Hoskins and Earnest Womack   Specific Weekly Activities:   Mechanic: 11/27 Holiday 11/30 Changed in Police units 16, 20, 8, 17, 18, 11, 2, 3, 21, and 19 Repaired front end on Police unit 2 Tightened stabilizing bar on Police unit 1 12/1 Charged battery in forklift Removed gas tank, drive shaft, starter, and transfer case shaft from wrecked fire truck Installed new battery and cable ends on Street unit 16 Assisted with starting leaf vac-solenoid switch sticking Worked on heater and hopper light on Sanitation unit 26 Pulled Street unit 105 from muddy field behind Radio Shack 12/2 Replaced brake light connector and bulbs in Box Shop Dodge Replaced wiper blades in Sanitation unit 26 Replaced hydraulic hose Sanitation unit 21 Replaced hydraulic hose Sanitation unit 105 Replaced battery in Administration white Impala 12/3 Replaced battery in Chief Fielder's Impala Measured boards to be replaced on blue and white dump truck Cleaned shop Removed hydraulic hose in Sanitation unit 26-took hose to Higgins Auto Parts for repair (proper fittings will be in 12/4/09) Repaired yellow blower heater   Potholes: 1200 block Roberts-1 Military Rd-3 No 8th and East Baldwin-1 300 block Old Little Rock Rd-3 1100 block Cherry-3 Corner of Holly and Adams-1 500 block No 10th-1 600 block No 10th-3 200 block So 6th-1   Animal Control: Picked up numerous dead animals from street Picked up 4 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 Porter St Perry St Elm St Franklin St Oakland Ave Quarles Lane Plaza St Phillips St Week of Nov. 16-20-Hill & Hill overlaid intersections of Plaza and Hwy 49 in front of Boys & Girls Club, intersection of Mississippi & Plaza, and intersection of Sebastian and Plaza north side 11/27 Holiday Ran Sanitation routes for Thurs. and Fri. with knuckle boom 105 and 106 11/30 Dug trench at Easy and Shadow Ln to drain standing water in driveway-citizen request Reminded employees of proper procedure for calling in sick Replaced stop sign at Panama and Washington 12/1 Hoskins and Womack surveyed ditch at Audubon and Roberts for cleanout Started leaf vacuum-called Henard Utility technician Removed mosquito rigs from pickups Drained fuel from 455 John Deere mower-gasoline in diesel tank 12/2 Ran antifreeze through chemical sprayer lines in preparation for storage Womack and C Allen repaired break room door Installed 3 street signs at No Cherry, No Walnut, and No Pecan Did survey of missing signs-found 59 street signs missing Installed signs at Hernando at Baringo, Ladino at Baringo, Baringo at Garland, Kentucky at Leonard, and Ladino at Coanza Repaired and straightened 2 stop signs-Russell at Baringo and Baldwin at Washington 12/3 Assisted in placing sand on oil spills-Adams St, Pecan to Beech, Beech St, Adams to Walker Installed street signs at Panama at West Garland and Westwood   Follow Up Activities: 127 Valley Dr Hackberry overgrowth Cleaned curbing in North Helena (Started 11/2) Repair culvert at intersection of Valley Dr & Oakland Repair loop at Oakland and Valley Dr, Hwy 242 and Hwy 49, Hwy 49 & Hwy 49B Ditch in Lincoln Ct off Mississippi St behind DeSquare residence   Staff Concerns/Issues: Moved 2 part-time employees to full-time from Sanitation to Street Dept     STREET DEPARTMENT GASOLINE LOG         Nov 27-Dec. 3, 2009           DATE UNIT # GALLONS RECEIVER 11/30/2009 13 18 L Driver 11/30/2009 101 16.1 J Huff 12/1/2009 9 18.2 O Hoskins 12/1/2009 103 18.8 R Smith 12/2/2009 Admin Vehicle 23.5 Admin Vehicle 12/2/2009 804 23.9 K Sanders 12/3/2009 30 25.2 E Butler 12/3/2009 13 16.7 L Driver                                           TOTAL GALLONS 160.4