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VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS
REPORT OF THE ENGINEER
OCTOBER 1970
I. A street light has been ordered for the corner of Simsbury Drive. It will
be a 175 watt, 7,000 lumen, mercury vapor light which will cost the Village
$45 per year. Its installation is expected.to be'completed about the 1st
of November.
II. A snow plow similar to and interchangeable with the plow the Village now
owns has been purchased. We have also purchased mounting for the Chevrolet
truck for this plow. The cost of the plow was $980. The mounting cost $620.
The mounting has been installed on the truck and the plow has been delivered
to the Village store yard.
III. The Public Works General Foreman requested that he be able to purchase a cab
and chassis for under the salt spreader if the cab and chassis of the tank
truck is not available. He has located such a cab and chassis which he feels
will be adequate to provide good reliable service for our salt spreader at
a cost of $250. We have not been pressed to discontinue our disposal of
digested sludge in the liquid form and by doing so a considerable amount is
saved the Village each month. I therefore recommend that the tank truck be
kept in service at the Village Sewage Disposal Plant and that the truck
suggested by the General Foreman be purchased as soon as possible so that we
may mount the salt spreader and be ready for any early snow.
IV. Work continues on the removal of diseased elm trees.
V. The landscaping of the Roy Park property,after the completion of the
installation of the sewer line,has been completed.
VI. The Sewage Disposal Plant must continue to operate its grit removal chamber
throughout the winter. To do this without freezing it will be necessary to
inclose the structure with a building approximately 10' by 10' and 8' high.
It will necessary to have some means of heating the inside of this temporary
building to prevent freezing. It is proposed to construct a temporary plywood
panel type of building that can be dismantled next spring and erected the
winter after this if necessary and discarded after the construction of the
new plant additions.
VII. Sidewalk - Met with Mr. Giordano and inspected sidewalks. Sidewalks have
been in two years. Warranty was for one year. After the first year
sidewalks were in good condition. Mr. Giordano suggested to do a section
of sidewalk by a surface treatment on a no charge basis to see if it
would hold over the winter and to see what it would cost to repair
sidewalks where it has spalled. Only damage is now on surface and no
deeper than 1/8 ".
J. B. Rogers
Village Engineer