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0 I. SEWER TREATMENT PLANT
VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS
REPORT OF THE..ENGINEER
FEBRUARY 1972
A great amount of difficulty has been encountered with the sludge pumping
lines at the Sewage Treatment Plant. Over the past six months these lines
have clogged numerous times. The latest efforts to unclog the lines have
been unsuccessful and after investigating ways of solving the problem and
discussing the matter with other engineers, the decision has been made that
the only way to correct the problem is the removal of the floating cover
on the digester and removing all the sludge from the interior of the
digester. Notification has been made of our plan to Mr. Steve Herman,
Engineer with the County Board of Health. Arrangements have been made
to rent the large crane that is necessary for the removal of the large
floating cover. The estimated cost for this operation is $22000.
The removal of digested sludge in liquid form saves the Village considerable
money and is acceptable to the County Board of Health until our new plant
is under construction. The used cab and chassis purchased two or three
years ago for the tanker truck has come to the point ethers it is impractical
to further repair it. It was necessary, to continue in the removal of sludge,
to purchase a used cab and chassis from Agway Corporation. The cost was
$1,000 plus the cost for new king pins. This will give us liquid sludge
removal capacity.
The removal of overburden for the new plant under contract phase I is about
complete. The removal of six to eight feet of rock in some locations is
• about to start. Also, the laying of the new trunk line from Route 13 to
the new plant has started. The work is on schedule.
The New York State Electric and Gas Company wishes to revise their right
of way over the Village Sewage Treatment Plant property. As of now the
right of way for the power lines is indistinct and they wish to tie it
down more specifically to the location that the lines will be in with the
construction of the new plant. The New York State Electric and Gas has
been quite cooperative in the raising of their high powered lines so that
the new treatment plant could be constructed. It is suggested that the
Village Attorney look over the new right of way with the engineer to
determine if there are any restrictions that would encumber the Village land.
II. SNOW REMOVAL
A very wet snow and rain fell the end of the first week in February and the
temperature dropped suddenly to leave three inches of ice on the roads.
This was covered with six to eight inches of snow. The removal of snow
was no problem but because of the extreme cold, salt would not melt the
ice and the roads remained icy for a day or two. The street crews worked
throughout the weekend and by Sunday most of the streets were in good
condition.
III. STREET LIGHTING
• The following information was received from the New York State Electric
and Gas Corp. about a year ago on the relative cost for underground and
over the ground wiring for street lighting.
• -Engineer's Report Page 2
Annual costs for lighting North Sunset Drive:
Overhead Service
Install: 3 - 7,000 Lumen Mercury Vapor Lamps @ $45 each - $135
Underground Wiring
Estimated cost of underground wiring - 3,000
Village would be billed 15% of this or 50
Plus the energy costs of the lamps 135
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C- �ayu�a Heights Road
Install: 1 - 7,000 Lumen Mercury Vapor Lamp @ $45 each - $45
IV. FIRE VAULT IN BASEMENT OF VILLAGE HALL
Giordano Construction Co. has offered a $50 credit for the non - filling
of the cement block walls and will proceed to put a sill under the door
before our meeting in February. Fire Chief Boice says that the fire
rating for cement block is greater than two hours which is the fire rating
for the door which is on the vault and therefore sees no reason to try to
fill the already constructed cement block wall.
J. B. Rogers
Village Engineer
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