Sauk Village Public Works Report
by; Director Kevin Weller
June 28, 2016
:PUBLIC GROUNDS & BUILDINGS – Due to the heat season staff has been doing its best to catchup. P.W has 49 village locations to maintain from parks, open spaces, ball fields, parkways, retention and detention ponds. AS OF 5/25 to 6/28 staff has made 65 cuts. This season over 100 total.
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STREET LIGHTS – 1st underground fault will be at 21445 Peterson,
next 1601 215pl. Work will start soon. The street
light at 223st/Peachtree will need new wire damaged underground cant repair so
we will string it overhead and have Com Ed hook it up. Work hasn’t started due
to manpower needs.
: DAY TO DAY REGULAR OPERATIONS AND
EMERGINCIES - All job direction
changes, dept. ordering ,special seasonal event prep setup, vender calling work with all departments and public
complaints AND LAST MINUTE CHANGES. Clean up for Memorial Day event and put up
flags, setup village flea market day in gym, prepping for July 4.
: BUILDINGS
–Spring Hvac cleaning and filter change out is completed, some units needed
minor repairs. This is the first of 4 seasonal cleanings .
: POTHOLES/Asphalt
– Pothole work was started on the south side, street that were addressed are
Cornell, Prairie, 221ST, Paxton, Shirely, Orion to Torrence , 219pl 2000 block. Staff also
repaired the driveway 22132 Torrence from a hydrant replacement and 22424
Jeffery from a b-box dig.
: WATER - Day to day schedules & EME
CALLS. Completing all tests required by IEPA per month. 2 Extra staff members
started and completed the north side shut off list last week. 173 total . YEARLY CCR REPORT ON SAUK VILLAGE WATER IS IN
THE MAIL ALL RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE IF NOT IT WILL BE POSTED AT VILLAGE HALL AND
ON THE WEB SITE ,EXTRA COPYS AT VILLAGE HALL AND LIBRARY.
: GARBAGE – Day to day cleanup. IF YOU
SEE ILLIGAL DUMPING PLEASE CALL POLICE, HELP KEEP OUR TOWN CLEAN. All regular
trash pickup will be completed as regular mowing and summer upkeep resumes. I
will as code to ticket resident who dump garbage or grass debris from there
parkway into the street. This is the main cause of storm sewer backup and
flooded streets.
: HYDRANT & VALVE REPAIRS/REPLACED -
The location of the next hydrant repair has changed due to a bad main valve.
The valve will be dug first located at 2000 223st and the hydrant will be
replaced at the same location. Staff will then replace the hydrant at 22331,
22407 Merrill and 22426 Strassburg.
: VEHICELS/
EQU- Public works staff is doing their best to keep
all vehicles within the department running safe. We are also trying to help
each department with their repairs to keep moving forward. We have made repairs
on several vehicles & equip, both backhoes , 3 mower from belts pulleys
,safety switches , hoses , blades ,
filters and greased all units. Repairs were made to the customer service truck,
we replaced the brake switch. We also sent a 93 dodge in for service to the
water pump and brake inspection. There is still a large 1990 dump in getting
work done.
: SANITARY SEWER COMPLAINTS – P.W.
received 3 sewer complaints and inspected 2 cleanout installs. 1 HOMEOWNER, 2
BACKUPS line were cleaned and back in service.
: TREE REMOVALS – Staff started to remove some of the complaint
trees located at 22600 Nichols, 2512,22184,22182 Talandis,22150 Navaho, marquee
field, 2402 Apache, 22149 Yates, 218st park and at the Village Hall total of
17.
: PARKS – Staff started working on several
parks repairing the fence at 218st, and wood chips at Village hall more to
follow.
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LANDSCAPE WORK – Staff started work at the marquee sign location,
Lincoln meadows entrance and blind spot to the left of the entrance, Staff also
started landscaping last year’s digs from b box, main breaks, and any other digs,
slow going. Residents will have to wait for concrete work to complete final
dirt work. Funding is slow going.