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Water Department's Reasons For Not Reducing Hours <br />Last year the Water Department hired two summer help employees <br />that cost roughly $10,000.00. This year there will be no summer help <br />hired. Their primary responsibilities were flushing hydrants, working on <br />valve boxes and valve maintenance. We have over one thousand of these <br />valves on our water system. It has been our goal to maintain valves on a <br />rotating schedule of approximately 300 per year. <br />We also spent about $6000.00 on lawn mowing last year. I have <br />permission from Gary Leirmoe from our Waste Water Department to use <br />their mower for $1,500.00 to $2000.00. This would be a savings of from <br />$4,500.00 to $5,000.00. <br />Some job projections for this year are: <br />We need to install a fence in front of the Foster Tower. The <br />traffic around this tower has increased and it would be in our <br />best interest to protect the area. <br />The side of Well #3 is in need of a new paint job. <br />The well house at the Jackson Street Well should be torn down. <br />Our wellhead protection program has been neglected for about 6 to 7 <br />years and the State of Minnesota is becoming more concerned with this <br />agenda. We need to start the process of being sure our wellhead <br />protection program is in full effect. This is something we should have <br />been in compliance with all along. <br />