Administrator's Updates and Notices
Water Plant Project – (A. Hoeweler, Committee Chair) Our engineer continues to design and plan for the strategic replacement of deficiencies and obsolete processes at out water plant. This project is scheduled to be completed over the next three years. We did have a complete well failure (it was installed in 1953) and we are replacing it ($165,000) so that it will perform twice its former capacity and last another 50 years with proper maintenance. We maintain two deep wells at all times.
Inflow and Infiltration Project – (A. Hoeweler, Committee Chair) This ongoing project, sealing the sewer mains from infiltration of ground/storm water, is now finished for 2007. Next year we will target the area north of E. Fountain to Sharon and everything west of Congress. We will smoke test and TV for any storm or soil water leaks into our sanitary sewers and make the appropriate repairs. It is a pleasure to note that flooding of basements, due to sanitary sewer overloading, has stopped! We will, however, continue on and finish up the entire Village over the next two years.
North Troy Bridge - This project is complete and was under budget. The majority of it was funded with a grant and was necessary due to the cement bridge, which spans a large creek system, was failing and becoming very dangerous.
Tree Planting 07-08 Project (T. Carruthers, Park Board Chair) In late November Tom Carruthers, Chair of the volunteer Glendale Park Board, convened a Park Board meeting and target areas in the Village that need street or park trees. With the help of our arborist, the Board selected species and locations for a Winter planting. If you have a location to suggest or wish to donate, please contact Mr. Carruthers at 30 Village Square, Glendale OH 45246 (771-7200). If the front or your property receives a new tree, please consider watering it during dry times until it can establish roots. Thanks!
Fall Leaf Schedule and Brush Schedule
This Fall we started the Fall Leaf Program 3 weeks early, much due to the draught and the early release of our tree leaves (extreme hot/dry weather caused trees to loose their leaves early this year) . Please rake your leaves out to the edge of the street. You may do so up to and including December 15th, 2007. We will vacuum them up. After the 15th of December, you may put them in bags for Rumpke to collect with the trash. We want to remind everyone that you should NEVER mix any thing with the leaves - foreign objects or sticks will serious damage our new leaf machine.
Brush will also be collected up to December 15th. Please stack them at the edge of your yard and make sure only sticks are in the untangled piles. (One time a steel rod was mixed in a pile and it nearly caused an employee serious injury and it caused thousands of dollars of damage to our chipper machine). After the 15th, you can put miscellaneous brush in your trash cans for Rumpke until we resume all service in the Spring.
Snow Removal
As always, we will work all night and day as necessary to plow accumulated snow on the streets. We use minimal salt as compared to our municipal neighbors because we are a green community with many times the inventory of trees. While using minimal salt, we greatly improve the health of our street trees and reduce damage to our aged streets. Also, in keeping with our Glendale heritage, we will plow your street side sidewalks after we finish with the streets!
Glendale Office and Service Holiday Schedule Notes
Thanksgiving – closed on Thursday, Nov. 22nd and Friday, November 23rd.
Christmas – closed on Monday, Dec. 24th and Tuesday, December 25th.
New Years – closed on January 1st.
Rumpke will not pick up on Christmas day (Dec. 25th) or on New Years Day (Jan. 1st)…. During this time the Tuesday and Wednesday pickups will be one day late.
Suggestions and feedback Welcomed
It is often difficult to provide service to so many households and families with diverse needs and expectations. It is our goal to make Glendale your unique hometown and to make your living here a cherished experience for you and your family. We value your opinion and ask for your feedback on how we are doing and what we can do to better serve you. Please send your comments to the Administrator at wcordes@glendaleohio.org or Administrative Assistant pdepeel@glendaleohio.org . Of course you can also call (771-7200) or stop by… we have an open door policy and no appointment is necessary. Thank you!
Find Out First! Subscribe To Our Email News & Bulletin System At www.glendaleohio.org (easy front page gold button subscription link) or call 771-7200 to be added by our staff.
Inflow and Infiltration Project – (A. Hoeweler, Committee Chair) This ongoing project, sealing the sewer mains from infiltration of ground/storm water, is now finished for 2007. Next year we will target the area north of E. Fountain to Sharon and everything west of Congress. We will smoke test and TV for any storm or soil water leaks into our sanitary sewers and make the appropriate repairs. It is a pleasure to note that flooding of basements, due to sanitary sewer overloading, has stopped! We will, however, continue on and finish up the entire Village over the next two years.
North Troy Bridge - This project is complete and was under budget. The majority of it was funded with a grant and was necessary due to the cement bridge, which spans a large creek system, was failing and becoming very dangerous.
Tree Planting 07-08 Project (T. Carruthers, Park Board Chair) In late November Tom Carruthers, Chair of the volunteer Glendale Park Board, convened a Park Board meeting and target areas in the Village that need street or park trees. With the help of our arborist, the Board selected species and locations for a Winter planting. If you have a location to suggest or wish to donate, please contact Mr. Carruthers at 30 Village Square, Glendale OH 45246 (771-7200). If the front or your property receives a new tree, please consider watering it during dry times until it can establish roots. Thanks!
Fall Leaf Schedule and Brush Schedule
This Fall we started the Fall Leaf Program 3 weeks early, much due to the draught and the early release of our tree leaves (extreme hot/dry weather caused trees to loose their leaves early this year) . Please rake your leaves out to the edge of the street. You may do so up to and including December 15th, 2007. We will vacuum them up. After the 15th of December, you may put them in bags for Rumpke to collect with the trash. We want to remind everyone that you should NEVER mix any thing with the leaves - foreign objects or sticks will serious damage our new leaf machine.
Brush will also be collected up to December 15th. Please stack them at the edge of your yard and make sure only sticks are in the untangled piles. (One time a steel rod was mixed in a pile and it nearly caused an employee serious injury and it caused thousands of dollars of damage to our chipper machine). After the 15th, you can put miscellaneous brush in your trash cans for Rumpke until we resume all service in the Spring.
Snow Removal
As always, we will work all night and day as necessary to plow accumulated snow on the streets. We use minimal salt as compared to our municipal neighbors because we are a green community with many times the inventory of trees. While using minimal salt, we greatly improve the health of our street trees and reduce damage to our aged streets. Also, in keeping with our Glendale heritage, we will plow your street side sidewalks after we finish with the streets!
Glendale Office and Service Holiday Schedule Notes
Thanksgiving – closed on Thursday, Nov. 22nd and Friday, November 23rd.
Christmas – closed on Monday, Dec. 24th and Tuesday, December 25th.
New Years – closed on January 1st.
Rumpke will not pick up on Christmas day (Dec. 25th) or on New Years Day (Jan. 1st)…. During this time the Tuesday and Wednesday pickups will be one day late.
Suggestions and feedback Welcomed
It is often difficult to provide service to so many households and families with diverse needs and expectations. It is our goal to make Glendale your unique hometown and to make your living here a cherished experience for you and your family. We value your opinion and ask for your feedback on how we are doing and what we can do to better serve you. Please send your comments to the Administrator at wcordes@glendaleohio.org or Administrative Assistant pdepeel@glendaleohio.org . Of course you can also call (771-7200) or stop by… we have an open door policy and no appointment is necessary. Thank you!
Find Out First! Subscribe To Our Email News & Bulletin System At www.glendaleohio.org (easy front page gold button subscription link) or call 771-7200 to be added by our staff.
posted by Walter W. Cordes, Village Administrator @ 7:47 AM
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