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CAUD Board of Trustees regular meeting 8 Jun 2017 - Report
Click on headline for story with photo(s) By Ed Waggener In its regular monthly meeting, held at the CAUD Sewer Plant, 509 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY, General Manager Lenny Store delivered the welcome news that two projects, the KY 704 project, and the sewer project at Green River Commerce Park were both complete, and that the utility is should be able to advertise bids for the Burkesville Street phase of the Downtown Project sometime in July of 2017. Finances already in place for Burkesville Street/Downtown Project Mr. Stone said that a review of available funds for the Burkesville Street Project, which will extend from the intersection of Fortune Street & Burkesville Street, south on Burkesville Street, to the intersection with the Adair Veterans Memorial Bypass, appears to be doable with money left over from the KY 704 project plus already balances in the original $4.5 Downtown Project financing package. The project will take in side streets including Taylor Street and Sportsman's Club Road. In part of the area, there will be both a new 8" line in parallel with an existing 4" line, both of which will be used in distribution when the Burkesville Street project is complete. High accolades for contractors, engineers Mr. Stone had highest accolades to the quality of the work by Stotts Construction Company on the KY 704 project, their public relations with residents along the path of the line, and noted that the speed with which the work was done was remarkable. Only minor cleanup remained as of the time of the meeting. He said that following water quality and pressure testing, the line had been put online and was doing everything it was supposed to do. This year, he said, there had not been complaints, and said that he expects the utility to get through the summer with adequate water pressure for existing customers including a mega chicken producer Matt Hadley, and plenty of water, too, for the Tony Compton family's huge robotic dairy farm. Mr. Stone said that Daryl Miller and James Garrison had completed the under-the-road sewer connections in the Green River Commerce Park and that the system is no online and working. He commended the contractors for their work, as well. Monarch Engineering's Lee Mudd at the meeting Lee Mudd, Engineer with Monarch Engineering of Lawrenceburg, KY, was present at the meeting to answer questions about the recently completed KY 704 project and the Green River Commerce Park project, and help with a brief history of the CAUD wastewater plant, presented in the board meeting by Joe Chapman and Steven Breeding, the plant's only employees. Joe Chapman, plant manager, and Steven Breeding give history of plant Chapman told those present that the plant was built in 1959, and that a mirror copy of the plant, for redundancy and for extraordinary overloads, was built in 2003. He said that the plant underwent major upgrades following the devastating May 10, 2010 flood, which was so heavy water overflowed the sewer plant, resulting in the only untreated sewer water flowing directly into Russell Creek. Following the meeting Chapman, Breeding, and the General Manager several members of the media, and board on a tour of the Sewer Plant, during which, Assistant Manager Steven Breeding performed a rescue of a 77 year old mediaq type - to be unnamed, but who greatly appreciates the rescue - whose knees buckled near the top of the first flight of stairs, then Mr. Breeding quietly returned to to resume his role in the guided tour. Today, manager Lenny Stone said, the average number of gallons of wastewater treated is 750,000 gallons, comfortably below the !,200,000 gallons each of the two mirror image plants is designed to handle. Trustee Doug Sapp asked if Columbia has a a problem with the existing storm sewers, and General Manager Stone gave a straightforward answer, "Yes." and told the trustees that the community is not alone in that, and that he believed it efforts by the Division of Water and the Environmental Protection Agency will be focused on requiring utilities to find the problems and fix them. Those at the meeting were reminded that the new construction at the plant, designed by Monarch Engineering, following the flood, included a back field retaining wall on the upper side to the plant's campus, and a streamside rip-rapping which has, over the years since it was completed, performed perfectly in high water times. In all the sewer renovation project following the 2010 flood totaled $3,275,000, 80% of which came in out right grants, with the utility financing the balance at 1% interest over 40 years. Water systems has good May numbers Mr. Stone said that the water distribution system had good numbers for May. The Water system had its lowest water loss percentage of the five months in calendar year 2017, 5.97%. In January the loss was 13.02%; in February 9.79%; in March 13.42%, and April, 9.76%. He said he is optimistic that the loss will be reduced when the new Burkesville Street Project is completed. As a leading economic indicator, May had the second highest number of meter taps added in this calendar year, 7, which was tied with January, 2017. Twenty meter taps were added in March. Revenues in May were $302,485.52. Payroll was $2,264.94. Sewer plant report The CAUD sewer system, which currently serves principally the City of Columbia, added the first sewer tap of the calendar year in May. Total revenues were $58,023.26 in May. 34.03 million gallons were treated. Payroll was $12,655.08. The system had to contend with 7.91 inches of rainfall in the month. Office will be closed on Tuesday, July 4th General Manager Stone reminded those in attendance, including media, to spread the word that CAUD offices, at 109 Grant Lane, will be closed Tuesday, July 4, 2017, in observance of Independence Day. Board approves routine items The board unanimously approved routine items, including minutes and bills. This story was posted on 2017-06-14 07:33:08
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