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CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
WEEKLY MEMORANDUM
TO: ~~~~Mayor MacLean, Members of the City Council, and Department Heads
FROM:~~~Scott Morelli, City Manager
DATE:~~~March 18, 2011
RE:~~~~~Weekly Memo
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Next Week's City Meetings are available on our Calendar
Below please find an update on recent City activities:
- There is a bit of good news from the Legislature – the Taxation Committee voted unanimously to recommend that they not adopt the Governor’s proposal to remove the 5% municipal revenue sharing law and thus make local aid subject to the whims of the appropriations process. This is not the final decision but it is a good indication that members of both parties see the merit of the current system
- We received interest from seven different agencies to bid on our property and casualty insurance coverage. Today we sent them each prequalification letters and once we receive them back we will send out further information to them, including bid specifications. As you know, this is part of a two year, City-wide effort to look at all of our contracted services and bid them out for potential savings and/or enhanced services
- As you know, concrete recently installed underneath the railroad bridge near the waterfront has started to fall off. It has been blocked off for now as a temporary precaution. McGee Construction and their subcontractors will have to wait until warmer weather to perform a complete inspection as the type of work required is temperature sensitive. Once I have more information and a schedule for repairs I will relay this information to the Council
- Kudos to the Wastewater plant operators for helping to avert a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) this past Wednesday during rain and significant snow melting. The hard work of the plant operators late at night and into the early hours of the morning prevented untreated human waste from entering our streams and rivers due to excessive infiltration and inflow of storm water. I spent some time with the crew that night and got to witness first hand a lot of the duties that are required to keep our plant operational. They do a great job
- Both the City of Gardiner and the firefighters union purchased two wave form capnography units recently. These unites measure the quality of CPR, successful intubation, continued monitoring of an intubated patient, and more. In 2008 Maine EMS began requiring that all intubated pediatric patients needed to be on continuous wave capnography and they are currently making preparations to make this a requirement for all patients. Our medical responders will now be able to better serve and treat members of the community that we serve. Thanks to the union for their generous purchase of the second unit
As always, I appreciate the opportunity to serve the people of Gardiner as City Manager.
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