Bi-monthly department reports are in for the City of Stanley.
As for the Fire Chief’s Report, Stanley Fire Chief Ron Patten was brief, mentioning monthly truck inspections in work done and repair on two trucks, with planned ice rescue training with the Boyd-Edson-Delmar Fire Department on Jan. 4 and officer training at Boyd starting Jan. 7. As for issues to be addressed, Patten wrote, “none at this time.”
Stanley Police Chief Lance Weiland gave the police report.
“After having been approved by the council previously, effective 01/01/2025 we will again have a contract with the Chippewa County Humane Association for services relating to stray dogs/cats that are located within the city,” Police Chief Lance Weiland wrote in his report.
Also in police department news, was training and active response. The Chief wrote that he was working on scheduling training for staff in 2025 to ensure that each officer had their minimum requirement of 24 hours to retain law enforcement certification credentials prior to June 30 this year.
As for active response, it’s more training.
“All staff will be participating in the countywide active response training that will take place in the Village of Lake Hallie March 18th to 20th,” Weiland wrote. “This will be the third year this training has taken place and is conducted in a new community within the county each year. This training is one of the best that we attend, allowing staff to work with other officers within the county to develop their skills related to active response scenarios.”
Closing out his report, Weiland mentioned that the department was working on reimbursement from the department of Justice for ballistics vest purchases.
“I am working on getting the required information to the Department of Justice as it relates to our ballistic vest purchases from 2024 and the reimbursement that will follow through the bullet proof vest grant,” he wrote.
From police to water, Water Operator Jon Strand wrote the council saying that normal plant operation and maintenance as well as meter reading and meter replacements had been done, with old residential meters sold to another water utility and off the city’s inventory as of Dec. 31 last year.
Also in the water report, Strand detailed work at the Central and Northwest plants, mentioning “chemical components” at the Central plant and saying that air locking of pumps “is still an occasional issue.” A heater blower motor had also failed and been replaced under warranty provisions at the Central plant, with an ad for bids sent out on equipment and pilot testing, a topographic survey completed, soil borings drilled, and coordination with the DNR and wetland delineator regarding a wetland area. A Construction Authorization application was in process from the Public Service Commission, and discussions with equipment vendors on preliminary space requirements had been held.
As for the Northwest plant, Strand wrote that the Old OTI ozone equipment had been removed from the building, with a new ozone receiver tank received. The tank will need finish paint coating before installation, while Plant Pinnacle system air compressor fault codes were being addressed by the manufacturer under warranty provisions.
Also in work done at the Water Department, Strand wrote that the Maple Street survey had continued with additional side streets added, and that design of project improvements was in progress. The public hearing is scheduled for Jan. 20 at city hall
As for compliance testing, Strand wrote that samples had been taken for December, closing his report of work done with diggers hotline locates.
As for work planned at the Water Department, Strand wrote that “normal plant operation” as well as “compliance testing” and “diggers hotline locates” were in the works, as well as addressing meter problems that might come up, installation and painting of the ozone system air receiver tank at the Central plant, as well as repair of the second reclaim tank float. As for the Northwest plant, Strand wrote that plant painting and cleaning are in view, as is a Reverse Osmosis system chemical clean during the first half of 2025, with plans to drain, clean, and inspect south UTS units, as well as fix injectors and clean the north UTS at the Northwest plant.
In planned training, Strand wrote that Jeriame Czubakowksi and Terry Oemig “will be signed up for groundwater and distribution training through WRWA to begin the certification process,” next listing approval of the Central Water Treatment Plant Wetland delineation contract under pertinent information for the council and mayor.
In Wastewater Reports, meanwhile, Operator Nick Martin reported routine plant operation, including industrial, influent, and effluent sampling as well as phosphorous optimization, adjusting wasting levels to maintain biological phosphorous removal. Calls had been made to Eric Lynne for a DNR Trade Agreement and Jeff from Envirotech to discuss the Jetter Truck delivery planned for April 17.
Also reported for work done at Wastewater since last meeting were industrial billing, replacement of the transducer in Tertiary Filter Cell #2, PO and account billing, replacement of the air bellow on the belt press, and addition of anthracite to filters.
As for work planned at Wastewater, Martin wrote that daily plant operations, sludge pumping, continued plant maintenance, an I&I Maintenance Plan, and fixing of the coolant recirculatory system on the Sawmill Lift Station Generator were in view.
Department employee Jake Leukes will attend a WWOA Conference from February 10-12, 2025.