TheSacNews.com: Saturday, April 24, 2010

VIDEO – Lake View City Council debates nuisances

What are we going to do, send them a letter?
We’re not going to make some people real happy.
What would you like the timeframe to be?
Clutter doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a nuisance.
We want it completed before Memorial Day.
It’s been almost two years since the permit was granted.
I think he’s an interesting individual.
He’s going to come completely unglued if we even mention it.
Is there any way that we can explain that just by moving what’s visible from the lake side of the house…

It doesn’t hurt to ask.
What does the ordinance read as far as yard waste stuff?
I think the kid’s are using that as an igloo.
That lady went to the hospital and I was told that she won’t be returning.
It’s a health hazard.
We’ll have to burn the house again.
Give ‘em two weeks.

VIDEO – Lake View City Council votes to trade up for newer skid loaders

The tires are getting worn.
There is a one year warranty, and it is going on 4 years old.
If we could get in a rotation of every two years…
This is budgeted.

VIDEO – Lake View City Council looks at engineering contracts for WWTP

I have no real appreciation of what they are talking about.
I don’t know what I’m talking about and I think I could have wrote that one.
Can we pick one that’s not going to have the same problem that K and P has?
Is their experience worth the extra $7,000?

Would they be capable of taking the next step with us?
Either of the three I am happy with.
They didn’t even get sent a proposal if we didn’t have good feelings for them.
No one ever calls and says “Thanks for the working sewers.”

al meeting set for April 26 to interview engineers.

VIDEO – New Fire Truck comes back on time and on bid

Discussion about money shuffling.

VIDEO – Lake View City Council approves resolution that revises City’s contract with WAPA, saves 85K on electricity

In the mid 90s power companies wanted to stabilize their power generation projects.
WAPA = Western Area Power Administration.
At first this would cost Lake View money.
There was a huge surge in demand for power after the power came back on in January.
This January demand will be worked into the bills for the rest of the year.
MidAmerican forgave the overuse, but it took much longer for WAPA to make the adjustment.
Had it not been forgiven, it would have cost $85,000 extra in 2010.
Contract revision is based on actual usage instead of a fixed rate.
Every customer with three phase power has a demand meter.
It will require a 5 year notice to go back to X over Y.