March, 2020 - Issue 8

From Public Works Supervisor

This year sees some changes for the Public Works Department. Steve Sagmiller, Public Works Director, officially retired on February 28th after 14 years of service. I am excited to be working for Dayton, the town I grew up in. A lot has changed since my childhood 20 years ago. I look forward to meeting today’s demands and making improvements to meet the city’s future needs. I have been working alongside Steve, learning the administrator role since January of 2022 when promoted to Public Works Supervisor. The Public Works crew also has two new maintenance workers, Jake Taijala and Conor Culp.

Several new projects are beginning soon:

• The service line replacement and center span replacement of the Pedestrian Bridge is scheduled to begin in May.

• The city has been awarded a $250k Small City Allotment grant for road paving on 7th and part of 9th Street between Ferry Street and Ash Streets. Plans are being made for this project with the goal of work being done before fall 2023.

• Plans are being finalized for a new lift station at the Highway 221 bridge, 1.2 million dollars in ARPA grant funds have already been secured to pay for the project. The next step will be to put the job out to bid.

The city has hired engineering firm Keller Associates to conduct a comprehensive Inflow & Infiltration study to determine sources of excess water entering the wastewater collection system. This excessive water which can add up to 5 times normal flow during wet events has caused problems for the storage capacity and treatment of wastewater in Dayton. Plans are also being developed to improve holding time for wastewater moving through the treatment plant that will increase solids and biological removal rates. This study is scheduled to be completed by August 2023, and will include smoke testing of the wastewater collection system, homeowners affected by smoke testing will be notified in advance with door hangers when

the dates are set.

The city has set up a self-service sandbag station this year again at the Fisher Farms property in front of the loading dock. In the event of excessive rainfall or flooding please make use of the sandbags.

If you have any questions, please call, or email me.