GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT FOR MAY 2006

 

The well has been drilled to a total depth of 1225 feet. Unfortunately, when the 
driller was extracting the drilling tools, the cable broke and the drill bit 
with about forty feet of cable fell into the well. The driller has recovered the 
cable, and will recover the drill bit and stem this week.

 

We are in the process of negotiating a contract for the management of the golf 
course. This is not a lease of the course, but instead, a management contract 
that allows for a cooperative effort between the District and the contractor.

 

A modification to the union contract has been negotiated with the union 
concerning the restructuring of personnel in the bargaining unit. A letter of 
understanding is available to anyone upon request.

 

The General Manager and the water operators visited the water facilities in 
Cloudcroft to facilitate an interchange of ideas and to become familiar with 
their operation. They have a polymer injection system to enable the use of 
surface water and lined settling ponds. They agree, however, that the use of 
surface water will not be practical for much longer.

 

I, along with some other members of the community, attended the May meeting of 
the South Sacramento Water Group. Senator Vernon Asbill was the main speaker and 
gave a report on the hydro-geological study of the Southern Sacramento 
Mountains. The hydrologist in charge of the study from New Mexico Tech was there 
to give the report, as was a hydrologist from Sandia National Laboratories. The 
initial phase of the study, which includes Timberon, has been completed. The 
results are currently being mapped and should be available to the public 
sometime in June, 2006.

 

I made a proposal to the County to increase our trash disposal fee to $8000. We 
have not yet been told whether we will get it.

 

We are in the process of placing an extra dumpster at the transfer station to 
handle building materials. If the building materials can be separated from 
household trash, we will then be able to purchase a compactor to compact the 
household trash. We anticipate that this will reduce the number of pulls each 
month from four to one. This will significantly reduce the cost to the District 
of trash disposal. The dumpster will be placed as soon as we complete signs for 
them.

 

 

Billy R. Gideon

General Manager