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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 12, 1975 1975 - FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT - 1975 EqUIPMEI~ - FI]~ & RESCIJ'~: PURCHAStD 200~ - 1~''~ FIRE HOSE,i 2 - 1½" P.D.~o NOT. ZI.ESo PI~STI¢I SPLINTS, CPR - LIFE BO.~D, EXTRICATION COLI..~S. OF NEW EQUIPt'~NT WAS PURCHASED DURING THE YEAR. NEW 1250 G.P.M. P~PER: MINR~M AMOUNT NOVEMBE SAFETY 8V-71 E PUMP, GALLON HOSE. GENERAL INFO~ATION..: R, 1975~CONTRACT FOR A 1250 G.P.M. PUMPER WAS AWARDED TO GENERAL EQUIPMEI~T CORP., NORTH BRANCH, MINNESOTA. THE VEHICLE MOTOR IS A ETROIT DIESEL ENGINE, CHASSIS - 9000 FORD, WATEROUS SINGLE STAGE ENCLOSED CAB, SEMI CANOPY CREW; SEAT SHALL BUTT RE.2~ OF CAB. 500 - TANK, COMPLETE MISCELLANEOUS SMALL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING 1000 FEET DELIVERY SIXTEEN TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS. APPROXIMATELY 200 - 12 HOUR SLEEP-IN SHIFTS FOR CALL ~EMBERS WAS-~ APPROVED IN 197~ BUDGET, TPLE MEM~BERS ACCEPTED T~ SLEEP-IN DETAIL VERY ¥,I~LL D~IRING 1975. t0T ONLY ARE THEY BEING COMPENSATED FOR THEIR TIME ON DUTY, T~Y ARE RECEIV ~NG~ ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND THEIR ADDED INTEREST FOR THE DEPARTF~NT.v OVER A~L IS OUTSTANDING. AS OF ~CTOBER 1, 1975 THE LOCAL DISPATCHING OFFICE IS CLOSED FROM 2300 HRS. TO 070~ HRS., AN OUTSIDE EMERGENCY ~RE-DETERMINED DIAL PHONE NEAR DISPATCHER'S ENTRANCE WAS PLACED IN SERVICE SEPT~2~BF~ 30TH., LIFTING THE RECEIVER THE PERSON CALLING TALKS DIRECTLY TO THE ANOKA COUNTY POLICE-FIRE DISPATCHER. THE AU'~ OFFICE SYSTEM ALAP~ ~ T~W~IN~ ~12MATIC A.D.T. ALARM ALERTING SYSTF~ WAS MOVED FROM THE DISPATCHER' S BACK TO THE FIRE STATION ON SEPTEmbER 19 TH. THE CITY WATER ALARM WAS MOVED TO THE FIRE STATION ON DECF~MBER 2 ND. THE AUTOMATIC FIRE SYSTEM FOR EIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE ~I~NICIPAL SERVICE CENTER ~TES AT THE FIRE STATION. / THE MUNICIPAL BUILD~I~,G AUTOMATIC 25 KW' GENERATOR IS TESTED AND CHECKED WEEKLY BY FIRE PERSONNEL, THE MAIN SWITCH IS DISCONNECTED EVERY FIFTH WEEK. THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING BOT~ER HEATING SYSTEM IS CHECKED BY FIRE PERSONNEL, INTERRUPTED SERVICE, GAS & OIL. COMPLETE RECORDS KEPT ON PURCHASE OF OIL, DATE ~D NUMBER OF HOURS WHEN HEATING ON OIL. DWIGHT SON~ENBERG IN CHARGE OF MAINTAINING PUMPS, VALVES, ETC. (9) 1975 - FIRE DEPARTME4~ ANNUAL REPORT - 1975 PERSO~EL: PAID & CALL MEMBERS: FIRE D Tt~T PERSO~EL ROSTER AS OF DECEMBER 31st. NINE REGULAR PAID AND NINETEEN CALL ~MBKRS, AN INCREASE OF TWO CALL MF24BERS. ;~PPLICANTS WILL BE RECEIVING THEIR PHYSICALS BY FEBRUARY i ST. PASSING TWO THE]}{ PHYSICAL,' THE ~,~BERS WILL START FORTY HO'JRS MIN[SfUM FIP£ DEPARTMF. NT TRA/NIN~PLUS FIRST AID & RESCUE TRAINING. MR. HAROID EGGERTH, FJ~GULAR PAID I~4BER HAS BEEN OFF ON SICK LEAVE SINCE JL~E 16, 1975, HIS SICK LEAVE PLUS ALL HIS OTHER ACCU~NYLATED DAYS EXPIRE ON JANUARY .6, 1976. I ASSUME ~. EGGERTH WILL APPLY FOR A DISABILITY PENSION IF UNABL TO RETURN TO ACTIVE DUTY., CHIEF FP~N BASSETT WAS A CALL M~.~BER FOR NEABLY EIGHTEEN 'fEARS, FULL PAID CH] F THE PAST NIN~£EEN YEARS WILL BE RETIRING AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 1976. ACTIVITI~ DEMONSTR~ BY DEPAR~ PART IC IP~ SPONSORE~ CLASS. JUNE 18ti ON FIRST AUG. 7th S BY I~MBERS: ":' ,TIONS OF "RES-ANNE" AND FILM, "BREATH OF LIFE", FIRST AID WAS GIVEN %~NT ME~fl~ERS AT SIX SCHOOLS, OVER 1OO0 STUDENTS ATTENDED THE CLASSES. ,TED IN THE "BABY SITTING CLASS" HELD AT CENTRAL JR. HIGH IN APRIL, BY THE JAYCEES L~DI~.S, APPROXD',ATELY 120 TEENAGERS ATTENDED THE ~. FIELD HOUSE, TWENTY SIX RECREATION E~LOYEES ATTENDED A CLASS AID, BREATHING & BLEEDING GIV~ BY INSTRUCTOR ROBERT JONES. ZAYP. F, SHOPPER'S CITY )~F, TING ROOM, R%~ENTY T~,tD WOMEN ATTENDED A CLASS ON FIRST AID, FIRE SAFETY IN THE HOME, GIVEN BY CAPTAIN DON HANSON. A N~JMBERI OF GROUPS INCLUDING GIRL SCOUTS, BLUE BIRDS, BOY SCOUTS, CUBS & PRIVATE ~OUR THE STATION, DEMONSTRATIONS, RESCUE & FIRE EQUIPMENT, FII~[S, ETC. ARE!SHO~. NORTH Sb~URBAN REGIONAL MUTUAL AID ME. ETINGS ARE ATTENDED, HELD BI-MONTHLY. ME~ERS ~'ITH EQUIPI~NT PARTICIPATED IN THREE PARADES, SENIOR HIGH GRADUATION, SU~R J~BOP~EE & HO~ COMING FOOTBALL GAME. MEF~ERS KEM~ERS MINk~EAPC SIX MEM~ SCHOOL"~ THE MET~ BASSETT, ATTENDED THE MINNESOTA STATE FIRE SCHOOL IN MAY HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS. ATTENDED THE MINNESOTA STATE FIREMEN'S CONFEP~NCE HELD IN JUNE IN LIS. ERS ATTENDED THE NORTH SUBURBAN REGIONAL ANNUAL "MIKE ACKERMAN FIRE HELD AT ROBBINSDALE ON SEPTEMBER 7th. 0POLITAN FIRE CH~__~F'S MEETING IS HELD MONTHLY ATTENDED BY CHIEF FRAN (lO) 1975 - FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT PERSONNEL - SICK LEAVE REPORT: CHIEF FRAN BAS ASS'T. RICHARE C~T. DAROLD CAPT. DONALD FIRE-FIGHTERS: SETT TOTAL SICK DAYS TOTAL ACCUMULATED DAYS AS OF OFF DAYS AS OF 2 FOR 1 JAN. 1, 75 1975 JAN. 1, 76 VACATION DAYS 120 8 120 2 - DAYS HOMICKE - 120 3 120 &½- DAYS HAFER - - 120 3 120 &~- DAYS ~ANSON - - 120 16½ 115½ 0 120 (SEE BELOW) HAROLD EGGER~ U~IGHT SONNENBERG ROBERT JONES 120 3 120 4½- DAYS 75 0 87 0 120 0 120 6 - DAYS LOWELL DEMARS MR. HAROLD EG SICK LEAVE, V YEARS OF SERV CHIEF BASSETT ]ERTH OFF ON SICK LEAVE AS OF J~ i6, 1975. MR. EGGERTH'S TOTAL ~CATION DAYS, ACC~LATED DAYS EXPIRED JANUARY 16, 1976. ICE: (DAYS OFF FOR ~J~BERS SCHEDULED ON 8 - HOUR SHIFTS.) - 4 - DAYS. INSPECTOR DONALD AKER - 2 - DAYS. (n) 1975 - FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT - 1975 FaST AID EME~GENcIES & RESCUE ALARMS: FIRST A] 197& - I 197& - F EQUIPMENT & S~ DS, ~DICALS, & RESCUE &61 OTAL ALARMS - 523, DECREASE for 1975 ALSE ALARMS - &, FOR 1975 - 0 RVICES RENDERED ON E~GENCIES: 62 NUMBER OF PATI~tTS RECEIVING FIRST AID 170 ! NUMBER OF PATIENTS OXYGEN WAS ADMINISTERED 89 OXYGEN, ELDER HEAD, C.P.R. ADMINISTERED TO PATIENTS - 10 NUMBER 0F PLASTIC SPLINTS USED ON FRACT~tES &4 BACK BOARDS, TRANSPORTING INJURED PERSONS 8 RESPONS] OF A~r~ULANCE, NUMBER OF TIMEs 299 ON M~ OCCASi PATT~.NT WAS [] ON PAGE 13 EMERGENCIES" ~'~ BREATHING OK, NO VISIBLE INJURIES, IONS NO SERVICES REQUi?~ED, ILLh~S, :PT COMFORTABLE, STAND-BY FOR ARRIVAL OF AMBULANCE. AN OUTLINE BREAK DOWN OF ALL E~GENCES, SUCH AS:"TYPE OF "NUMBER OF CALLS PER-MONTH" "NUMBER OF EACH TYPE FOR THE YEAR". HILLTOP VILLA~E~ MEDICALS & FIRST AIDS: DURING ~HE YEAR THE RESCUE SQUAD RESPONDED TO HILLTOP VILLAGE ON TW~ENTY FOUR AL~4S, THE VILLAGE IS BILLED AT. THE RATE OF $ ~+0.00 PER-CALL. THE FIRE pROTEcTION IS PROVIDED BY FRIDLEY DEPART~.ULNT BY CONTRACT. INSTRUCTORS, ~IRST AID & RESCUE TRAINING: MEMBER~RECEIVE MANY HOURS OF FIRST AID & RESCUE TRAINING, THE DEPARTMENT HAS FIV~ F~IRST AID AND C. P. R. (CAPJDIOPUI340NARY RESUSCITATION) INSTRUCTORS. ALL MEMBERS HAVE COI~PLETED THE CPR COURSE AND ALSO ARE ADVANCE FIRST AIDERS. EIGHT ~ERS HAVE CON~LETED THE E.M.T. 81 HOUR COURSE, (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN), THE COURSE CONSIST OF 60 HOURS CLASS,.R, OOM AND 21 HOURS OF IN- HOSP~IT~,L,,,OBSERVATION TRAINING. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD DURING 1976 OF AN ADDITIQNAL NL~4BER OF MEMBERS BECOMING E.M.T. 's. (1:0 { 1975- FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REP. ORT -1975 NUMbeR OF EMERGENCIES PER-MONTH - - - TOTAL EMERGENCIES FOR THE YEAR " ' ....... AUG. TYPE OF EMERGENC] ~IAN. FEB MAR APR. MAY jUNE JULY SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. 'TOTAL AuTo - ACCIDENTS 3 5 8 10 5 3 6 7 3 9 8 11 78 AUTO - PEDESTRIA~ 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 AUTO - MOTORCYCLI 1 2 2 5 AUTO - BICYCLE I 2 2 MOTORCYCLE - OR 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 13 BICYCLE ACCIDENT HOME - ACCIDENTS 9 2 6 1 2 MISC.- INJb~R]~i$ 7 3 I 6 2 3 6 OXYGEN - CASES { 8 5 6 7 8 6 11 5 5 9 8 11 89 ILI2~SS - SEIzUREs Y+ 2 10 & 2 4~ 8 ~ 8 Y+ 7 8 65 DIABETIC - ETC. (DEAD ON ARRIVAL) 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 17 D. O. A. ATTEMPT - SUICII3~ 2 3 3 2 2 Y, 2 2 3 & 2 29 OR -'OVER - DOSE ~CONVULSIONS'. HEMORRHAGE, & O. B · 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 10 RLNO - CUTTf~ 1 1' CHOKING CASES 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 ICE, SLED, SK I, ~ 2 3 ~ ~ 13 SNOWM~OBi'LE ACC 'S . POISON CASES { 1 2 3 DOG BITES 1 1 1 1 B~FRN CASES { LAk~N MOWER ACC ' 2.. 1 1 MISCELLAkrEOUS Ct LLS. 1 3 1 1 3 1 ~ 1 2 1 2 2 22 SHOT OR STABBINC 1 1 1 3 FALSE ALAI~MS TOTAL PER MO~H 37 32 ! 49 31 29 33 48 35 35 ~0 ~3 ~9 ~61 NUMBER OF TII~S 2~+ 23 29 19 21 20 30 21 21 28 30 33 299 TRANSPORTING OF{- 1 1 2 2 1 ? DONALD AKEI ALL t I WA~ IYJELI DO A1 INSPt FIRE FIRE FORM CORRt FIRE PREVE~ IAM MEET] ON A 1975 - FIRE DEPARTMENT A~nJAL REPORT - 1975 FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU REPORT ~. FIRE INSPECTOR: 'UBLIC BUILDINGS WERE INSPECTED THREE TIMES DURING THE PAST YEAR. ASSISTED BY l~O DEPARI%~ENT MEb~BERS .INSPECTING MULTIPLE ,INGS. ON OCTOBER 1st I WAS PLACED ON A EIGHT HOUR DAY AND N6W .L THE INSPECTIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. :CTIONS: PREVENTION FORM Y~ 9: NUMBER OF BUILDINGS INSPECTED -- 704 PREVENTION FORM ~ 2; ORDERS ISSUED FOR CORRECTIONS -- 253 ~ 2: ORDERS ISSUED FOR CORRECTIONS AND COMPLETED -- 175 :CTIONS NOT COb~PLETED ARE DUE FOR RECHECK DURING JANUARY 1976. [TION ACTIVITIES: AMEb~ER OF THE NORTH SUBUBAN MUTUAL AID FIRE MARSHALASSOCIATION. NGS ARE HELD IN ROTATION AT ALL THE MUTUAL AID FIRE DEPARTMENTS BI-MONTHLY BAISES. ACTII'ITIES FOR THE YEAR INCLUDED, INSPECTIONS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, INSP~iCTiONf OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUILDING PLAN REVIEW, b~ETINGS WITH[THE· BUILDING INSPEC!OR AbID VARIOUS ARCHITECTS, MEETINGS AND INSpecTIONS WITH THE STARE FIRE bLARSHALS OFFICE. MEETINGS OF LOCAL ARsO~ INVESTIGATORS ON OUR ARSON PROBLEM. FIRE EXTINGUISHER DEMONSTRAT- IONS~ FIRE SAFETY LECTURES, FIRE PREVENTION WEEK PROGRAMS, AND ASSISTS WITH FIRE INVESTIGATIONS. A PR~-SCHOOL INSPECTION WAS ~DE THE LATTER PART OF AUGUST, THIS INCLUDES A CHECK OF THE ALARM SYSTEM. THE ~EVEN PUBLIC AND ONE PRIVATE SCHOOL HAS AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS TERMENATING IN THE FIRE STATION AND IS TESTED WEEKLY. ' ALL ~CHOOLS }rOST HAVE AT LEAST NINE FIRE DRILLS EACH SCHOOL YEAR. THE }~MBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD CLASSES FOR 1087 PEAPLE IN VARI(iUS GRoUPs IN THIS AREA ON FIRE SAFETY, 1ST AID AND BABY SETTING THES! WERE HELD OUTSIDE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE I IRE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED TWELVE STATION TOURS CONSISTING OF 252 PEOP]oE. COLORING BOOKS AND FIRE PREVENTION LITERATURE WAS PASSED OUT. THE ~IRE PREVENTION TRAILER WAS BROUGHT TO COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DURING THE - JAMBOREE IN JUNE. APPROXIMATELY 300 PEOPLE SAW THE MANY EXHIBITS IN TRE TRAILER. THIS[TRAILER IS EQUIPPED BY THE NORTH SUBURBAN MUTUAL AID FIRE MARSHAL ASSOCIATION, AND PROVIDED AND FINANCED THROUGH THE COURTESY OF HENNEPIN COUNTY AREA VO-TECH SCHOOLS. FIRE PREW FIRE SCHO£ THE I TEAC WAS A TO 75 - FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT - 1975 FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU REPORT NTION ACTIVITIES: (CON'T.) PREVENTION WEEK: THE FIRE PREVENTION POSTERS WERE PLACED IN ALL 'LS AND BUSINESS BUILDINGS. 'IRE DEPARTMENT WAS HOST TO ABOUT 500 SECOND GRADERS AND THEIR iERS. THE GROUPS RECEIVED A PACKET OF FIRE PREVENTION I, iATERIAL, HOWN A FIRE PREVENTION MOVIE, GIVEN A PLASTIC FIRE HEkMET AND 11 OF THE FIRE STATION. THE IAINUAL NORTH SUBURBAN POSTER DRAWING CONTEST WAS SPONSORED DURING FIRE. PREVENTION WEEK FOR THE FOURTH AND FIF%~{ GRADE ~STUDENTSo THE WINNER OF THE SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WAS LISA ZAWADSKI OF 47751cHATHAM RD. SHE IS. A STUDENT FROM HIGHL.~d~D SCHOOL. THE WEEK AFTER FIRE PREVENTION, THE FIRE DEPARI~ENT WAS HOST TO 104 MRE-SCHOOL CHIDLREN Ah~D THEIR TEACHERS. ME,M.B E..RS o.~f t h..e BOARD JOHN RAK, Chairman MIC~-~I~.T, FARRELL, Secretary W'i'r.T,IAM HOLLOM SEBE HEINTZ GORDON SC~.~E JOANN MELIN DEVELOPM~T and CONSTRUCTION 1975 Since 1972 the Park Board has been recomm~ to the Mayor and City Council to construct a ~,~lding every year in a park area and in 1975 Gauvitte Park was chosen as the site. Our wood shelter buildings have out grown them- selves with the increase of hockey and s-kating programs. Bids were taken in the month of March and the low bidder for the con- struction of the ~,,~ld~8 and skating rink lights was Bruce Nedegaard Construc- tion for a to~al of $~4,950 and the Total Electric Company was awarded the bid for hockey lighting in the amount of $6,417. On 1.~rch 27, 1975, Olson Plumbing Company who was the Sub Contractor for Nedegaard ConStruction for plumbing started to install the sewer and water systen,. Half a month later on April 16, 1975 the Construction Company started to dig for the footings. Some of the conditions of the soil was soft so it was necessary to widen the footings to take care of the load of the proposed ~,~ldingo This also involved iextra cost which elevated the amount to $46,662. This structure had an overha~tl measurement of 38 feet by 31 feet with a large recreation room, toilet facilities and a storage room with a heating unit. The buLlding is con- structed from concrete blocks with a brick exterior~ along with a hipp roof held,by a l~m~!~-ted beam. The installation of the hockey rink lights were started around June 9, 1975 and'were completed within a couple of months. The lighting fixtures were more of the modern type of a style and has mercury vapor light bulbs. Baud Stand construction continued this year with the installation of radial arches and de~tng by Bruce Nedegaard Construction Company. Merr~11 ~en was awarded the bid in applying the asphalt roof, block work and the installation of partitions for dressing rooms. Current Electric Company installed the inside electric work and Henry Slomkowski was the low bidder for the paint job on the band stand preJect. The Ban~ Stand is to be completed by May of next year. L~udscapin~ a~d Plantings Bids were let eut for landscaping and tree plant~ for LaBelle Park. Dundee Nursery was awardsd~the bid which included the placing of large boulders in various sites of the paxk. W. G. Rehbein Company was awarded sodding project, which also included landscaping a~d sodding at Silver Lake Beach. After the job was completed a few weeks later we had a pretty good rain storm which really damaged a great amount of thei sodding of the hi11. Iu order that this can be prevented again, the city must inst~l curb and gutter and ~rect the water away from the church are~ and the beach ~f11. - Continued - DEVELOPMENT and CONSTRUCTION Landscaping and Planting Continued; Page 2 Another~oontract was let out late in .the fall, was awarded to S~erhill Nursery to plant trees and shrubs in Prestemon, Ostrander and Huset Parks. There were ma~y delays in getting contract signed and receiving a performance bond that this contract work w~ll have to be done spring o£ 1976. At Prestemon Park the employees of the Park Department constructed a softball field, placing 300 yards of black dirt and lay~n~ 4680 yards of sod. Six tandem loads of agricultural lime was leveled off in the infield area. This field coUld be rated second to none and w~l~ be completed before the softball season starts nex~b year. PARK DEVELOPmeNT * Planting of trees and sha,~bs * Installation of large boulders * Repairing of damaged bridge * Replacement of light fixtures * Completion of placing black dirt and sod **** P~estemo. n ,Park~ * Installation of backstop for softball * Black dirt and sodding * Painting of Park Building **** Hu~et P.ar~h * Iustallation of concrete picnic tables * Installation of fencing on tennis courts * Continuing construction of Band Stand * Installation of electrical work in Band Stand * Columbia Heights Jaycees donation of amplifier system for Band S%and Slav, er La~e B. each * Landscaping the hill with black dirt and sod Ga~Vit.te Park * Construction of permanent building * Installation of flood lights on hockey and slating rird~s **~-M Ksyes Park * ~morialwas renamed after Judge and Mrs. ~yes * Landscaping and sodding around hockey rirdc **** $~D~G POOLS H~ Par~ Opened June 16 and closed August 22~ 1975 Cost of Extra Labor Cost of water Cubic feet of water used Days Open MqI nna Park $219.93 13,500 Opened June 16 and closed August 22, 1975 Cost of Extra Labor Cost of ~.mter Cubic feet of water used Days Open $219.93 $ 9.35 8,200 Mathaire Park Opened June 17 and closed August 22, 1975 Cost of Extra Labor Cost of water Cubic feet of ~mter used Days Open ~219.93 0 .75 12~ 200 67 * D~ys Open 64 * Hours of slating time 531 * Est~ated Attendance 41~67 ~'~ED CONTR0_L_ * Notices issued 97 * Delinquent bills 16 ~ Mowing F~xpense 1,191.63 * Spraying expense ~27o50 TPm CO , 0L p~iO~,AL ZND WOOD .D..IB.PO~..AL ,I~AOTIC. ES There are many approved practices or methods for disposal of elm and oak wood control, which has been dete~ed by the Commissioner of Agricultm-e and they are listed below. Elm Wood (A) Elm trees, public and private, diagnosed positive eln disease in the field or laboratory should be marked and removed %rithin tx-~enty days after being notified. (B) Elm trees, x.~ether on public or p~-ivate property, that are dead o~' dying with bark intact pose a threat to healthy elms by providing a breed- Lng places for the bark beetles. These trees should also be marked and re- moved %~Ithin the time period of twenty days. (C) If the-~e are healthy elus ~ithin fifty feet o'~' less of a positive elm tree, a vapam treatment to prevent disease spread through root grafts should be applied very soon. Any suspicious elm tree that shows typical elm disease symptoms should be applied vapam treatment ~mmediately, %~ithout ~iting for a laboratory test. {D) Tree stumps should be removed or debarked to the ground line to prevent elm bark breeding sites. (E) Elm wood branches, logs, etc. must be removed to a disposal site, where attention can be given to debark logs, chip the branches, or by burying the above items with slx or ~o~-e inches of f~l over them. (F) E!~ logs that are completely debarked are safe for private use or for shipment. (G) There is no hazard to the sp~ead of Dutch Elm Disease when elm wood is chipped or shredded. (H) Elm wood, x.~lth bark intact, to be stock piled is not pernLitted for longer than 72 hours between April 15th through September 15th. Disease oak trees require specific handling to prevent spores from forming under the bark, which could be spread by insects to wounds on healthy trees. (A) Osk wilt fungus seldom produces spores on bm.- oak and rarely on white oak. The wood can be used for firewood or other pruposes an~t~e. (B) Northern red, northern pine, black ca!: or scarlet oak that have been dead for over one year can be utLlized for firewood without danger of spreading spores of the oa~( ~Llt fungus. - Continued - TREE CONTROL Oak Wood; Continued (C) ~y of red oaks that are girdled early in the wLlting process w~11 not produce spores and can safely be utilized. Disposition of red os~cs can not be made until early spring of the year follo~Lng wilting. Trees that spores have been formed must be removed before April 15th. CD) P~ed oaks that have been removed after wilting must be destroyed by fUry!nE or chipping, ,mless special precautions are taken to prevent spore formation and spreading of the disease. This can be done by removing the bark from the main stem, stump and large branches to be chipped. This wood cam be covered with 4 m~_l plastic during the period of April 15th to July 15th to prevent the escape of spores that might be produced. If the wood is wrapped it can be used for firewood after July 1 st. The Commissioner of f~riculture may i-evise or add to preceding practices when he deems it necessary. With the help of our Columbia Heights residents we can control the spread of dutch elm or ced: wilt~ 1975 TREE C~TROL PROGP~/! SALARIES Street Department, 1641 man hours Superintendent of Parks Park Department, 290 hours Secretary, 50 hours O $3.75 Frank~ s Nursery Equipment Time Cost of Equipment ~intenance Dumping of trees expense P~rchase of Boom Truck Safety Equipment Eluge Auger Company Homelite Compar~ Stump Removal Zayres Shopper City~ Camera and Film Petty Cash (Park Board) (Stamps, etc.) R. L. Gould and Company A & M Industrial Tractor U~ S. Postmaster 09,454.55 · 6OO. O0 1,7~0.60 188.75 $ 22.34 7,907.00 100.00 200.00 9,913.92 96.10 238.23 111.76 500e O0 28.28 26.20 24.5o 21.40 15.80 023 · 90 GRAND TOTAL $31,229.43 - Continued - TREE CONTROL; Continued Ocel Gleason Verb~gge T]2~iE SPI2{T 0I~ U00D at $6.14 per hour at 05.76 per hour at $5.71 per hour at $5.71 pe~' hour - 8 hours - 8 hours - 8 hours - 8 hou~s 5/1/75 P~oz~z'k at 06.14 per hour - 8 hour's 0cel at $5.76 per hour - 8 hours Gleason at 05.71 per hour - 8 hours Verbrugge at $5.71 per hour - 8 hours Rozmarh at $6.14 per hour - Gleason at $5.71 per hour - Total Hou~-s Spent on Wood PLles - Total Amount of Wages Spent on Wood Piles 80 - $467.92 1976 TREE CC~TP~OL PP~OG?~! FOE COLL~B~i HEIGHTS~ ~ESOTA (A) Sanitation of trees progr~ed for winter months (B) A visual inspection by April 15th of all private and city properties pertaining to storage of elm and oa~ tree ~ood. (C) Start inspections of elm and oak trees by June 1st and complete the second inspection by 1 st of September. (D) NOtify all private and city property owners of diseased or dead elms within twenty days. (E) To beep complete records for State Official. (F) Root graft control. (G) Iuvento~y of elms~ osd~s and other trees on private and city properties. (H) Communication with State Officials on samples submitted for cultum'e. (I) Orient the residents through local newspaper of information Pertaining to elm and oak p~oblems. (J) Purchase of root saw. (E) Attend tree schools sanctioned by the Department of ~ricultum~e. EEV~UE FOP~ 1975 Canteen Sales Hall ilentals Sales Tax Ju~:e Box Sanita~7 Napkins Silver L~ke Beach Softball Field Eent %';eed Control Fees Telephone Con~is sion $2,779.35 9,24S.~5 205.01 44.10 2.20 2~ 000. O0 60. O0 354. OO 25.01 ~14, 746.92 PJZCO~ E,~IDAT IONS * Const~ction of a broomball ~-ir~: * Const~ction of a shi to~ We would li~e to ex~ess our appz~eciation to all the people that contributed their input and efforts tox~a~'d the constz~ction of buildings and developnent of our park syste~.~. Respectively s_u'bmit te d~ J'~n ?o ' ~ Superintendent of Parks JP;~jb Introduction The year of 3975 was a year of concentrated program evaluatiOn. Throughout the year, all existing and established programsi were evaluated in terms of whether or not the program was meeting participant needs and previously defined goals and objectives. The major priority of the Recreation Commission was to upgrade current services so that as much as humanly possible~ all who participated ~ould be satisfied with the out- come of ~hat participation. Ail staff employed in major programs were req~,~red to attend intensive management by objectives orion- tat - ' " " ion sessions which aided them in understanding the bows and "wh~.~' of program orgs~zation and program activities. These orientation sessions also kindled the spirit of individual leader importance and total group effort which developed into a very real feeling of espirit de corps. This spirit permeated into all facets of each program and aL1 programs gained from it in the form of quality instruction, variety and enthusiasm. mroughout 1975, the Recreation Commission offered 85 rec- reation programs to the residents of Columbia Heights and District Seven ne ~ programs were offered in the areas of f~m~l¥ recreation~ special activity events, children's athletics, and special interest activities. The School Recreation Centers, which were evaluated and totally ~sorganized to align with the true concept of co,unity education, were a dismal failure. However, it is the hope of the Recreation Commission that the newly-formed Community Education Advisor~ Council w~2 be able to eventually organize and sponsor a community education program in this district. ~me public's response to the recreation programs, once again, has been very rewarding. Attendance in -l~ programs increased to a level a~ which more tb~ 25,000 residents registered for Recreation Commission sponsored programs. This fact, alone, speaks well of the progl~m~ now being offered~ however, we f,~!~y realize that the goal of!sponsoring q~,~ity recreation for everyone has not yet been accomplished. As stated in the past, the Recreation Commission cannot function efficiently without good cooperation from the city and school &~m~uistrations and personnel. The efforts of the Commis- sion du~.ing the past year has again been enhanced by the outstanding coopera~mon and concern put forward by the school district and city. We continue to believe that this cooperative effort plays a valuable role inl program success for without cooperation our efforts ~uld be concentrated at an unproductive level of overcoming administrative red tap&.