I just went by the City Pool. Although it is cool today (Monday), there were a few young individuals there enjoying themselves with the ability to get out of the house. As stated in an earlier article, the pool will be open on a limited basis this year due to fewer lifeguards. Since we are in Stage 3 of the Governor’s re-opening guidelines, the number of people in the pool at any one time will be limited to 50. When we move into stage 4, it will increase.
The Street Dept. has been hard at work during this shut-down. Pat Malay and his crew, which consists of Ron McDaniel, Rayne Loomis, Andy Camacho, Keilan Phillips, and Jerry Kathrey have been busy painting City Hall, the streets, parking lots, parking spaces, sweeping streets, patching holes and taking care of the parks. If you haven’t already noticed, just take a look around and you will see that Weiser looks good!
The Street crew is one of the most versatile the City has. Not only do they take care of the streets, they paint buildings, help with maintenance with the vehicles and machinery, and lend a hand with the water, sewer, and electrical projects. These guys can even be found doing carpentry work when needed. Teamwork is nothing unusual in all of the City’s departments, it is just that the Street crew seems to be able to spread themselves into more areas than most.
One of the many benefits of this teamwork is it saves you, the taxpayers, money. This teamwork among the department reduces the need to hire extra people to meet the peak needs of any one department. In other words, if one department can borrow one or two people from another department when the need arises, rather than having to hire someone, it is a savings.
Speaking of versatile people, David Hodge, the City’s mechanic will be retiring soon. He will be sorely missed. Dave is one of those people who is able to do just about anything electrically and mechanically on any vehicle or piece of equipment. We have been able take anything to Dave from a lawnmower to a garbage truck to a street sweeper and have him fix it. Dave, Thank You! for your years of service and dedication to Weiser!
On the business side, please be aware of the ordinance restricting the use of RVs in town as a living space. We will be enforcing this ordinance. If you have questions, you may look it up on the City’s website or call City Hall. We will also be enforcing the ordinance for overgrown weeds.
There were four new cases of Covid-19 last week. That is much better than the 28 new cases in one week not long ago. Please continue to be aware that the virus has not gone away. We still need to be aware of our surroundings and courteous of others by maintaining distances, wearing masks, washing hands, etc.
Well that’s it for this week. Have a good one and enjoy your summer.
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