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RE <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />FEBRUARY 29, 1988 <br />PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR: <br />QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING STREET LIGHT OUTAGE IN VICINITY <br />OF LAFAYETTE AND WAYNE STREETS <br />News Reporter Norm Stangland of WSBT-TV informed the Board that <br />it has come to his attention that the street lights in the <br />vicinity of Wayne and Lafayette were all out during the weekend <br />and this morning. He inquired if there was a problem with the <br />lighting. Mr. Leszczynski advised that he was aware of the <br />outage on Saturday evening, February 27, 1988, but was not aware <br />of the problem causing the outage. He informed Mr. Stangland <br />that there is a telephone number at the Police Department to <br />report street light outages twenty-four (24) hours a day. He <br />also indicated that he will check on the outage as indicated <br />above. <br />UESTIONS AND CONCER <br />ING COMPLAINTS OF SEWER GAS SMELL IN <br />THE VICINITY OF THE ETHANOL PLANT <br />News Reporter Norm Stangland of WSBT-TV inquired of the Board if <br />they were aware of the complaints heard this past weekend from <br />the residents in the vicinity of the Ethanol Plant regarding the <br />smell of sewer gases coming into their residences. <br />Mr. Leszczynski stated that he was not aware of the complaints <br />until today but that Patricia E. DeClercq, Director, Department <br />of Code Enforcement, received a telephone call on Saturday <br />evening from the Police Department concerning the complaints <br />being received. <br />Mr. Leszczynski advised that he and Mrs. DeClercq will be looking <br />into the complaints today from the Building Department and <br />Wastewater perspectives. He stated that building codes prohibit <br />the chance that sewer gases can escape into private residences. <br />It was noted that the complaints were received from the residents <br />in the area of Calvert and Prospect Streets. <br />Mr. Leszczynski indicated that he was aware of the fact that the <br />New Energy lift station was broken and that they were pumping <br />directly into the sewer system. He stated that this procedure <br />should not have caused any problems as indicated above. <br />Mr. Leszczynski reiterated that he and Mrs. DeClercq will be <br />looking into the complaints received over the past weekend <br />regarding the smell of sewer gases in the houses of residents in <br />the area of the ethanol plant. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />There being no further business to come before the Board, upon a <br />motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Ms. Humphreys and <br />carried, the meeting adjourned at 10:04 a.m. <br />Katherine Humphreys <br />AT ST: <br />i ) <br />•I bu-�_ <br />Sandra M. Parmerlee, Clerk <br />z <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />