Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell slides down his in-house firepole, puts on his best fireman’s outfit, hops in his car and throws on the siren. He climbs a ladder up to his City Hall office and dashes off a city memo like his hair was on fire! Then he puts out his hair fire. Priorities!
Everybody in the pool!
Safely watched, though
The Parks and Recreation Department is looking for lifeguards to fill both full-time and part-time positions, Aspell writes. Full-time positions do not include winter pool coverage. Applicants must be 16 years of age or older and either have their lifeguard certification or be willing to obtain one. And we all know how willing 16-year-olds are to do paperwork! Visit concordnh.gov to complete an online application.
For more information, call Laura Bryant at the Parks & Recreation Department at 225-8690.
Meeting in the ‘hood
Fun stuff ahead!
The Engineering Service Division will hold an informational neighborhood meeting regarding the second phase of the Loudon Road water main replacement project, Aspell writes. Sounds enthralling! We’ll bring the popcorn.
The meeting is scheduled for June 4 at 6 p.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 180 Loudon Road. City staff will go over the details of the project, answer any questions, and hear any concerns that affected residents, businesses and property owners may have. Concern No. 1: will there be popcorn?
The project will affect Loudon Road, from East Side Drive to Old Loudon Road, and a portion of Old Loudon Road. Old Loudon Road will also tell Loudon Road how it used to have to walk uphill both ways through the snow to school.
Construction will take place during the evening hours, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and is expected to start July 7. Water service disruptions and traffic delays are anticipated. Especially if you happen to drive a water truck. The city and the contractor will do everything possible to keep these interruptions to a minimum.
Breaker breaker 1-9
New gadgets are fun
Perhaps you’ve heard of the fire department. If not, flip back a few pages. Well, the fire department communications center recently received a significant upgrade to its computer-aided dispatch system, Aspell writes.
The upgrade will improve paging capabilities, status updates, and address-specific information, among other features. Status updates? We’re going to go friend the fire department right now!
The upgrade was funded by a grant to the Capital Area Mutual Aid Fire Compact from the state of New Hampshire, and not by selling all the old badges on eBay.
Say no to cracks
And sweep them streets
Crack sealing and street sweeping continues as weather permits and will take approximately 3 to 6 weeks to complete, Aspell writes. In addition, all the streets in this year’s pavement/shim overlay project will have been shimmed as of today. The Shim Overlay Project is my favorite band!
Manhole covers and catch basin grates will continue to be raised over the next couple of weeks in preparation of the final paving course, which is titled Paving 101.
