Things have been a little busy around the Village offices this week (hence my late post). Diane and I are working with the Village auditors to finish up our annual audit. This year the audit has taken a little longer than normal. Thanks to Worldcom, Enron, and other financial meltdowns, new standards are added every year that require additional costs and make the process longer and longer. The final audit report should be available sometime in the next two weeks.
I just finished the quarterly newsletter (I attempt to make it quarterly, but am not always successful), which will be distributed in the next water bills. It will also be posted on the Village web site later today.
Another item that we have recently completed is the development of our Industrial Treatmtent Program. This program is required by the EPA and Michigan DEQ and is aimed at reducing the level of pollutants that certain industries may discharge to the sanitary sewer system. the development of this program has taken over four years (I swear I had more hair when we started) and has involved hundreds of hours of work from Village staff and our consultants. The tough part of the process is finding a level that is acceptable to all parties. Fortunately, the DEQ has notified us that they have accepted our program. I expect implementation to begin later this fall. At this time, the only customer affected by this program is Speedrack Products Group.
My next blog will discuss the 2009 US-12 reconstruction project.
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