12/05/2024
Do you ever wonder what’s going on behind the scenes at the City? Come explore our new Weekly Roundup. This is a peek at the work that it takes to keep our City running that doesn’t always get highlighted on and off social media.
Here’s what’s going on during the week of December 2!
At City Hall:
🏢 At this week’s council meetings:
📝 Staff length of service recognitions for Jenny Dimsho (10 years) and Christina Sullivan (5 years)
📝 Tourism report covering Spirit of Halloweentown 2024 stats
📝 Planning development code updates and public hearing
📝 Port of Columbia County five-year access agreement for mill site bridge repair
🏢 Wrap up work for Village Inn partition (Planning)
🏢 Prep for Planning Commission and joint Planning Commission and City Council meetings next week (Planning)
🏢 Project Arcadia due diligence support for mill property (Admin)
🏢 Temporary use permit renewal for food pod (Planning)
🏢 Check in with Senior Center board president on City support (Admin)
🏢 December Growing Rural Oregon (GRO) Leadership monthly team meeting (Admin)
🏢 Columbia County pre-winter operations meeting (Multiple City divisions)
🏢 Begin work on community survey and strategic plan update (Admin)
🏢 League of Oregon Cities Elected Essentials Region I workshop (Admin)
🏢 2024 Legal Issues Workshop through Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (OAPA) (Planning)
🏢 Riverwalk Project contractor meeting (Admin)
🏢 Response to Broadleaf Arbor’s request for a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) at the mid-block crossing on Gable Road to alert drivers to pedestrians crossing the street (Engineering)
🏢 Contract amendments for expiring contracts (Engineering)
🏢 Submitting the City’s water investment needs survey to the Oregon Legislature (Engineering)
🏢 Decorate Plaza for holiday event and Christmas Ships (Tourism)
🏢 Updating open enrollment and insurance rate changes for employees for 2025 payroll (Finance)
🏢 Accounts payable software automation improvement meeting (Finance)
🏢 Training for Recreation staff on cashiering (Finance)
🏢 End of year City contracts tracking (Recorder’s Office)
🏢 Public records request fulfillment (Recorder’s Office)
🏢 Updating multiple job descriptions for vacant/upcoming vacant positions pre-hiring process (Recorder’s Office)
🏢 Monthly bank reconciliation and finalizing prior month (Finance)
🏢 Preparing 2025 department budget worksheets to begin 2025/26 budget process (Finance)
🏢 Finalizing Urban Renewal annual report sent to impacted taxing districts (Finance)
🏢 Building code amendment updates (Building)
🏢 Provide old tech equipment to Library for STEAM event (I.T.)
🏢 Address outstanding I.T. tickets from employees (I.T.)
🏢 ADA compliance audio equipment installation for Municipal Court (I.T.)
🏢 Jury trial setup and reschedule (Municipal Court)
🏢 Prep for large Thursday court docket which include October 2024 reset cases (Municipal Court)
🏢 Contractor solicitation process opened for the St. Helens to Scappoose trail design for Oregon Community Paths Program (Admin)
At the Police:
🚓 Scenario-based safety training on officer-involved shootings, including tactical first aid
🚓 Temporary special assignments of patrol officers to assist detectives in ongoing investigations
🚓 Approval of officers to attend background investigator school
🚓 Holiday package safety PSA video
At the Library:
📚 Annual report of Library stats to City’s insurance company
📚 Bi-monthly Genial Genealogists meeting planning for 2025 programming
📚 Library service review with new board member
📚 Makerspace 101 Glowforge certification (full class)
📚 Served 55 Library patrons in first two hours open on Monday
At Public Works:
🛠️ St. Helens Mercury and Temperature TMDL kick off meeting (Multiple City divisions)
🛠️ Pay estimates reviewed for Engineering project contractors (Engineering)
🛠️ Coordinating electrical work for Columbia View Park overlook improvements and power to City docks (Engineering)
🛠️ Pump Station One operational testing (Engineering)
🛠️ Monthly Columbia County Transportation Safety Commission meeting (Engineering)
🛠️ Clean in Place (CIP) quarterly water filtration membrane cleaning (Water Quality)
🛠️ Review capital improvement projects (CIP) list and funding for upcoming water quality projects (Water Quality)
🛠️ Review request for sidewalk ADA ramp (Engineering)
🛠️ Project management scope of work review for Engineering contractor (Engineering)
🛠️ Library and Engineering meeting on sidewalk improvements for South 18th Street near Library (Engineering)
🛠️ Preparing Plaza and holiday decorations for Tourism setup for holiday event (Parks)
🛠️ Grinding tree stumps at St. Helens Industrial Business Park (Parks)
🛠️ Winterizing City Docks pedestals and notification to Marine Board (Facilities)
🛠️ Winterize all drinking fountains and irrigation lines (Facilities)
🛠️ Winter equipment maintenance and testing (sand bagger, three sanders, plow) to prepare for winter weather (Facilities)
🛠️ Check winter sanding rock, deicer, and other emergency weather supplies (Facilities)
🛠️ Employee training on slips, trips, and falls (Operations)
🛠️ South 13th Street waterline replacement work (Operations)
🛠️ Sewer main cleaning (Operations)
🛠️ Fall leaves clean up with street sweeper (Operations)
🛠️ Angle stop repairs (Operations)
🛠️ Meter box replacements (Operations)
🛠️ Grading Umatilla and South 14th (Operations)
🛠️ AED equipment check at City facilities (Operations)
At Recreation:
🏀 Launched partnership STEAM program with Intel through mini grant for 4th-5th graders in Afterschool Program
🏀 Organizing teams to prepare for winter youth basketball program
🏀 State training for ERDC childcare payments in partnership with DHS and Oregon Child Care Resource 🏀 Referral so ERDC families can use St. Helens SHARP program
🏀 Planning started for 2025 summer camps programming
