ATTENTION HAMBURG RESIDENTS LIVING ON JACOB STREET SOUTH OF THE HAMBURG CITY HALL
On Thursday night, July 31st about 6PM, a vehicle hit the sewage lift station on Jacob Street near Fire Chief Justin Buckentin's home. The lift station was pretty much destroyed and Xcel Energy had to disconnect power to it. While this lift station serves a minimal number of homes on Jacob Street, if it isn't operating, those homes it serves are susceptible to having sewage back up into their basements.
To prevent that from happening and while the city awaits the arrival and installation of a new lift station control panel, it is necessary to power what's left of the old control panel for the lift station with one of the city's standby emergency generators. While the existing control panel sustained major damage, it still can be used in conjunction with the standby generator. It just can't be connected to commercial power like it was prior to the accident.
The standby generator connected up now to the old control panel for the lift station doesn't run all of the time; it's basically runs for fifteen minutes every three hours. During the nighttime hours, it runs continuously for between six and eight hours.(None of these 'runs' are automatic; the generator is started/stopped manually by city staff.)
The city has been told that it MAY take up to two weeks for a new control panel for the lift station to be delivered, installed, connected to commercial power and thoroughly checked out. We are hopeful that this will be accomplished more quickly than we've been told, but I thought it was important enough to tell city residents living in the area of what is taking place.
We are also attempting to get 'temporary' electrical service established from Xcel Energy as early as next Tuesday or Wednesday, August 5th or 6th. Should that hopefully take place, then the emergency standby generator will be removed.
If anyone has any comments, concerns, questions or suggestions, please contact the Hamburg City Hall at (952) 467-3232.
Residents may also contact me at (612) 460-8212 when the City Hall is closed.
Thanks to all for your patience and understanding !!
On Tuesday morning, August 5th, Robb's Electric from Carver came out and installed a temporary electrical service to provide commercial power to the Jacob Street Lift & Grinder Station until the entire station is redesigned, rebuilt and installed.
Hopefully, Xcel Energy will be out on Wednesday morning (April 6th) to connect everything up and we won't have to rely on the emergency standby generator on a 'routine basis' any longer.
STAY TUNED !!
On Wednesday morning, August 6th, the fine folks at Xcel Energy 'pushed us to the top of their
list' and came out and connected up temporary power to the damaged lift station so the
City doesn't have to run the emergency standby generator any longer.
Also, at an Emergency City Council Meeting August 5th, the Hamburg City Council authorized
the replacement of the equipment damaged by the 'crash' on Thursday night, July 31st.
As of yet, a completion date hasn't been established.
Please keep checking back for updated information and THANKS !! to everyone living on
Jacob Street for your understanding and tolerating the (necessary) running of
the generator for the past five days.
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Photos Taken In August 2014 By Hamburg City Council Member Richard Odoms
To view one (of many Webpages) that I designed and kept updated so that Hamburg residents would know what was taking place, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Let the 'reconstruction' begin ........................................
And, the 'JACOB STREET GRINDER STATION' as it looks today:.................................
Photos Taken In August 2014 By Hamburg City Council Member Richard Odoms
EVERYTHINGTurned Out EXACTLY
As I Had Planned It, Designed It &
Coordinated It's "Reconstruction" !!
I Get A 'Warm Feeling' Everytime Somebody
On Jacob Street Flushes Their Toilet !!
A
VERY SPECIAL THANKS
to
MIKE RIPPA
of
NORTH STAR PUMP
for his
EXCELLENT
WORK
&
COOPERATION !!!!
Contact Information:
North Star
Pump Service
9245 247th St W.
Lakeville, MN 55044
Phone: 952-469-1422
Fax: 952-469-5246
THANKS ALSO
To Hamburg's
(Soon To Be Retiring)
Public Works Employee !!
Photo Taken In July 21, 2015 By Hamburg City Council Member Richard Odoms
No 'Surprise' Here, But; Neither The Mayor or Any Other City Councilmembers Assisted In Any Way In This Effort To
'Reconstruct' The Jacob Street 'Grinder Station'
To Get It Operational Once Again.
Audio Recorded At The Emergency City Council Meeting Held August 5, 2014.
Audio Recorded At The Emergency City Council Meeting Held August 26, 2014.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE
"JACOB STREET GRINDER STATION"
On July 31, 2014 somewhere around 6-6:30PM, an out of control motor vehicle literally 'crashed' into the Sewage Grinder and Lift Station that serves Hamburg residents living on Jacob Street as well as several other homes in the area. The accident TOTALLY disabled the station and rendered it completely 'out of service'. Xcel Energy had to come out and TOTALLY disconnect it from their power lines !!
Hamburg's Public Works employee, Greg Schultz; was 'Johnny On The Spot' immediately after the incident and was able to get some 'temporary' repairs accomplished so that the grinder that grinds the sewage (and other) solids and sends therm on their way to the main Sewage Lift Station in Bi-Centennial Park, could do just that and area residents wouldn't have sewage backing up into their homes. But now, instead of the station being 'automatic', it had to be 'monitored' 24/7 and the grinder and pumps needed to be manually started every three hours or so (24/7); powered by the standby emergency generator intended to power the station in the event of a power failure.
For the next few weeks, (I forget exactly how long), Hamburg's Public Works employee, and I, 'babysat' the station 24/7 by running the emergency standby generator every few hours to power the sewage grinder and the pumps to ensure that Hamburg residents in the area would have uninterrupted 'sewer service'.
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place against me by the other Hamburg City Offficials !! I WAS WRONG !!
Those personal attacks against me and the character assination that were committed, were done in a 'concerted effort'
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but it's very obvious and so clear what would ultimately take place.
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REMAINED a Hamburg City Council member until the EXPIRATION of my FULL four year term.
Meanwhile, their fear of my 'exposing' what was taking place with them, their hositility against me and their determination to (unsuccessfully) try to force me off of the Hamburg City Council, WASTED $50,000.00 TAXPAYER DOLLARS !!
Meanwhile, the generator is going to have to run for twenty minutes every three hours and all night from
10:00-11:00PM until 6:00AM-7:00AM to provide power to the lift station so that the
residences it serves don't experience sewage backup into their homes.
I'm also trying to make arrangements with Xcel Energy to provide us with a 'temporary'
power hookup so the generator doesn't have to be used. STAY TUNED !!
'Thumbnails' of some pictures that I took documenting what was taking place immediately after 'the crash' and during the
'reconstruction' of the "Jacob Street Grinder Station appear below; please 'click' on the 'thumbnails' to make the images larger.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
RICHARD ODOMS MEMORIAL
SEWAGE GRINDER STATION
As The City Councilmember Designated As The City Official Responsible For The Water & Sewer Utility Departments, I Was Dealing With 'CITY CRAP'
Then; I'm STILL DEALING with'CITY CRAP'
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The rebuilding of the 'JACOB STREET GRINDER STATION' was completed in August 2014. As a City Council Member; I was contacted by the resident who owned the property adjacent to the grinder station. The City resident expressed concern that the 'exposed' backside of the grinder station, as shown below; was an 'eyesore'.
I agreed with the resident and brought the resident's concerns to the attention of the FULL Hamburg City Council.
After a brief discussion, the City Council agreed with the resident and DIRECTED that GRUENHAGEN
ARRANGE FOR AN APPROPRIATE FENCE TO BE INSTALLED on the back, north and south sides
of the grinder station to 'dress it up' to shield it from view. GRUENHAGEN AGREED TO ARRANGE
FOR A FENCE TO BE INSTALLED, BUT, of course; THAT NEVER HAPPENED !!
A MONTH or TWO later, I inquired as to why a fence of some sort hadn't yet been erected as the City
Council had agreed upon and INSTRUCTED GRUENHAGEN TO DO. As I recall, GRUENHAGEN
OFFERED NO EXCUSE why HE HADN'T DONE WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED HIM
TO DO, and he again stated that he would now do so.
AGAIN, and for a SECOND TIME but, of course; GRUENHAGEN FAILED TO FOLLOW THE
DIRECTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; NO FENCE WAS INSTALLED !!
At a subsequent City Council Meeting and for a THIRD TIME, I brought up the fact that the fence that the
property owner was PROMISED BY THE CITY would be erected but, of course; STILL HADN'T BEEN
INSTALLED !!
GRUENHAGEN'S INDIFFERENT RESPONSE was that he'd have it done in the spring (of 2015) !!
Next month, AUGUST 2024, the City of Hamburg will 'CELEBRATE' the TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the 'rebuilding' of the 'JACOB STREET GRINDER STATION'.
AUGUST 2024 will also mark the TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY
that the City has FAILED TO 'KEEP THEIR WORD' on
the (THREE) PROMISES PREVIOUSLY MADE
TO A CITY RESIDENT !!
The residents that THE CITY PROMISED IT WOULD ERECT A FENCE as they requested, BUT FAILED TO DO; have, like so many other City residents, MOVED OUT OF THE CITY !!
While where they are now living is known, what is UNKNOWN is:
WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY of the CITY OF HAMBURGMAYOR ??
WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY of the FOUR HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS ??
WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY of the HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER that is PAID AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF HAMBURG TAXPAYER DOLLARS EVERY MONTH for his POOR JOB PERFORMANCE;EXAMPLES of which are DETAILED ON THIS WEBPAGE and on the OTHER WEBPAGES throughout my other WEBSITES ??
Partial 'excerpt' for myOctber 17, 2014 letter to ROBB's ELECTRIC:
"I am really, sincerely sorry that some 'third party' tried to
make me, and Robb's Electric, 'adversaries' rather than 'allies'."
Ask Gruenhagen to show you ALL THREE of the letters that I had to send,
AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, to ROBB's ELECTRIC in the City of Carver APPOLOGIZING FOR GRUENHAGEN'S OUTRAGOUS CONDUCT
in the reconstruction of the "JACOB STREET SEWAGE GRINDR STATION".
YOU'LL BE APPALLED !!
And, NO; the MAYOR and HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL TOOK NO ACTION AGAINST GRUENHAGEN because of his INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR !!
(NO SURPRISE THERE !!)
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