Century mark for Colfax
Placer County supes honor Colfax centennial
Colfax looks good for its age. Though anniversary celebrations are scheduled throughout the year, Colfax was officially signed into incorporation Feb. 23, 1910. Council members held their first meeting and appointed the city’s first mayor on March 10. Council members celebrated the 100-year mark Feb. 24 with cake and by displaying a proclamation granted from Placer County supervisors. In other news, council members heard the first reading of an ordinance aimed to level the playing field for local businesses hoping to contract with the city. Colfax businesses often can’t afford to offer the same volume discounts as more centrally located urban businesses, which have the advantage of higher demand, according to a report by City Manager Bruce Kranz. Colfax businesses must submit higher bids for city projects as a result. The new ordinance would even out competition by granting preference to local companies able to offer a bid within 10 percent of the lowest non-local bidder on a given project. The council also voted to continue an emergency ordinance to relocate and install new sand filters at the city’s wastewater treatment plant, estimated to cost approximately $10,000. The ordinance was adopted Jan. 27 after a combination of failed pumps and rapid weather changes caused wastewater at the plant to become too cloudy to discharge without violating the city’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. Some of the plant’s problems may have stemmed from design errors made due to monetary constraints, said Councilmember Steve Harvey. But he added that correcting certain errors can be cheaper than preventing them. For instance, when designing the sand filter system “I felt that if I put in a ball valve, it could control manifold pressure,” Harvey said. “But after we started it up and tested it, (we found) we needed a control valve. Is that a design error? Could I have designed it with a super expensive control valve? I wasn’t sure then if we should spend the money upfront or spend it afterward … (but) we’ll be able to install a system that’s a lot cheaper today than if we had the design engineers install things upfront.” Declaring an emergency ordinance allows the city to proceed without competitive solicitation for bids. Emergencies must then remain on future agendas until the issue is resolved.
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HAS ANYBODY EVER ASKED WHAT QUALIFICATIONS STEVE HARVEY HOLDS TO BE MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT CHEAP FIXES TO A "NEW" SEWER PLANT THAT'S BEEN RUNNING LESS THAN A YEAR? HARVEY MIGHT BE BETTER OFF ASKING WHY A NEW MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PLANT HAS SO MANY PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE, RATHER THAN PLANNING MORE CHEAP FIXES. WITH THIS CITY'S HISTORY OF POLLUTING SEWER PLANTS HASN'T ANYBODY AT CITY HALL FIGURED OUT THAT CHEAP FIXES TO SEWER PLANTS NEVER WORK?
WSTOCKWIN, I am a graduate of the California Maritime Academy. You should probably look that up. I hold a BS in Marine Engineering and 30 years in the business. My last 18 years were with Horizon Lines and the predecessors CSX Lines and Sea-Land Service as a Supervisory Port Engineer. This job included but was not limited to controlling $30,000,000 of spare parts. I took care of warehousing, repairing or replacing these parts. Also, figuring out how when systems on the ships weren’t working, how to repair them or make them better. I also sailed for 12 years and operated and repaired these ships. Up to 120,000 HP steam vessels and 3000 HP per cylinder motor vessels. I operated and repaired cargo vessels, container vessels, tankers, tugs and supply ships. I even worked on the dredge Biddle. This included all associated pumps, motors, electrical generation and systems, automation, boilers, refrigeration, fuel oil, engine oil, sewer systems, structural repairs, piping. Look at it this way, those ships are a small city with all the systems your city has and then some. Problem is we have no one to call when they break or do not work. I also worked for Goulds Pumps, as an applications engineer. This only lasted for 6 months because the pay wasn’t good enough. In closing, with a little bit of research you might have found out? Oh, and by the way, the only reason I ran for this office is because of my back ground, I thought I might help. I pay a sewer bill too.
Steve Harvey
Here we go again. Will Stockwin slips out of the wood work to share some of his mental masturbation. Has anybody heard of Mr. Stockwin rolling up his sleeves and doing anything? Mr. Harvey, on the other hand, is an asset to the Council.
R Miller, colfaxrichard@skywayusa.net
EVERYONE ON CITY COUNCEL NEEDS TO BE DISMISSED! Obviously, there is not a single person with the benefit of the citizens on the forefront of their minds. The goals have been to suck up to admin. staff and keep them employed. UNINCORPORATE NOW! This sorry excuse for a city needs to go away to the dodo.