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 !!
Richard Odoms
Hamburg City Council Member
(612) 460-8212