As I noted, I attended the State of the Town meeting a few weeks ago and there were many interesting statistics regarding the town’s operations. Here are a few that impressed me:
The town’s summer recreation program served 130 kids this summer! They had visits from a host of leaders and organizations including our local volunteer firemen and the Montgomery County Police. This program only started a few years ago and to serve this many kids is impressive. The reports about the program’s impact are impressive too.
The Community and Economic Development Committee’s work load doubled this past year. The CEDC helps create and staff many of the community and economic development programs – such as the annual lighting ceremony – that do so much to make our town a wonderful place to live. The CEDC added the Spring Fest and Business Fair programs in recent years and they have been major successes.
This year, the town pumped 144 million gallons of water for the use of town residents. That’s an average of 399,000 gallons a year. There were five water breaks last year which sounds like a lot but for a town our size it is below average.
The wastewater plant process hundreds of thousands of gallons of waste water a day and only has two operators.
Many of the town employees are Poolesville natives. That is impressive too because you could hear the commitment and love of the town in their presentations. The staff who run the wastewater, water and parks operations were very open to and even encouraged citizens to tell them if they see problems or have concerns.
It was an impressive night overall and the town staff once again was impressive in their presentations and in the results of their activities.
