Dennis, the plant operations lead, gave the Water and Sewer Commission an October operations report on Nov. 5, saying long‑time operator Mike Williams has left and Mike Burke is expected to take his role. Dennis said the plant rehired a former worker, Zach Campbell, and is training newer staff toward higher licensure.

Dennis reported several recent repairs and upgrades: installation of a gearbox on the second COMAG unit, automated rinse‑water solenoids tied to SCADA to reduce magnetite buildup, and replacement or repair work on EQ pumps after debris was removed. He said staff have ordered spare caustic and ferric pumps to avoid long lead‑time outages.

Vinny, field operations, told commissioners the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has requested an upgraded O&M manual for the facility and that consultants (RitePS, per staff) quoted roughly $30,000–$50,000 to produce a comprehensive manual. "We have 60 days to make the response," Vinny said; the DEP letter is dated Oct. 20 and the commission must decide how to reply before the deadline.

Commissioners also discussed permit and seasonal limits: one commissioner noted the plant’s phosphorus removal practice and asked whether the NPDES permit’s seasonal phosphorus limit changes from 0.1 mg/L to 1 mg/L on Nov. 1; staff said they would confirm the permit language and that Veolia operations staff will evaluate efficiencies tied to that change.

Vinny described recent connections and metering work: a City Depot warehouse added domestic and fire service lines and several manual‑read meters were replaced with radio read meters to streamline billing. He also mentioned a proposed 37,000‑gallon‑per‑day project on City Depot Road and estimated—based on a quick calculation—that a connection of that scale could generate approximately $1,500,000 in privilege tie‑in fees to help fund future plant upgrades.

The commission agreed to review the DEP letter and O&M manual options at the next meeting and to arrange a short site visit and follow‑up work session before preparing a formal response to DEP.