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ence. The Town Board is pleased to have Roger join us in this period of growth and change. His personality and experience will blend well with our current staff, and will pro- vide the Town with needed ex- pertise to assist the Town Board in managing our busi- ness affairs and construction projects. Please feel free to stop in the Town Office and intro- duce yourself to Roger. As always, we welcome and respect your thoughts about our Town and the services we provide. Have a great spring! —Robert Hadfield, Chairman Message from the Chairman The winds of change have brought spring to our beautiful valley and our Town to wel- come an eventful awakening in Minden. Over the next several months the Town will begin a series of major con- struction projects to enable us to meet our promise to help our fellow residents of the Carson Valley to have access to Minden water in- stead of facing Federal man- dates for more expensive water treatment alternatives. In conjunction with these ex- tensive water projects, the Town will begin construction of a new Town maintenance facility at our booster station on Buckeye Road. This new facility has been in the plan- ning stage for many years when the Town Board recog- nized that our current facility would not meet our current and projected needs. All of these improvements are de- signed to continue to provide our residents with effective and efficient services well into the future. As Town Board Chairman, it is also my pleasure to intro- duce Roger Van Alyne to you as the new Town Manager. Roger is a resident of the Carson Valley and come to us with exten- sive engineering and public works management experi- away! Then there are the comparative shopping results… One gallon of bottled water = $1.43—$8.00 One gallon of soda = $2.80—$4.60 One gallon of milk = $3.79—$4.24 One gallon of lattes = $35—$52 One gallon of table wine = Most everybody loves the convenience of bottled water, but before you spend your hard-earned dollars on bottled water at the grocery store, here a few considera- tions to take into account: à Bottled water is no safer than our tap water, but bottled water costs about 1,900% more. à Community water supplies are tested far more frequently than for bottled water. Our annual Con- sumer Confidence Report is avail- able to you at any time. à Minden is blessed with some of the purest water in the country— our supply comes straight from underground wells without any storage tanks or treatment facili- ties— and no plastic bottles that are shipped all over the world! à According to Recycling- Revolution.com, Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! — and most of them are thrown Spring in Minden: • April 11th: Pops Orchestra at the CVIC Hall • April 24th: Kiwanis Stars of Tomorrow at the CVIC Hall • April 24th: Tai Chi Day at Minden Park • May 14th—16th, 21st—23rd: CVCT Performance at the CVIC Hall • May 18th: Business Council Town Hall Debate at the CVIC Hall • May 28th: Concert in the Park at Minden Park— Shane Dwight at 6:30 p.m. • June 4th—6th: Minden Street Celebration in Downtown Minden • June 11th-13th: CVAA Art Show at the CVIC Hall • June 15th: Library Book Fair and Ice Cream Social • June 18th: Concert in the Park at Minden Park— Beatles Tribute—Imagine at 6:30 p.m. Minden Town Board Bob Hadfield Chairman John Stephans Vice Chairman Ross Chichester Board Member Dave Sheets Board Member Steve Thaler Board Member Earth Day is April 22! Save Some Money, Save Some Earth! Spring 2010 Newsletter Town of Minden ---PAGE BREAK--- Phone: [PHONE REDACTED] Fax: [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] 1604 Esmeralda Ave Suite 101 Minden, NV 89423 Greetings from your Town Manager! My name is Roger Van Alyne and I’m very excited to be working for you. A little background on me— I am a li- censed civil engineer with extensive ex- perience in Public Works, primarily in engi- neering and construction management. I brought my family to the Carson Valley over 14 years ago, so I appreciate the wonderful and unique quality of life we en- joy. One of my goals is to maintain that quality of life for the residents of Minden. As we transition into having a Town Man- ager, I have asked myself three questions: 1) What should we start doing that we have- n’t been doing? 2) What should we stop doing that we have been doing? 3) What should we continue to do to provide excellent services? I’d like you to answer these questions as well, and feel free to share them with us. My door is always open. Please call or come by the Town Office and say hello! Town Manager: Roger Van Alyne, P.E. Town Administrative Staff: Trish Koepnick, Senior Secretary Amber Smith, Accounting Clerk Janice Sedgwick, On-Call Assistant Town Maintenance Staff: Greg Hill, Public Works Superintendent Andy Concannon, Maintenance Supervisor Tom Haar, Maintenance Specialist III B.J. Strauser, Maintenance Specialist II James Smith, Maintenance Specialist II Shane Mortensen, Maintenance Technician II Rick Humphrey, Maintenance Technician II James Anderson, Maintenance Technician II Mark Cirillo, Maintenance Techniciant I Willie Dutton, Maintenance Technician II Robert Kelly, Maintenance Assistant I Ted Herling, Maintenance Assistant I Roger’s Report Page 2 Spring 2010 Newsletter Did you lose something? Items lost in Minden Park are often brought to the Town Office. Give us a call or stop by with a description of your missing item and we’ll be happy to return it if it’ has been turned in. W E’ RE ON THE W EB! WWW. TOWNOFMINDEN. COM The Minden Town Board Meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the CVIC Hall. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. Agendas and Minutes are posted at: http://cltr.co.douglas.nv.us/agendas.asp Meet the Team! As many of you know, our three senior Board Members will be termed out at the end of this calendar year, and the open positions will be filled through the general election this November. Prior to the general election, the Town will host a Meet the Candidates session that will give all of our residents the opportunity to meet their prospective new representatives. Please join us! We will keep you posted with the specific date and time once it is determined. Spring Cleaning? Don’t forget about the Residential Dumpster Program! ● Dumpsters are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis— so call ahead! ● You are entitled to two free rentals per year. After that there is a $17.60 per dump fee. ● No hazardous materials can go in the dumpsters. Call our office or Douglas Disposal if you are not sure if your item is hazardous. As mentioned in the last newsletter, we replaced some of our traditional Christmas lights with energy efficient LED lights last holiday season. The numbers confirm: this was a great move— aesthetically, financially, and e n v i r o n - mentally. We are now actively pursuing other ar- eas where we might be able to make this big of a reduction in our energy Look what we saved!