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IMPLEMENT A DETAILED WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING POWER OUTAGES ANY TIME THIS OCCURS AND THIS ALSO INVOLVES DEPLOYING EMERGENCY LIGHTS, STARTING THE GENERATOR, RECORDING STORAGE LEVELS, AND SHUT DOWN OF SOME EQUIPMENT AND OTHER DUTIES SPECIFIC TO AREAS AFFECTED BY AN OUTAGE. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE RESPONSE TIME THAT IS ACHIEVED FOR HAVING TWO PERSONNEL ON SHIFT, THE CITY OF PARIS WOULD MOST PROBABLY STILL BE UNDER CERTAIN ADMiNISTRATIVE ORDERS FROM THE STATE FOR WASTEWATER OVERFLOWS AND BYPASSES. THERE WERE MORE THAN 2,600 ALARM CALLS LAST YEAR. FOR EVERY ALARM CONDITION THERE MUST BE A RETURN-TO-NORMAL CALL AND LIFT STATION PERSONNEL AGAIN MUST BE CONTACTED. SOME ALARMS ARE FOR LOW PRESSURE AT THOSE LIFT STATIONS WITH PRESSURE MONITORS AND OFTEN PUBLIC WORKS MUST BE CONTACTED TO CHECK FOR A WATER LEAK IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN THE AREA OF THE ALARM. THERE ARE POLL CALLS 3 TIMES A DAY OF ALL EIGHTEEN RACO UNITS TO VERIFY WORKING CONDITIONS, OR 1,095 PER YEAR. THERE ARE ALSO 4 AUTO CALLS PER DAY TO ALSO VERIFY THE WORKING CONDITION OF UNITS, OR 1460 CALLS PER YEAR. OPERATORS ARE THEREFORE READING OVER A HALF MILLION LINES OF DATA PER YEAR FOR THE RACO SYSTEM. WATER PLANT OPERATORS ALSO RECEIVE ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON WEEKENDS AND AFTER HOURS AND DISPATCH PERSONNEL. LOGS OF ALL ACTIONS MUST BE RECORDED, WITH OVER 800 REQUESTS LAST YEAR. THIS INCLUDES NOTIFYING DIG TEST OF LOCATIONS WHERE PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL NEED TO DIG TO REPAIR WATER LINES. IT IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR LESS THAN TWO PERSONS PER SHIFT TO CONSISTENTLY INSURE A SAFE AND ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES AND UNDER ALL CONDITIONS. A SINGLE PERSON ON DUTY COULD POSE A RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OR FAILURE TO MEET STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES. WE MUST ADEQUATELY STAFF THE TREATMENT PLANT AT ALL TIMES TO INSURE THE PUBLIC IS NEVER EVEN POTENTIALLY PLACED IN JEOPARDY.