CLSD PersonnelThe decision-makers for the Clear Lake Sanitary District are five publicly elected officials residing throughout the lake community. Mr. John Miller is a resident of Clear Lake and is the senior board member, serving since November 1976. Mr. Miller was self-employed and now works for MidWest Trucking Company. Mr. Willard Gisel, a resident of Ventura and a retired teacher has served on the board since June 1991. He is a former Cerro Gordo County Supervisor and also currently serves Executive North Iowa Landfill board. Mr. LeRoy Ziesmer, a resident of Ventura before moving to Clear Lake is the retired manager of Farmer¹s Elevator Co. in Ventura. Mr. Ziesmer has served on the board since January 1995. Mr. Wesley Shubert is a resident of the un-incorporated area known as Dodges Point. Mr. Shubert retired in 1993 as a private business owner and sales representative and has served on the board since January 1995. Mr. Donald Morrison is a retired GMAC branch manager and was elected to the board in January 1997. Mr. Morrison serves as a board member of the North Iowa Landfill, chairman of Service Corps of Retired Executives, past president of North Iowa Crime Stoppers board, treasure of Clear Lake Fishing Club, secretary/treasure of Venetian Village Canal association, Clear Lake Senior Chamber of Commerce, Noon Lions Club, Restore Environment and Protection (REAP), member of Clear Project, past president and member of Association of the Preservation of Clear Lake, president of Senior and Law Enforcement Together (SALT), former member of Older Iowa Legislature, past District Governor of Toastmasters International for state of Iowa, past treasurer of Winnebago Council of Boy Scouts of America, . Wastewater treatment plant operators make up most of the Clear Lake Sanitary District¹s staff. Licensed operators must be certified by the Iowa Department of Natural Resource and can only achieve certification after passing an exam. In order to qualify to take an exam a certain number of years of experience and schooling must be met. The number of years of experience and schooling required is dictated by the Grade level an operator is testing for. There are four Grades with Grade I being the first and Grade IV the highest. An operator must obtain each Grade before being eligible to test at the next Grade up. Once an operator has received his or her license the license must be maintained, which requires 2.0 continuing education units (ceu) or twenty classroom hours every two years. Treatment plants are also categorized to a Grade. The larger capacity and more complex the treatment plant the higher the Grade. The Clear Lake Sanitary District treatment plant is classified as a Grade IV plant and requires a Grade IV operator. Operators not only know how to operate the treatment plant, but also how to conduct laboratory test using chemicals and the most delicate of instruments to ensure that the mandated degree of treatment is achieved on a continuous basis. In essence a wastewater treatment plant operator is a mixture of a biologist and chemist. The Clear Lake Sanitary District employs a full staff of trained personnel. Kevin Moler has served as the administrator/superintendent of the Clear Lake Sanitary District since January 1997 and holds a Grade IV wastewater treatment license. Kevin is a 1985 graduate of Kirkwood Community College¹s Water/Wastewater Treatment program and was previously employed as a wastewater plant operator at Canyon Village in Yellowstone National Park for two years before pursuing and obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University in 1991. Following graduation Kevin was employed with Aqua Aerobic Systems, Inc. for five years in Rockford, IL as a wastewater project engineer. Russell Enabnit earned an Ag Power Mechanics certificate from North Iowa Area Community College and has been employed with the sanitary district since 1991. Russ also holds a Grade IV wastewater treatment license. Bill Bredlow served two and one half years active duty in the United States Marine Corp and three and one half years in the reserves. While a member of the reserves Bill was called to active duty during Desert Storm. Bill has been employed with the sanitary district since 1995 and holds a Grade III wastewater treatment license. Ron Fulerton is a Grade III Operator and began employmnet with the District in June, 2002. Ron was the Wastewater Operations Director at Lake Mills for nearly three years before accepting the position with the Sanitary District. Ron has over eleven years of experience as a certified operator. Dennis Spilman has been employed with the sanitary district since 1993 and holds a Grade III wastewater treatment license. Dennis served four years active duty in the United States Army, also fighting in Desert Storm and is currently serving in his tenth year as an Army reservist. Dennis was called to active duty in September 2001 and served one year guarding U.S. ammunition shipping ports before returning back to work in September of 2002. Randy Handfield and his family come to the Clear Lake Sanitary District from Inverness, Florida, where he served as a Wastewater Operator for Citrus County Utilities. While a native of Florida, Randy achieved Grade III Operator status and has over nine years of experience in the wastewater field. Dixie Daniels is the sanitary district¹s office manager and has been employed since 1990. Dixie holds an Office Specialist degree from Hamilton College and is currently working on a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting. Michelle Theilen is the billing clerk and has been employed by the sanitary district since 1995. Ted Tusha, a Grade I certified wastewater operator spent four years with the Garner Public Work's Department before beginning his employment with the Clear Lake Sanitary District in December, 2003. Ted and his family reside in Garner. Steve Bacon began employment with the Clear Lake Sanitary District in January, 2004. Steve attended Ventura High School and now resides in Clear Lake with his family. |