Close cooperation between the municipality and plant management makes public-private partnerships successful. Few places prove that axiom better than Leoni Township, a small community in Michigan’s south central lake country.
The treatment plant is managed by Infrastructure Alternatives, a private firm, but staff duties are shared by both company and township employees. Chris Crenshaw and Jared Driscoll are operations specialists with Infrastructure Alternatives, while Leoni Township team members Tom Prescott and Marty Keyser handle maintenance.
It’s a relationship that works well, according to plant manager Tom High, a 40-plus-year veteran of wastewater treatment. “It’s a unique situation,” he says. “We do a
