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Bookkeeping and payroll in Avenal
Civil repairs and solar equipment belong to separate work packages even at the same treatment plant.
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Sewer rehabilitation and treatment-plant solar
Civil repairs and solar equipment belong to separate work packages even at the same treatment plant. Keep equipment deposits, installation labor and subcontractor charges identifiable. The project records are historical notices, so use current contract documents for scheduling and billing rather than infer an active award from a past environmental filing.
- Sanitary sewer collection system and WWTP improvements (rehab/replace ~65,229 LF of sewer main; WWTP valves, screens, gates, controls). Source status (2020): CEQA NOD March 2020. Agency: City of Avenal.
- 760 kW solar PV system at the Avenal WWTP, Clean Water SRF financed (C-06-8392-110). Source status (2019): Exemption filed 2019. Agency: City of Avenal / State Water Board CWSRF.
Sources: ceqanet.lci.ca.gov: sewer rehabilitation and treatment-plant solar; ceqanet.lci.ca.gov: sewer rehabilitation and treatment-plant solar
Nearby Reef City roadway rehabilitation
The highway project is near Avenal, not a city street contract. Retain the actual route segment and Caltrans reference in the payroll file. Tidwell can help connect employee time to the correct job and discuss federal reporting instructions without merging highway labor with private work elsewhere in the business.
- Nearby project context: SR 41 near Reef City: resurface/rehabilitate roadway from Kern County line to 0.8 mile west of I-5/SR 41, culverts at 13 locations, guardrail and rumble strips. Amount recorded: $18,500,000 construction (federal $16,366,950; state $2,121,950). Source status (2026): Construction scheduled Feb 2025 to July 2026. Agency: Caltrans District 6.
- Caltrans SR 41 Reef City rehabilitation near Avenal is mostly federally funded ($16,366,950 of $18,500,000).
Sources: dot.ca.gov: nearby Reef City roadway rehabilitation
Population context for your bookkeeping discussion
Avenal's population is 13,608 (ACS 2024). Census PEP records population change of +0.1% from 2020 to 2025; this uses a different Census series from the ACS count.
Avenal is about 48.7 miles from our Atascadero office, measured in a straight line. We work remotely, with meetings at our Atascadero office by arrangement.
Sources: Census ACS 2024: population; Census Gazetteer 2025: straight-line distance; Census PEP 2025: change since 2020
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