The Department is responsible for the development, design, construction, operations maintenance and management of the City’s public infrastructure, which includes private development review. It is responsible for providing safe and well‐maintained public facilities and operations in the city. The Public Works Department also provides support to the Community Development Department for the review and approval of private development projects as well as other planning and administrative functions.
The Public Works Department is responsible for four (4) main functions:
Public Works Administration:
- Provides oversight of all public improvement projects.
- Guides new infrastructure construction from design to completion.
- Reviews engineering plans and private development drawings to ensure compliance with relevant City codes in the area of subdivisions, stormwater management, site development and road plans.
- Responds to Miss Utility requests.
- Regulates activity in the public right‐of‐way.
- Implementation of Public Works policies and procedures.
- City‐wide vehicle fleet and equipment management.
- Routine scheduled maintenance.
- Emergency repair.
- Parts ordering.
- Hydraulic repairs.
Street Maintenance
- Provides for the routine and regular maintenance and repair of the City’s public infrastructure:
- 17 miles of City streets
- City sidewalks
- Curbs and gutters
- Signage (street, stop, traffic control, etc.)
- Striping and painting
- Street lighting
- Trees and vegetation in the public right‐of‐way
- Snow removal services
- Asphalt patching and crack sealing and seal coating.
- Street sweeping services
Facility Maintenance and Building Services
- Responsible for providing routine and emergency maintenance, repair, construction and fire suppression support services to City owned buildings.
- Minor building modifications.
- Planning and administration of facilities.
Parks Maintenance
- Maintains the City’s parks, restrooms, picnic tables, benches, parking lots, walking paths, trees and landscaped areas.
- Regularly scheduled, as well as demand driven, responses to weather, park user requests, recreation programming needs and vandalism.
- Activities include litter removal, restroom maintenance, turf management, landscape maintenance, tree maintenance, irrigation system maintenance, building maintenance, lighting system maintenance, vandalism repair, trail/bridge maintenance, leaf removal, athletic field maintenance, playground maintenance and community event support.
