Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the Public Works Operations Department include:

• Collecting garbage
• Controlling traffic by maintaining traffic and pedestrian signals, installing and replacing signs, and marking lines
• Cutting grass and danger trees to maintain city parks
• Issuing street permits
• Locating utility services
• Maintaining memorial benches
• Maintaining roadways, alleys, sidewalks, curbs, and gutters
• Maintaining street lighting
• Managing snow and ice and removing snow from pathways
• Providing water and water treatment plant services that include water conservation, new services, and water quality testing
• Providing new sewer and sewer treatment plant services
• Sweeping streets