There are ten full-time employees assigned to this division including one full- time cemetery sexton.

Responsibilities

The Public Works Department is responsible for daily maintenance for 140 lane miles of city streets. The department responsibilities include:

• Maintenance and installation of street signs
• Maintenance of asphalt and concrete streets
• Maintenance of city buildings
• Maintenance of city owned storm water drainage systems
• Maintenance of city parking lots
• Maintenance of city traffic signals
• Mowing of city right of ways controlled by the city
• Pavement markings
• Sweeping of city streets

Winter Responsibilities

During the winter the department is responsible for snow and ice removal. There are six trucks equipped with snow plows and salt / sand spreaders. If deemed necessary, crews will operate the equipment 24 hours a day.

Cemetery

The city cemetery is maintained by the public works department, which employs a full time sexton. He is responsible for maintaining approximately 16 acres of cemetery grounds with more than 5,000 headstones in this area.