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Operation and Maintenance

The Operations & Maintenance Department provides a wide variety of community services such as street repair, street & alley grading, street sweeping, snow removal and ice control, tree trimming, road side mowing, traffic signs and lights maintenance, storm sewer maintenance, sanitary sewer maintenance, water system maintenance, garbage pickup, recyclable & yard waste pickup.

Our Mission Statement

The Operations & Maintenance Department is committed to providing quality service to the community we serve by developing and implementing work practices that best serve the public with the least amount of inconvenience to the public.

The Operations & Maintenance Department is divided into four divisions: