Public Works and Engineering

The Department includes the following divisions:

  • Engineering
  • Roads and Bridges
  • Stormwater Utility
  • Traffic Control

Responsibilities

The Divisions handle various maintenance repairs ranging from:

  • Docks
  • Drainage
  • Piers
  • Potholes
  • Roads
  • Sidewalk
  • Signage
  • Striping
  • Tree trimming
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The department also includes the city’s:

  • Construction inspections
  • Engineering
  • Environmental services
  • Stormwater utilities
  • Water quality testing (not drinking water or wastewater)

Also in the Public Works Department, you will find the Cemetery Division. This Division handles all maintenance and repairs at the Cemetery, burials, and lot sales, etc.

Stormwater Utility

 The City’s Stormwater Utility operates and maintains the extensive stormwater collection and treatment system of swales, ditches, culverts, catch basins, baffle boxes and the 8.15 mile Elkcam Canal/Collier Creek Canal.

Each homeowner is responsible for mowing and cleaning their own front yard swale and driveway culvert and in the few cases where the homeowner has a side yard swale.