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The Freeport Street Department is actually five separate divisions rolled into one department:

• Street

• Forestry

• Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance

• Cemetery

• Animal Control

Duties and responsibilities

The Street Division maintains:

• 210+ miles of roadway including: pothole patching, plowing, paint striping, sweeping, and leaf removal

• All traffic signal maintenance including repairs, painting, and bulb changing

• 4,461 street signs (stop, yield, no parking, etc)

• 1932+ storm inlets

• 9+ miles of alley

• 12 city parking lots

• 43,700sf of storage and equipment buildings

• Clean up orders (trash, brush, etc)

• There are 8 employees in this division. They plow snow as needed>

The Forestry Division maintains:

• 6,300 trees including trimming and removal

• Stump removal

• Sidewalk removal (both around stumps and sidewalk program)

• Banners across Stephenson street

• 150 American flags displayed on Holidays and special occasions

• 80 Christmas trees

• 3 NOEL decorations

• All downtown banners

• Clean up orders (trash, brush, etc)

• There are two employees in this division. They plow snow as needed.

The Vehicle and Equipment Division maintains:

• 85+ Street, Forestry, and Animal Control vehicles

• 27+ Police department vehicles

• 5 vehicles used for public works, building inspection, nuisance department>

• All smaller misc. equipment (cement saws, lawn mowers, weed whips, etc.)

• There are two employees in this division. They plow as needed.

The Cemetery Division maintains:

• 25 acres of grounds located between Lincoln and American, Prairie and Burchard mowed and trimmed as needed

• 30,000+ headstones to weed whip around

• 40 graves per year to open and close

• 2.5 miles of roadway

• 1 mile of fence line to trim

• 5 mausoleums

• This division has one full time employee and summer help when necessary. This employee plows snow as needed.

The Animal Control Division:

• Captures dogs at large and attempts to get them returned to their owners

• Picks up loose dogs and cats detained by police department or others

• Works closely with the Humane Society and the Freeport Animal Hospital to find homes for stray dogs and cats

• Responds to calls 24 hours a day

• Maintains a 600sf 10 run dog kennel

• This division has one employee. He plows snow as needed.

Quick Links

Freeport City Hall
230 W. Stephenson St.
Freeport, IL 61032
Phone: 815-235-8200 or 815-235-8203