Public-Works

  • Streets
  • Forestry
  • Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
  • Leaf Collection
  • Cemetery
  • Animal Control
  • 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
  • 43,700 sf of storage and equipment buildings
  • Clean up orders (trash, brush, etc)
  • 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)
  • 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.)
  • 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
Answers calls to pick up stray or biting animals, delivers such animals to the appropriate facility, and issues violations according to city ordinances and state statutes. To notify the City about a stray or to file a complaint relating to animals, please call 815.235.8210.