Duties & Responsibilities

The duties of the Street Department encompass a wide variety of jobs that aim to maintain streets to good driving conditions:

• Cleaning catch basins and repairing erosion along the stormwater system
• Clearing debris from stormwater systems to allow the free flow of storm water
• Laying of pipe and roadside ditches
• Maintain traffic signals
• Maintain/replace stop signs, street name signs, speed limit signs, directional signs
• Maintaining concrete ditches, drain inlets in the streets and on drainage easements
• Removal of unsafe trees on right-of-way
• Repair sidewalks, driveways and curb and gutter lines that are damaged
• Repairing potholes, overlaying streets, striping, and milling of streets as necessary
• Repairing washouts
• Respond to hazardous spills when called by the Police or Fire Department
• Sweeping the streets on a rotating basis and before and after any special events like the Christmas Parade