About the Department of Public Works 

The Public Works Department is headed by the Superintendent of Public Works, has 24 total employees including the Superintendent, and is divided into five areas: Office Staff, Mechanical Service, Roads, Parks, and Sewer Departments.

1. The Office Staff consists of one secretary and one office assistant who answer all telephone calls, order material and process all bills. They coordinate the following calls: recycling, Shade Tree requests, garbage complaints, road and sidewalk repairs, snow plowing and ice control. All Special projects and activities are monitored by the office staff. Back-up telephone coverage for the Water and Light department is handled by this office when the Utility secretary is absent.
    
2. The Mechanical Service Department consists of one foreman and two mechanics who perform preventive maintenance on all equipment and repair 110 pieces of over the road equipment. They also maintain and repair 40 small pieces of equipment: lawn mowers, saws, weed eaters, pumps and generators.
    
3. A General Foreman supervises Roads  and Parks; Roads consists of six employees including the General Foreman and  Parks consists of eight employees; Roads employees  maintain 55 miles of roads by patching and resurfacing.  The Department also handles the following items: 1) repair and installation of signs; 2) painting of center lines and crosswalks; 3) repairing of sidewalks; 4) planting of trees; 5)snow plowing and sanding; and 6) repairing of Borough buildings.  The Parks Department has eight full-time employees. They maintain the following: 1) all athletic fields; 2) playgrounds; 3) parks; 4) shrubs in the parks; 5) flower beds; 6) leaf collection (fall); 7) snow plowing, cleaning sidewalks and skating pond. They work with all committees and organizations.
    
4. The Sewer Department consists of one Foreman and three full-time employees;  they maintain 50 miles of sewer lines. They clean and repair 950 catch basins and maintain six pumping stations.

 

 

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