Welcome to Public Works and Utilities
The Public Works and Utilities Department (PWU) is comprised of three Divisions that are reponsible for the safe and efficient operation of the City's water, wastewater, stormwater, streets, fleet, facilities, engineering, and utility billing.
The department has three divisions:
Engineering Division:
The City Engineering Division is comprised of three sections: Utilities Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Geographical Information Systems. These Sections are responsible for planning, prioritizing, and implementing capital improvement projects to sustain and develop infrastructure supporting public services, health and safety of our City. The Geographic Information System (GIS) Section manages and leads GIS technology deployment, support, and enhancements across all City operations and provides asset management for all the utility infrastructure. The Utilities Engineering Section includes stormwater, water quality and water resources and is responsible for managing the City’s raw water supply, protects existing water rights, plans for future water needs, and monitors the City’s water from source to discharge to ensure compliance with regulations. The Civil Engineering Section is responsible for managing projects to improve our street and traffic infrastructure, and City facilities, which includes our fire stations, recreation centers, City Hall, and other municipal buildings.
Operations Division:
The Operations Division is comprised of three sections: Fleet, Facilities and Streets. Fleet manages and maintains the City’s fleet of approximately 750 assets. This workgroup conducts vehicle and equipment maintenance and repairs, ensuring a proactive preventive maintenance program. Vehicle and equipment utilization, fuel management, acquisitions, and disposals are all managed or coordinated by Fleet. Facilities oversees ongoing maintenance and repairs, custodial services, recycling, and waste disposal, and building operations for City facilities. Facilities utilizes staff to perform daily maintenance and repairs, as well as a variety of external vendors. This workgroup is responsible to monitor the City’s gas & electric bills through monthly reviews of usage and advising the individual facility management of any abnormalities. Streets Operations provides overall maintenance of streets and city owned parking lots. Maintenance items include, pavement, traffic signs, pavement markings, street sweeping, snow and ice control, and the Adopt-A-Street Program.
Water Utilities Operations Division:
Utilities maintains and operates approximately 550 miles of water lines, 27 miles of reclaimed water lines, 24 miles of raw water lines, 400 miles of sanitary sewer lines, 10 drinking water tanks, 6 pump stations, 6 lift stations, two drinking water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment facility, a full reclaimed water system with treatment and distribution and a stormwater system. The Division also includes Utility Billing including central cashiering program for city revenues and billing assistance programs. Click the links to learn more about our water, wastewater, reclaimed water,and stormwater programs.