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16 <br /> <br /> <br />8. Public Works. <br />8.01. Introduction. The public works department is responsible for the maintenance of the city’s <br />infrastructure including streets, stormwater, water, sanitary sewer and fleet. In addition the department <br />provided several community services including the brush site and clean up days. A key change for 2021 <br />was the assumption of public works support for the city of Spring Park which began in September. The <br />department now provide support via a contract for operational maintenance services of Water, Sanitary <br />Sewer, Stormwater, and Parks, Streets minus snow removal for the City of <br />Spring Park. A summary of work effort in 2021 in the form of tasks <br />completed broken down into key area is listed below. <br />Department 2019 2020 2021 <br />Equipment 194 192 173 <br />Facilities 256 269 247 <br />Sanitary 5602 3290 3098 <br />Water 2579 1364 959 <br />Streets 1267 1034 771 <br />Stormwater 400 155 125 <br />Other: (Parks, Engineering, <br />Events) <br />969 858 523 <br />Completed Tasks 11267 7162 5896 <br /> <br />8.02. Organization and Staff. To accomplish the Public Works mission we have a small but dedicated <br />team of full time, part time and seasonal employees. Public works has a staff of 12 FT, + seasonal during <br />the summer. We had 1 employee retire, 1 promotion, 1 added one with bringing on Spring Park. <br />Public Works has 4 new employees under 2 years with the City, 2 employees with over 30 years. <br />8.03. Streets. The department’s goal is to preserve and improve the <br />city transportation system providing safe and reliable transportation <br />for our residents, integrated with county and state systems in a way <br />that is fiscally and environmentally responsible. The city maintains 57 <br />miles of public streets; 1296 street signs, 3 bridges, 10 guardrails, <br />125,000 feet of pavement marking and 64 city owned street lights. <br /> <br />8.03.1. By the Numbers (Metrics). <br />Strategy Measure Target 2020 2021 <br />Focus efforts and resources <br />on preventive maintenance in <br />order to maximize the <br />longevity of the pavement. <br />React to maintenance issues. <br />Average PCI Rating 80+ 79.5 79.9 <br />Ton of Asphalt used in Patching Decreasing <br />trend ↘ <br />107.6 74.5 <br />Feet of Crack Sealing 25000 31003 31000 <br />Miles Overlaid 2.5 2.5 1.25 <br />Miles Reconstructed (includes <br />reclaims) <br />1 1.14 0.65 <br />Signs Inspected 100% of <br />Maintenanc <br />e District <br />220 269 <br />Signs Replaced 60 65 62 <br />Orono and Spring Park Mayors <br />celebrate PW Agreement <br /> <br />New Shoulder Mower in Action