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The Department of Public Works (DPW)
staff consists of the DPW Superintendent, Secretary, Crew
Leader, Equipment Operator, one Utility II employee and
two Utility I employees. This department is responsible
for the maintenance and improvements to the City Parks,
Streets, Sanitary Sewer, Water Transmission System and
varying other DPW functions. The following is an overview
of these departments. Parks
The City is proud to have five parks.
Riverfront Park with its 2,300 feet of boardwalk,; Scout
Tot Lot designed for children 2 to 6 years of age; Columbia
Street Playground designed for children 5 to 12 years
of age; the newly constructed Skate Park that opened
in the summer of 2002 on the corner of Clay and Michigan;
and the recent purchase of the Lions Field and Pool
in 2002. Adult supervision is recommended at all City
Parks. The City has an Adopt-A-Park Program which commits
a group for two years to picking up litter except after
all Council sanctioned park events. Currently the following
groups participate in this program: Algonac Church of
Christ Riverfront Park; Downriver Community
Pride Scout Tot Lot; and St. Clair Community
Services Columbia Street Playground. The DPW
performs all other tasks in these parks along with maintaining
the grounds at the Algonac-Clay Library.
Streets
Our Department is responsible for 19.43
miles of streets in our Local (13.33 miles) and Major
(6.10 miles) Street system. These duties include, but
are not limited to, cold patching, storm sewer maintenance,
street/traffic sign replacement, street painting and
snow plowing/salting. Property owners are responsible
for keeping sidewalks clear of snow and ice within 24
hours after a snowfall.
Sanitary Sewer
The DPW is responsible for the maintenance
of 109,000 feet of sanitary sewer lines ranging in size
from 8 to 18 in diameter. We also maintain
8 sanitary pumping stations and approximately 400 manholes.
Water
Our Department performs all maintenance
on the water transmission system. This system consists
of 22 miles of water main, 320 valves and 230 fire hydrants.
There are also 1,900 water taps in the system. We are
continually replacing undersized mains to increase pressure
and enhance fire fighting capabilities.
Other Functions
This Department is responsible for
the Citys composting program which consists of
leaf collection in the fall and year around brush chipping.
The brush chipping program is designed for windfall
and normal tree trimming. The City will not chip entire
tree removals nor after a commercial tree trimmer.
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