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Public Works Department

Responsible for overseeing/maintaining/repairing the City’s street and road system, water and wastewater management systems, snow removal, grass cutting of all City-owned properties, maintaining street and traffic signage, sidewalk maintenance/repair, animal control as well as the ongoing upkeep and maintenance of all City-owned buildings and structures.
 
SEWER:  at this time there are –

•  62,627 feet (11.86 miles) of force mains;
•  17 air valves;
• 8 lift stations;
• 229,522 feet (43.47 miles) of sewer line of which 166,895 feet (31.61 miles) are gravity;
• 400+ manholes
• A two (2) cell lagoon system; and,
• 12 acres of sewer irrigation.

 
WATER:  at this time there are –

• 4 wells;
• 382,600 feet (72.46 miles) of water lines;
• 3 water towers totaling 850,000 gallons of storage; and,
• 3,200 water meters.

 
GROUNDS MAINTAINED:  include the following –

• 18.5 acres at Jackson Street Park;
• 48.9 acres at the lagoon system;
• 5+ acres comprising the lift stations;
• 8.17 acres comprising the wells;
• 18 acres at the Recreation Center ball fields;
• 26 acres comprising the soccer fields;
• 1 acre at the Police Station;
• Additional acreage and land parcels include the property abutting City Hall, the Frisco Highline Trail, two (2) Public Works garages, right-of-ways (ROW’s) on Farm Roads 103, 106 and one-half (1/2) of 101, the recycling center grounds, three (3) sight triangles located at Hunt Road and 94/on Miller Road near Casey’s/Farmer Road near the fire station and approximately 0.6 acres surrounding the water towers.

 
SIDEWALKS:  31,463.5 feet (5.96 miles) of sidewalks north of Highway 160
STREETS:  includes crack sealing, patching, striping and maintain all traffic signage.
BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES:  maintenance is provided to the following –

• City Hall;
• Community Building;
• Public Works garages (2);
• Well houses;
• Police station;
• Recreation Center;
• Generators located at both wells and lift stations;; and,
• All vehicles/equipment owned by Public Works, City Hall and Parks and Recreation.

 
EQUIPMENT:  owned and operated –

• Four (4) tractors;
• Five (5) mowers;
• Ten (10) Public Works trucks;
• Two (2) finish mowers;
• Two (2) brush hogs;
• One (1) Kabota UTV;
• Eight (8) generators of which three (3) are large;
• One (1) backhoe;
• One (1) skid steer;
• One (1) sewer jetter;
• One (1) walk saw; and,
• Six (6) waste pumps.

 


STAFF:

• Justin Sorengen, Public Works Director
• Shane Fox, Assistant Public Works Director
• Kim Wheeler, Utility Maintenance
• Kenny Herbert , Utility Maintenance​
• Trevor Hoffman, Utility Maintenance
• Dustin Seeman, Utility Maintenance
• Larry Ingram, Utility Maintenance
• Justin Robinson, Utility Maintenance
• Mel Pendergraph, Utility Maintenance
• David Kramer, Utility Maintenance
• Lavinia Trif, Utility Maintenance

 
The Public Works Department is located at 108 W. Jackson Street and can be reached at the following:  (417) 742-0467 (phone), (417) 742-3080 (fax) or pwd@cityofwillard.org (email).  After hours water emergency please call (417) 425-5710.