Highway Maintenance
- Complete all Highway Division Projects given plans for.
- Reduce salt usage through efficient anti-icing and pre-wetting operations.
- Replace street signs to meet FHWA guidelines.
- Replace all crossroad culverts that are failing.
- Get road program done earlier in year.
Fleet Maintenance
- Provide cost effective vehicle and equipment repairs for all divisions/departments.
- Manage the DPW equipment replacement fund within the 2022 budget appropriation.
- Utilize resources to estimate fuel usage and prices. For 2022, Public Works expects to use 12,500 gallons of unleaded gasoline and 32,500 gallons of diesel fuel. This is based on yearly averages. Budget is based on an estimate of $2.56 per gallon for unleaded and $2.85 per gallon for diesel fuel using US Energy Information Administration outlook.
Building Maintenance
- Implement additional capital improvement projects.
- Continue LED bulb replacement at the Public Safety Building and City Hall.
- Install City Hall exterior fixture upgrades.
- Restructure/Organize keying system.
- Repair and/or Replace roof sections at City Hall
Recycling/Landfill
- The City operates the brush and waste site on Bonniwell Road and a public building recycling program in its public buildings to satisfy DNR requirements.
Swimming Pool
- Evaluate 2021 Pool Operations for potential efficiency improvements and revenue gains.
- Assess the food/vending operations for pool.
- Pool heater repair /upgrades.
- Water-main valve body replacement.
- Revisit pool operating hours, adult swim times and accommodations for swim lessons.
- Complete building(s) and pool repairs for higher efficiency and structural prolonging (upgrade building lighting/repair building envelope/repair pool and plumbing leaks/etc.).