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CITY OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
PUBLIC WORKS DIVISON
DIVISION SUMMARY Producing and delivering clean and safe
drinking water at an economical cost. The City
PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION of Muskegon serves its 14,000 customers as
well as the cities of Roosevelt Park, North
Division Description Muskegon, Laketon, Muskegon, Dalton and
The Public Works Services Division is Fruitland Townships.
responsible for maintaining the City's
infrastructure, the life-blood of the City. The Utilities
Division is comprised of five sub-divisions:
Engineering, Utilities, Streets, Administration, Sanitation Department
and Water Treatment. These divisions are Services 14,000 residential customers including
made-up of several departments. refuse collection, recycling, yard waste,
neighborhood dumpsters and the "Pitch It!"
Public Works Administration program.
Water/Sewer Maintenance Department
Administrative Support Water Distribution
Provides record keeping, payroll, invoicing and Maintains the 180 miles of water main in the
all administrative services. City of Muskegon and serves 14,000 water
Public Service Building customers.
Maintains and improves the Public Service Sewage Collection
Building and information systems support Maintains the 170 miles of sewer main and the
services. maintenance of 22 lift stations.
Senior Transit Muskegon Township Water Distribution
Provides low-cost, curb-to-curb transportation Contract to maintain the water distribution
to the senior citizens of the City of Muskegon. system in Muskegon Township located south of
the Muskegon River.
Streets Northside District Water Distribution
Contract to maintain the water distribution
Equipment Department system north of the Muskegon River in
Purchases and maintains all City vehicles and Muskegon, Laketon, Dalton and Fruitland
equipment. Townships.
Highway Department
Maintains 200 miles of City streets including Engineering
snowplowing, salting, catch basin cleaning,
crack sealing, pothole patching, sign installation Engineering Services
and repair, street and shoulder grading, dust Develops, constructs, and inspects all
control and guardrail repair. Other operations infrastructure projects and the monitoring of any
include traffic signal maintenance and new third-party work within the City right-of-way.
installations (county-wide except for Muskegon Building Maintenance
Heights), as well as the City's barricading and Maintains facilities and equipment in the City-
traffic sign maintenance programs, street owned buildings.
lighting, special events support with barricading,
installing banners, and traffic control.
Water Treatment
Water Filtration Plant
Divisional Relationship to City CITY OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
Commission Goals
Take Leadership Responsibility for Foster Strong Ties Among Governments
Improving Race Relations and Diversity. and Community Agencies.
The Public Works Services Division works Public Works Services represents our
to improve race relations through the community on the Countywide Phase 2
services that it provides. Our clerical staff Storm Water Committee and the Metro
has been trained in Spanish to enhance Wastewater Users Group. We also work
their ability to answer questions and serve with the Muskegon Conservation District on
customers. Our Sanitation Coordinator environmental projects.
works extensively with neighborhood groups
to bridge cultural gaps. Develop and Maintain City Infrastructure
and Facilities.
Foster Opportunities for City Youth. The Public Works Division is the primary
The Engineering Department hires 2-3 caretaker of the City's infrastructure assets.
college students as seasonal workers Most of the resources allocated to the
during the summer and gives them a broad Division are used directly for maintenance
exposure to civil engineering tasks. The of streets, water and sewer facilities and
Public Works Department participates in the other physical assets.
"Take your child to work day." Maintain and Enhance the
Promote Economic Stability, Diverse Neighborhoods of the City.
Economic Growth and Redevelopment. Through its sanitation program, Public
The Public Works Services Division works Works Services responds to illegal
directly with developers and architects dumping, provides neighborhood
during design and construction to provide associations with Saturday dumpster
civil engineering and public works expertise. service and provides all residents with free
Furthermore, the division continues to work "spring cleaning" disposal via "Pitch-It"
toward improving and upgrading the City's stickers. We also support many volunteer
infrastructure to provide adequate facilities cleanup projects and volunteer housing
(water, sewer & roadway system) to rehab projects with disposal of wastes as
encourage and facilitate economic well as heavy participation in the City's fight
development. against Blight.
Sustain the Natural, Cultural and 2004 Budget Highlights
Recreational Resources of the
Community. There are no significant staffing changes
Public Works Services is a community proposed for Public Works Division budgets.
representative in environmental activities However, the re-organization of the division in
such as Ruddiman Creek Task Force, 2003 is expected to improve operation without
Muskegon Lake Public Advisory Committee additional staffing.
and the Muskegon River Watershed
Assembly. We support "Day of Caring" Accreditation Effort towards accreditation
projects and other civic improvement will continue with the leadership of the City
projects with manpower and specialized Engineer/Deputy Director.
equipment. This Division also supports civic
festivals such as Summer Celebration with Engineering We will continue the Shoreline
planning, manpower and equipment. Drive East road construction; continue with the
multi-year sidewalk repair program; and
complete the Smart Zone and Seaway
Industrial Park construction projects. We will lots that have drainage to the sanitary sewer, so
continue with our goal to eliminate gravel
streets by paving at least one or more of these
in 2004. CITY OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
Equipment Several purchases are budgeted for that we can reduce wastewater volumes from
2004. They include 6 patrol cars, 3 one ton dump storms. We will also purchase trench rescue
trucks, 2 large plow trucks, 4 pickups, 6 sedans, 1 equipment.
semi tractor, 1 sport utility, 1 front end loader, 1
large mower, and one 25 yard dump box. Future Outlook
Highway We will step up maintenance of Public Works Services is one of the City's
local streets with crack sealing, pavement largest divisions in terms of manpower and
repair and storm drain repairs. Alleys will funding. We continue to provide quality
receive more attention with brush cutting and services for internal customers and residents,
gravel treatment. alike. We are also working to develop and
implement additional programs that will add to
Public Works Building We will continue to our efficiency and benefit our customers.
invest in energy conservation measures to
reduce our energy costs and continue to The division will continue to maintain the City's
maximize our use of interior space. infrastructure elements and will look toward the
future to prepare to address the growing needs
Sanitation We will continue with broken of the community in the 21st Century.
garbage cart maintenance and the "Pitch-It"
sticker program. Due to budget constraints we
will be reducing our recycling program service.
Our Saturday neighborhood dumpster program
will continue.
Stormwater Management We will be
implementing the first year requirements of our
Phase II NPDES permit. This will involve Illicit
Connection Identification/Elimination and Public
Education Plans.
Water Filtration Plant The state-required
reliability study has triggered a major project to
make mandated upgrades to the water filtration
plant. We will eliminate the discharge of
sediments, created during the water treatment
process to Lake Michigan as required by 2005.
Plant treatment capacity will be increased from
28 to 40 MGD. This capacity is expected to
meet demands of the system until 2030.
Additional security measures will be
implemented to protect our facility.
Water/Sewer Maintenance The program to
reduce sanitary sewer backups and consequent
liability claims will continue. We are beginning a
building inspection program to eliminate cross
connections between city water and unsafe
sources. We are locating streets and parking