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<br />Service Description: Streets and Sidewalks, Fleet Maintenance, Engineering
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<br /> DCAD provides the traditional City services that
<br />are essential for suburban communities: streets and
<br />sidewalks, water, sanitary sewer, storm water, fleet
<br />maintenance, and engineering. Streets and sidewalks,
<br />fleet maintenance, and engineering are paid for through
<br />general fund taxes whereas water, sanitary sewer, and
<br />storm water are enterprise funds and paid for through
<br />user fees. The service description and budgetary
<br />information on water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer
<br />can be found in the Capital Improvement Plan.
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<br />The Street Division is responsible for plowing, sanding, patching and repairing 64 miles
<br />of streets, 2.6 miles of public alleys, and 21 miles of sidewalks throughout the City. City crews
<br />plow an average of 12 snow falls per season. Snowplowing begins as soon as practical, normally
<br />after the snow has stopped, and at least 2 inches of snow has fallen. A system of priority routes,
<br />consisting of higher volume collector streets, is plowed first, followed by the remaining lower
<br />volume local streets on a rotational basis. The Street Division performs street patching, crack
<br />sealing, and sweeping for sealcoating, during the spring and summer months. The Street
<br />Division is responsible for street signage and also the City owned street lighting systems on
<br />Silver Lake Road, Old Highway 8, 5th Avenue NW, and 10th Street NW.
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<br /> The Engineering Division plans for and oversees the rehabilitation/reconstruction of
<br />approximately 2.0 miles of streets annually. All streets in New Brighton are on an
<br />approximately 30-year rehabilitation schedule. Needed repairs to public and private
<br />underground utilities are coordinated with the street rehabilitation projects. In addition, the
<br />Engineering Division designs and contracts for several park and utility system projects annually,
<br />performs the design and inspection for contract maintenance projects for the street and utility
<br />departments, maintains the maps and records of the City street and utility systems, performs
<br />miscellaneous traffic counts and studies, and manages the publicly owned City right-of-ways.
<br />The Engineering Division also reviews private development proposals from the standpoint of
<br />impact on traffic, utility service, and surface water drainage and provides information on the
<br />streets and utility systems to citizens, staff, contractors and developers.
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<br />The City Garage Division is responsible for the maintenance of New Brighton’s fleet of
<br />vehicles and heavy equipment. The division is staffed by two mechanics who are responsible for
<br />all of the preventive maintenance, and most of the normal maintenance and repair for: 27 heavy
<br />equipment units, such as fire trucks, dump trucks, street sweepers, tractors, and loaders, 49 cars,
<br />vans, and pickups, including squad cars, and over 49 large specialty units such as riding mowers,
<br />sidewalk snowplows, generators, asphalt pavers, rollers, plus numerous trailers, pumps,
<br />compressors, tampers, mowers, and trimmers. The City Garage Division budgets for the
<br />purchase all of the parts, fuels, and lubricants for the City fleet and all of the building and
<br />grounds costs for the Public Works Maintenance Facility.
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<br /> Provide safe, efficient, and
<br />attractive streets and sidewalks
<br /> Provide engineering services for
<br />City projects
<br /> Provide maintenance and repair to
<br />City equipment and vehicle, to
<br />insure operator safety and
<br />equipment reliability and long life
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