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FUND: INTERNAL SERVICE/SPECIAL REVENUEPUBLIC WORKS & DEVELOPMENT SERVICESHIGHWAY DIVISIONJulie Anderson, Director of Public Works & Development ServicesDavid Prott, Highway SuperintendentOPERATING AUTHORITY AND PURPOSEThe Mission of the Highway Division is to maintain, plan, and construct County Trunk Highways and to maintainState Trunk Highways and freeways so as to provide citizens of the County with a safe and usable roadwaysystem at a level of service acceptable to a majority of its citizens and at the lowest possible cost. It is also ourobjective to provide support and assistance, both physical and technical, to preserve, protect, and improve RacineCounty’s infrastructure.Working out of facilities in the Town of Yorkville and Village of Rochester, the division provides all themaintenance services required for the proper upkeep of the State and County Highways, including the specializedservices required each winter. The division currently maintains over 335 lane miles of County Trunk Highways,16 County bridges and numerous smaller drainage structures, and operates and maintains six County-owneddams, one County-owned gravel pit, and the County’s fuel management system. It also has primary charge of theCounty’s Underground Storage Tank Management System.Under the general direction of the State Department of Transportation, this division provides general and wintermaintenance on over 704 lane miles of freeway and State Trunk Highways within Racine County. In order toperform this work, the division controls, supervises, and maintains approximately 700 vehicles and pieces ofequipment used in highway and park maintenance and operations.The Highway Division operates and maintains the Racine County motor pool, providing vehicles to countydepartments on a cost-per-mile rate that is set to recover costs, including operation, maintenance, and vehiclereplacement. An annual report to the Public Works, Parks & Facilities Committee details activity in the motorpool account, including purchases, trades, sales, and revenue and expenses for the year.The County engineering staff plans, designs, competitively bids, constructs, and inspects highway, bridge, park,and other major County projects. The division’s operations staff provides accounting and administrativefunctions for the highway and park funds.EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE MEASURESCompletion of resurfacing projects on County Highways “A”, “J”, and “N”.Emergency Repair of the Rochester Dam. Repair of Harbor South Breakwater Phase 2.Replacement of bridge along CTH “U” in the Town of Yorkville.2013 GOALS AND BUDGET STRATEGIES:Completion of resurfacing projects on County Highways “C”; “J”; and Maple Road.Continue design work and real estate purchase for County Highways “D” & “Y”. Repair of Harbor South Breakwater Phase 3.PAGE 26 - 1