City of Woodstock Public Works Director - City of Woodstock, Illinois

Public WorksThe Public Works Department, the largest City Department with 70 authorized (59funded) positions, strives to provide outstanding service and a superb quality of lifethat the residents of the community have come to value and expect. Total budgetfor Public Works operations and maintenance during FY12/13 is $6,359,300,excluding capital improvement expenses.The Street Maintenance Division supports the most employees in Public Works. Inaddition to routine daily services for maintenance of public rights-of-way andparking lots, traffic and street signage, storm sewers and catch basins, streetsweeping, and snow removal, the Street Maintenance Division is responsible forthe maintenance of 125 centerline miles of street pavement and rights-ofway.Street Maintenance is also responsible for 83 miles of storm sewer pipe and2,200 catch basins. The Department maintains ten publicly-owned storm-waterbasins and/or ponds. By comparison, there are over 100 privately-owned stormwaterbasins and/or ponds in the City.The Parks Division oversees maintenance on 550 acres of parkland at 23 differentlocations throughout the community. Within these parks sites are four baseballfields, sixteen softball and youth baseball fields, eight soccer fields, nine tenniscourts, nine basketball courts, a youth football field, and 14 separate playgroundareas. Employees also provide support and assistance annually for an average of31 Community and City-sponsored events, 18 block parties, 193 picnic pavilionreservations, 2,054 scheduled ball games, and 463 scheduled soccer games.