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The
Village of Jerome Department of Public Works
Public
Works Trustee - R. Scott McTaggart
The
Jerome Public Works Department provides many services to
the residents of Jerome. In addition to the daily/weekly/monthly
responsibilities of the Public Works Department, the following
are a list of the services and responsibilities conducted
by the employees of the Public Works Department on a regular
basis:
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Annual
Village cleanup begins at the end of August, and is
completed by the end of September.
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Brush cleanup - Brush and tree limb removal and recycling. Depending on the weather, brush removal is done bi-weekly, especially during the spring, summer, and fall months.
- If a resident has a tree cut down on their property, the Tree Service personnel must remove all parts of the tree, including branches. Nothing is to be left for the Village to remove.
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Snow
removal and salting of streets.
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Mosquito
control - Weekly bug spraying throughout the village
in order to control the mosquito population begins normally
in May and ending sometime in September.
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Streets - Pavement management, repairs, surface treatments,
shoulder repairs, and new road construction, overlays.
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Sewers
- Storm drainage surveys, repairs, installation, sub-drains,
culverts, catch basins and manholes.
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Gutters
and ditches - Concrete, asphalt, erosion control, seeding,
excavation and repairs.
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Off-street
parking - At a resident's written request, installation
of off-street parking - the resident will pay for parts
and the Village picks up the labor costs.
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Building
complex - Painting, general all-around repairs, snow
removal, safety and equipment inspections and property
upkeep, including turf maintenance, planting, seeding,
and pruning of shrubs and trees.
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Jerome
Memorial Park - Inspection of playground and park equipment,
fences and under equipment surface maintenance, in addition
to maintenance, planting, seeding and pruning of shrubs
and trees.
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Maintenance
and servicing of the Public Work's equipment, such as
vehicles, snow removal equipment, bug spraying equipment,
etc., so as to keep equipment in good operating condition
and thereby reducing the Village expense for maintenance
and repairs.
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Maintenance
of Village properties - Calland Drive, Chatham Road,
Leonard Street, Jerome Avenue, Homewood Lot, Iles lot
and the Jacksonville Branch.
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Services
performed for the Jerome Water Department including
EPA water tests and reports, both daily and monthly;
water service preventive maintenance and updating; monthly
meter readings; utility location when digging is performed;
yearly hydrant inspections including main and individual
hydrant flushing; water meter repair and replacement.
Needless
to say, there are many other functions and work that is
performed by the Public Works employees that are done on
an as needed basis, such as traffic control, maintaining
the Village's Right of Way, Right of Way inspections, water
main valve testing , water meter vaults and service box
repairs, meter testing and fire hydrant inspections.
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