Public Works Facility
The Public Works Department is responsible for managing essential public infrastructure and services, including water, sanitary sewer, and storm water systems, road maintenance, snow removal, park and trail maintenance, and more.
About the Public Works Buildings
The current Public Works buildings do not meet today’s standards for safety, efficiency, and health.
Here’s how the Public Works buildings don’t support the delivery of services to the community:
with each building lacking adequate space, City employees must often move from one building to another to do various elements of their jobs, which is inefficient, wasting time and resources;
the Park, Street, and Utilities Maintenance buildings are split-level without elevators, meaning limited accessibility for employees and visitors;
two of the Public Works buildings do not provide equitable and inclusive accommodations for staff;
limited space makes it difficult to safely store and maneuver vehicles and equipment in and out of the buildings;
due to a lack of space, some equipment and materials must be stored remotely. This creates significant lag times for public service assignments to be completed and adds annual labor and operating costs.
Public Works operations will be moved out of downtown into a new facility to provide better work areas for City employees and adequate space to store and maintain equipment.
The new building will:
improve the efficiency of operations and reduce labor costs by consolidating operations into one location;
provide ample space to house today’s larger equipment and make it more accessible to save staff time;
provide equitable and inclusive locker rooms and bathrooms;
improve energy efficiency and sustainability with new, modernized buildings that require less energy to heat, cool, and run appliances and electronics.
