Street Maintenance
Fiscal Year 2023
Department Overview
The mission of the Department of Public Works is to provide the residents and businesses of the City of Owatonna with high-quality, efficient, and responsive services in engineering, street maintenance, stormwater and wastewater.
Accomplishments
- Implemented Cartegraph to replace Manager+ for fleet management along with incorporating Petrovend Phoenix software
- Completed annual overlay project
- Aggressively removed damaged or compromised trees
- Purchased vbox sander and v plow for better snow and ice control in alleyways
Goals
- Implement Cartegraph for street sign and tree management
- Continued evaluation of fleet purchasing and attempting to stay ahead of extremely long lead times for equipment
- Implement new snow removal practices for downtown streetscape area
- Continue sign replacement/updating in logical fashion
- Continue treatment for emerald ash borer and aggressive removal of ash trees