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An Inside Look at Public Works
CEC Presentation
April 17, 2025
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Winter Operations at a Glance
•122 miles of roads (~ 250 lane-miles)
•233 cul-de-sacs
•65 miles of trails and sidewalks
✓Downtown – 3 miles
✓Tier 1 (school routes) – 12 miles
✓Tier 2 (collector streets) – 39 miles
✓Tier 3 (as time and conditions allow) – 10 miles
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Winter Operations at a Glance
Winter Events Labor Hours Labor Cost Equipment
Cost Salt Cost Salt Tons Total Cost
2021-2022 20 2702 $130,747 $83,708 $74,502 1002 $288,957
2022-2023 28 4682 $232,540 $153,268 $81,110 916 $466,918
2023-2024 11 1269 $66,798 $40,673 $44,844 459 $152,314
2024-2025 14 1569 $83,643 $55,907 $49,260 495 $188,810
TOTAL 73 10,221 $513,728 $333,556 $249,716 2872 $1,096,999
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Utility Activities in 2024
Locates for Gopher State One Call 4129
Water appointments (on/off at curb, meter install, low pressure, etc.)808
After-hours call-outs (alarms, emergency locates, water shut-offs, etc.)146
Miles of sewer televised (out of 141 total miles)11
Miles of sewer cleaned (out of 141 total miles) *47
Storm drain sumps cleaned (out of 431 total sumps)67
* Cleaned approximately 90% of sewer system in last four years
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Utility Projects in 2025
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✓Lords lift station rehabilitation
✓Well 6 rehabilitation
✓New generator at well 6 and Wilds booster
station
✓Stormwater pond and drainage projects
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Water consumption by year
Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Demand (MG)815 922 902 1,002 795
Peak Day (MG)4.5 5.2 6.2 6.3 4.8
~40% of annual demand is for irrigation
23 miles with
OCI < 50
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Park Maintenance
•49 parks with 40 playgrounds
•53% of playgrounds > 20 years old
•Playgrounds and Boardwalks
inspected monthly Apr – Oct
•324 trash receptacles emptied 1-3
times weekly Apr - Oct
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Ponds Park Phase 2
10
•Contract awarded to K.A. Witt
•$1,076,942 (15% below est.)
•Work to begin August 1
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Annexation Area Update
11
•Alternative Urban
Areawide Review
(AUAR)
•Infrastructure study
•Water system study
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