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PUBLIC WORKS

PUBLIC WORKS. Citizens’ Academy. Thank You. City of Lawton Public Works Dept. Administrative Staff. Director Larry Wolcott, P.E., CFM Administrative Assistant III Cherry Callas. Public Works Department. Mission

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PUBLIC WORKS

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  1. PUBLIC WORKS

  2. Citizens’ Academy Thank You

  3. City of Lawton Public Works Dept. Administrative Staff Director • Larry Wolcott, P.E., CFM Administrative Assistant III • Cherry Callas

  4. Public Works Department Mission • The Department of Public Works, through its employees, provides for the delivery of high quality, cost-effective, efficient, and safe services involving public infrastructure and facilities to enhance the quality of life in Lawton.

  5. What is Public Works? • The term Public Works describes a broad category of infrastructure projects and services, financed and constructed by municipal government, to support recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community. For Lawton, this includes public transport infrastructure (roads, bridges, and traffic control devices), public spaces (rights-of-way and easements), public services (solid waste disposal, flood control, and water quality protection), and other, usually long-term, physical assets and facilities (equipment and electronic maintenance).

  6. City of Lawton Organizational Chart

  7. Public Works Department • 132 full time employees • 1 part time employee, approx. 2-7 temporary employees (varies seasonally) • Approximately $13 million avg. annual operating budget

  8. Public Works Director Functions • Department administration • Engineering support for divisions • Floodplain Administrator (FEMA NFIP/OWRB) • Dam inspections • Traffic Engineer • Personnel actions

  9. Divisions of Public Works • Stormwater Management • Drainage Maintenance • Streets • Traffic Control • Electronic Maintenance • Equipment Maintenance • Solid Waste Collection • Solid Waste Disposal (Landfill)

  10. Public Works Divisions

  11. Stormwater Management • The City of Lawton is required by the EPA through ODEQ to regulate stormwater discharges from its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). • The EPA outlines minimum control measures that the city must implement in its stormwater management program. These measures, implemented together, are expected to significantly reduce pollutants discharged from the storm sewer system.

  12. Stormwater Management Additional Functions of the Division • Floodplain Management through implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) • NFIP’s Community Rating System (CRS) • Environmental assistance to all divisions and permitting and compliance monitoring of the landfill • FEMA grants & disaster assistance

  13. Stormwater Management

  14. Drainage Maintenance • Operates and maintains public drainage systems and rights-of-way • Debris removal • Erosion control • Mowing, brush-cutting, tree removal • Concrete structure repair • Herbicide application • Channel grading • Storm drain pipe repair • Vector (mosquito) control

  15. Drainage Maintenance

  16. Streets • Maintenance and repair of public streets, alleys, and sidewalks • Pothole patching • Asphalt and concrete paving • Crack sealing • Street sweeping • Salt/sand application during winter storms • Emergency operations

  17. Streets

  18. Traffic Control • Temporary work zone traffic control device installation/maintenance • Temporary traffic control device installation/maintenance for special events • Installation & replacement of permanent traffic control devices • Pavement marking

  19. Traffic Control

  20. Electronic Maintenance • Two-way radio communications systems • Dispatch consoles • Traffic signals • School zones • Interstate lighting • Emergency management sirens • Electronic controls/items repair & maint. • Telephone/computer facility wiring

  21. Electronic Maintenance

  22. Equipment Maintenance • Maintenance of light and heavy-duty vehicles and equipment for police, fire, and general employees • Coordination of outsource repairs • Repair parts acquisition • Maintenance of wash bays • Fuel systems operation/maintenance • Equipment maintenance records • Vehicle/equipment purchase & replacement

  23. Equipment Maintenance

  24. Solid Waste Collection • Residential curbside collection (cart and bulk) • Commercial collection • Industrial roll off collection • City facility collection (lakes, treatment plants, etc.) • Special event service • Earth Day / Trash-Off • Natural disaster debris collection

  25. Solid Waste Collection

  26. Solid Waste Disposal (Landfill) • Subtitle ‘D’ Landfill • Opened in 1972 • Receives roughly 180,000 tons of waste annually • Cells 4 & 5 constructed in 2010 • Gas collection and control system installed in 2013 • Equipment maintenance building, scales and scale house constructed in 2018

  27. Solid Waste Disposal (Landfill)

  28. www.lawtonok.gov/departments/public-works • lwolcott@lawtonok.gov, (580) 581-3410

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