Public Works Department
Burt Willard - Superintendent
870-823-9884
The Public Works Department is in charge of residential and commercial sanitation, streets, a maintenance shop facility and recycling. An average of 26 full time employees work in this department that operates on an average annual budget of $1,200,000.
SANITATION
- Twice weekly residential garbage pick up
- Bag of 50 trash bags distributed twice a year to residents
- Once weekly residential brush and trash pickup at curb
- Commercial brush and trash pickup available at request, billed according to volume
- Chip site available for use by all city residents and contractors working in the city limits free of charge
- Commercial garbage pickup according to customer need
STREET
- Street development within the city limits
- Street, ditch and storm drain maintenance
- Maintenance of city owned lots
- Operation and maintenance of flood pumps
- Sweeping of city streets weekly
SHOP
- Operation and maintenance on city equipment