PUBLIC WORKS
| The Public Works Department has 4 full-time employees. Seasonal help is brought on during the winter months to assist with snow removal. The Department is responsible for a variety of tasks. Some of the more important work deals with the maintainance the Township’s 45.47 miles of roadway. This includes: snow removal and deicing, patching, roadside mowing, sign installation and replacement, street sweeping, cleaning stormwater pipes and ditches, and the list goes on. |
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Employees are also responsible for the routine maintenance of all Township vehicles. There are numerous vehicles and pieces of large equipment that need maintained, as well as miscellaneous small power equipment.
STORMWATER
The Public Works Department is responsible for installing and maintaining storm drains and drainage ditches in public areas and along Township roads. Storm drains and ditches divert the water and debris after a storm or shower away from road surfaces, public access areas, or low basins where water collection could be unhealthy and dangerous. Water instead flows into drains and ditches where it can be safely channeled into streams, lakes, or the ground. The system consists of inlets or catch basins, open channels and ditches, underground pipelines, and detention ponds.
The department routinely cleans drains and ditches to remove any obstacles obstructing the flow of water and makes structural improvements to insure that the system is efficiently and reasonably handling water flow. Citizens are reminded to never dispose of leaves, grass clippings, or trash into the drainage system or in a location, such as a roadway, where debris could be swept into the system by storm water. Such actions may result in serious flooding after the next storm. If you would like to learn more about this topic, you may click HERE to view a copy of the Township Driveway / Stormwater Pipe Policy.
LEAF COLLECTION
In the fall, leaves are collected at the curb and composted at the Township’s facility. The composted material is then available for residents to haul away for their use. To learn more about leaf collection in Antis Township, please visit the Leaf & Limb Collection page on this website.
ROAD MAINTENANCE
The Public Works Department of makes every effort to respond immediately to all repair and maintenance concerns on Township roads, but they can always use your help. If you notice township roadways with dangerous cracks or holes, roadways with debris or accumulated snow, rights-of-way that are encroached by bushes, trees, or other obstructions, or damaged or missing traffic signs and street signs, contact the Road Foreman to report the problem.
When you call, be prepared with the location and type of maintenance problem as well as your name and phone number so that the department can contact you for additional information. For more information, or to report a maintenance or repair need, call or leave a message for the Road Foreman:
Monday through Friday
8AM through 4:30PM
(814) 742-7361
Steve Shiffler,
Road Foreman
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