Operates as one team but divided into two divisions
Streets Division
Maintains City roadway’s which include, preparing roads for overlays and slurry seal, repairs and maintains potholes, roadsides, and sidewalk. The Streets Division provides street sweeping, roadside vegetation mowing and manages operations during snow and ice events.
Grounds Division
Maintains the City’s Right of Way trees (Urban Forest), Cross Kirkland Corridor, Totem Lake Connector bridge, street medians, public paths and trails, storm water ponds, City owned facilities and sites, including the Kirkland parking garage and Marina Plaza parking lot. The Public Works Grounds Division also removes graffiti from our public spaces.
Streets and Grounds are comprised of:
- Supervisors (one for Streets and another for Grounds)
- Lead workers
- Arborists
- Inventory Control Specialists
- Maintenance workers