Organizational Structure VOLUSIA COUNTY

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Judy Sloane Division Director

Westside Operations Operations Administration Maintenance Manager & DIVISION Construction Westside Eastside OOperat ions Traffic Operations Maintenance Construction Judy Sloane, Director Eastside Traffic Operations

County Wide Warehouse Tree Crew Equipment Employees: 115

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Our Mission Road & Bridge Resources “Excellence in Maintenance”

• 4 major work facilities • Centralized warehouse To Maintain the County’s transportation • 115 employees system of and bridges, provide a • 8 Inmate crews safe system and protect the investment in that system. To develop and provide high • 332 pieces of equipment levels of service by planning, scheduling, • Over $750,000 in raw directing and controlling work. materials • 770 different types of material

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1 Road & Bridge Responsibilities Road & Bridge At Work • 978.5 miles of paved maintained roads • 105 miles of maintained dirt roads • 48 fixed bridges; 3 bascule bridges • 2,508 acres of roadside mowing • 275 miles of • 15 cemeteries • 50,000 traffic signs West Highlands Subdivision Marking and Striping

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We do emergency response and What is Routine Maintenance ? Special Events!

• Storm debris removal • Tree Removal & • Fighting forest fires • & Repairing Trimming Dirt Roads • Flooding • Guardrail Repairs • Mowing of R/W • Erosion control • Litter & Dead Animal • Sinkholes in the ROW Ground-Hog Day Tornado • Asphalt & Removal Repairs • Race Week, Bike Week and • Cleaning of Signs Spring Break • Roadway Shoulder • Striping of Roadways Repairs • Safety Inventory of • Sidewalk Repair & all Roads and

Maintenance Structures LPGA Fires

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2 Cost Saving Measures

‹ Reduces number of employees ‹ Suspended dirt road paving program ‹ Reduced number of pieces of heavy equipment QUESTIONS? ‹ Improved efficiency of mowing urban right of ways by using smaller mowing equipment ‹ Improved efficiency of sign fabrication with the purchase of pre fabricated signs ‹ Improved efficiency of asphalt patching with addition of asphalt truck ‹ Reduced landfill disposal costs with composting and burn pits.

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Road & Bridge Division

Current Issues • Reduction of revenues from gas taxes • Increase in urbanized ROW to maintain • Three aging bascule bridges • Increased demand for services, especially by cities • Budgetary constraints causing decreasing levels of service

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