Organizational Structure VOLUSIA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Judy Sloane Division Director Westside Operations Traffic Operations Administration Maintenance Manager ROAD & BRIDGE DIVISION Construction Westside Eastside OOperat ions Traffic Operations Maintenance Construction Judy Sloane, Director Bridges Eastside Traffic Operations County Wide Warehouse Tree Crew Equipment Employees: 115 1 3 Our Mission Road & Bridge Resources “Excellence in Maintenance” • 4 major work facilities • Centralized warehouse To Maintain the County’s transportation • 115 employees system of roads 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 2 4 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 sidewalk • 15 cemeteries • 50,000 traffic signs West Highlands Subdivision Marking and Striping 5 Highbridge (Bascule Bridge) Shoulder Restoration7 We do emergency response and What is Routine Maintenance ? Special Events! • Storm debris removal • Tree Removal & • Fighting forest fires • Grading & 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 & Pothole 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 Flooding 6 8 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. 9 11 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 10 3.