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Public Services flags winter-operations, fleet and pothole staffing needs ahead of budget
Summary
Department of Public Services presented performance metrics showing progress on trash collection but gaps on preventive fleet maintenance, street sweeping and winter operations; council pressed for a rapid report to shape the FY26 budget.
Public Services Director Jerry Wilkerson told the Budget and Finance Committee that the department met residential trash-collection performance goals but faces persistent staffing and equipment shortfalls affecting street sweeping, fleet preventive maintenance and winter operations.
The presentation outlined why the department views winter response and related emergency coordination as a priority heading into the next budget cycle. Wilkerson said DPS now maintains about 1,500 road vehicles, 89 city buildings and 425 full-time equivalents, down from roughly 548 FTE two decades ago, and asked council to consider resources to modernize winter operations and expand fleet capacity.
The department’s nut graf: officials said they achieved residential-trash performance goals (less than 1% missed collections of roughly 90,000 households) but missed other targets, notably right-of-way obstruction responses (68%…
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