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Public Works outlines maintenance priorities: sewer inspections, overlays, fleet and recycling cart roll‑out
Summary
Public Works Director Ariel Swift presented a FY26 budget focused on preventive maintenance for streets and sewers, equipment and fleet replacements, expansion of recycling carts and a push for internal safety and staffing supports.
Ariel Swift, director of the City of Dubuque public works department, presented the department’s fiscal‑year 2026 budget to the council on April 22 and highlighted maintenance work across multiple programs: sanitary sewer inspections and repairs, the street overlay program, fleet and equipment replacements, the landfill and continued rollout of recycling carts and automated refuse routes.
Swift said the department has about 97 full‑time equivalents working across five core areas and 30 subactivities. She noted the sanitary sewer program is managed by roughly 5.36 FTE and that…
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