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Tampa mobility staff detail stormwater workload; council presses for outsourcing parade barrier duties, RFP for ditch grading
Summary
Mobility’s stormwater operations presented monthly work metrics — miles of pipe and ditches inspected, tons of debris removed, pump-station maintenance and planned neighborhood tasks — while council questioned parade-duty demands and asked staff to pursue contracts and RFPs to increase capacity before storm season.
Mobility Department staff on the March agenda presented a monthly operations summary showing the city maintains nearly 590 miles of underground pipe, about 86 miles of ditches and nearly 900 outfalls, and described field staffing, equipment and recent outputs.
Bridal Roderick, mobility operations manager, told the council his division has 62 full-time positions supporting field work and described the equipment used for ditch grading, pond maintenance, pipe inspection (CCTV) and vacuuming. For February the division reported clearing about 1,100–1,200 feet of ditch per highlighted neighborhood, removing 305 tons of debris sent to the city transfer station and Manatee County landfill, mowing ponds on a roughly 28-day cycle, completing 30 outfall inspections and performing 33,968 feet of pipe inspection and maintenance plus removal of 23 tons of material from pipes. The team also inspected 421 drainage structures (inlets and…
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