Highway Department - November 2022
Monthly Activities - Springfield DPW Highway Division - November 2022
1. Weekly rubbish and recycling removal at town buildings
2. Continued road grading
3. Gravel hauled to grader & stockpile
4. Basin & sidewalk repair continued
5. Repaired walkway at Town Office
6. Repaired steps on foot bridge
7. Repaired tarp covering roof at Eureka School House
8. Hot mixed potholes, basin cuts, water cuts
9. Prepped and paved section of Riverside Middle School parking lot
10. Cut and removed roadside brush
11. Cleaning of culverts and ditch lines as needed
12. Cleaned up trees, culvert inlets, basins as needed
13. Roadside leaves picked up with sweeper or blown off road side
14. Removed Garden Club planters and debris from their fall clean-up
15. Street signs were replaced or installed for new 911 changes
16. Street painting completed and machine winterized
17. Prepped all equipment for winter
18. Staked out hazards and boundaries on plow routes
19. Picked up cold patch for winter pothole repair
20. Repaired fence broken last year by sidewalk plow
21. Monitored and cleaned beaver grate on Kirk Meadow Road
22. Salt & sand began arriving and was pushed up as needed
23. Crushed containers regularly at Transfer/Recycle facility
24. Moved brush from Transfer Station to DPW
25. Assisted Transfer Station due to short staffing
26. Moved voting materials to and from Town Office and RMS, put up signage as requested by Town Clerk
27. Cemetery Division continued with mowing and trimming and fall cleanup of all cemeteries, 1 urn burial