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The City of Paramount Public Works department is responsible for the ongoing maintenance programs for City streets, parks, buildings, equipment and water utility. The department maintains our City’s infrastructure and facilities through the following divisions: Administration, Engineering, Facilities, Landscape, Roads, Sustainability, and Water.
The Administration Division:
- Sets policies and standards for the upkeep, maintenance, and repair of all public infrastructure improvements and systems, including water production and delivery, road maintenance, park and building maintenance, vehicle and equipment maintenance, and contract management.
- Prepares and monitors the department’s budget and performance stanards
- Prepares special reports for City Council and the Public Works Commission
- Provides long range public works planning through Capital Improvement Projects
- Coordinates the department’s response to over 4,000 citizen requests each year.
The City Engineering Division provides:
- General technical and traffic engineering services to the City
- Design and inspect the construction of Capital Improvement Projects
- Assistance with reviewing and approving plans for compliance with local and City code of laws and policies
The Facilities Division:
- Maintains approximately 130,000 square feet of city-owned building space by providing carpentry, electrical, and plumbing services to these city-owned facilities:
- City Hall
- Paramount Park
- Progress Park
- Spane Park
- City Yard
- Dills Park
- Orange Splash Zone
- All American Park
- Maintains all public pools, playgrounds, fountains and art pieces
- Has a graffiti removal team that monitors and removes graffiti throughout the City
The Landscape Division (both in-house staff and contractors):
- Maintain all trees, landscaping and irrigation on the 75 acres of City parks, facilities, public rights-of-way, medians and setbacks.
- This includes the daily removal of trash and graffiti from our City Parks
- Regular tree trimming of the 8,000 city owned trees (performed by a contractor) wherein each street tree is trimmed every 3 years
- Staff provides trimming in response to service requests received by the public
- Responsible for the maintenance of:
- Civic Center Plaza
- Paramount Pond
- Downtown corridor and bus stops
The Roads Division:
- Maintains all 72-miles of City streets and public alleys, repairs curbs and sidewalks, paints street legends and curbs, and street signs.
- Inspect work done in the public right-of-way (ie. replacement of driveway approaches)
- Monitors several contracts including:
- Street sweeping
- Traffic signal maintenance
- Catch basin clean outs
- Cart retrieval services
*Sewer maintenance is done by Los Angeles County Sanitation District, for more information contact (562) 908-4288 ext 2301
With the adoption of the City’s first Climate Action Plan (CAP), the Sustainability Division’s goal is to use the CAP’d adopted strategies to create a more sustainable and climate adaptive community.
The Sustainability Division:
- Implements programs and activities designed in alignment with the City’s sustainability goals
- Works to integrate its objectives within the Public Works Department’s existing duties and standards for the upkeep, maintenance, and repair of all public infrastructure improvements and systems, including water production and delivery, road maintenance, park and building maintenance, and contract management.
- Prepares reports to be presented at the City Council and Public Works Commission meetings
- Oversee the implementaion of all environmental programs, including but not limited to those required by CalRecycle such as:
- SB1383, AB1826, AB341, AB939, among others.
The City of Paramount is committed to:
- Providing clean, safe, quality drinking water at a reasonable cost to our customers
- For more information please visit the Water Division page.