Street Department Weekly (DHR) 8-25-08

STREET DEPARTMENT REPORT 

Department: Street Department 

Date: Aug. 15-21, 2008 

Prepared by Oscar Hoskins and Earnest Womack 

Specific Weekly Activities: 

Mowed & cut:

8/15

• Oak Grove Cemetery
• Caney Creek
• Alley at 201 Plaza
• Side streets-East side

8/18

• Cut ditch 100 block N 10^th
• Ditch Cleburne St from Sebastian to First
• Curbing at 10^th and St Regis
• 181 Oakland (Code Enforcement)
• Park St ditch
• 10^th St at Beechcrest School

8/19

• Cut ditch 200-500 block Anderson
• 300 block N 3^rd-ditch and roadside
• City Hall-East side
• Corner of Sam and Park
• 200 block Ashlar-cut lot (Code Enforcement)
• Ditch 200 block N Coanza
• Ditches 400-600 blocks Bonanza

8/20

• Cutback over growths:
  • 100 block Phillips
  • Reservoir Hill
  • Grand Ave
  • Radio Dr
  • 500 block Sioux St (Commercial Appeal)
  • Corner of Sioux and Kentucky

Cut shoulders at River Park

8/21

• Cutback overgrowth:
  • Rightor & Beech
  • Old Dominion & Beechwood
  • Tulip Circle
  • 500 block Old Dominion
  • 9^th & Plaza
  • Leonard & Kentucky

Weed eat shoulders 500 block Beech

Corner of West Park & Hernando

Corner of West Park & S Sam

Working on shoulders on Lambert Dr to Little Rock Rd

 

Mechanic:

8/18

• Dumped and cleaned out Unit 21-Sanitation

8/19

• Replaced brake boosters, pads, and rotors on Unit 103-Street
• Put fan on Police Unit

8/20-24

• Mechanic attended Fleet training seminar-Milwaukee, WI

 

Potholes:

• 10^th & St Regis-1
• 500 block Kentucky-1
• 2^nd & Garland-2
• Cherry & Walker-1
• 2nd & Anderson-1
• Joe Brady-3

 

Animal control:

• Received numerous dead animal calls

 

Mosquito control:

Mosquito control-RAIN!!

Mosquito control is coordinated in conjunction with Sanitation route-weather permitting

1 rig needs starter, other truck needs steering column  

Other activities:

Litter pick up at primary routes of City:

      Walnut St.

      Cherry St.

      Porter St.

      Perry St.

      Elm St.

      Franklin St.

      Oakland Ave.

      Quarles Lane

      Springdale Rd.

      Plaza St

      West Park between Russ & Dinan

8/15

Finished cleanup in alley between N 2^nd & 3^rd-Curfew zone

Installed stop sign at Cedar And St Regis

Removed tree from Hickory Hill-heavy rain

Trimmed trees on center greens-Plaza St

8/18

Worked on washout at 1300 College (One Call)

8/19

Womack welded trailer frames for Units 101 &103

Installed 4-way stop at Aaron & McDonough

2^nd spray of West side Shop lot w/Roundup

8/20

Mowed center green Biscoe & Old Little Rock Rd near old Fish Mkt

Straightened stop sign and street sign at 595 Grand Ave

Mayor approved bids on tree removal on Braden and Russell St (Lumberjack & Rose Tree Service)

8/21

Cleaned drain corner of Beech & Rightor and Cherry & York

Filled washout behind Fonzie's

Replaced street signs:

• Springdale & Quapaw
• Center St
• Alice St
• Helen
• Baker

Straightened stop sign at Kentucky & Quarles Ln 

Future Weekly Activities:

Tree removal at 600 block Cleburne, 1135 Poplar, Cline-Frazier bldg on Cherry St

Removal of dead sycamore tree at 500 block East Baldwin  

Follow Up Activities:

Code Enforcement identifying and notifying property owners of overgrown lots throughout City. City will not mow lots until Code Enforcements has communicated with owners.

1300 block College (needs catch basin) 

Staff Concerns/Issues:

Safety classes for Street & Sanitation being organized  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

STREET DEPARTMENT GASOLINE LOG
Week of 8/15-21/08
DATE		UNIT #		GALLONS		RECEIVER
8/15/2008		30 Zero Turn		11.5		E Butler
8/15/2008		103		16		R Smith
8/15/2008		Mosquito rig		12		L Britton
8/15/2008		19		31		W Wilson
8/15/2008		31		22.0		R Williams
8/15/2008		30		6.2		E Butler
8/15/2008		9		18.6		O Hoskins
8/15/2008		100		22.7		V Jordon
8/18/2008		Dodge Box Truck		28.1		M Holbrook
8/19/2008		30		19		E Butler
8/19/2008		101		29		J Huff
8/19/2008		1		24.7		E Womack
8/19/2008		9		18		O Hoskins
8/20/2008		13		14.1		J Lemaire
8/20/2008		103		19.8		R Smith
8/21/2008		19		23		W Wilson
8/21/2008		12		20		L Britton
8/21/2008		101		16		J Huff
8/21/2008		Red Chevy		26.9		G Carter
		TOTAL GALLONS		378.6
STREET DEPARTMENT GASOLINE LOG
Week of 8/8-14/08
DATE	UNIT #		GALLONS		RECEIVER
8/8/2008	9		19.9		O Hoskins
8/8/2008	103		12		R Smith
8/8/2008	30		21		E Butler
8/8/2008	13		14		J Lemaire
8/8/2008	1		4.1		E Womack
8/11/2008	Zero turn		6		E Butler
8/12/2008	103		14.6		R Smith
8/12/2008	1		14		E Womack (Memp)
8/12/2008	19		14.6		W Wilson
8/12/2008	30		38.2		E Butler
8/12/2008	9		13.6		O Hoskins
8/13/2008	13		17		J Lemaire
8/13/2008	Mosquito rig		18		K Kelly
8/14/2008	Weed eater/Zero turn		16.1		E Butler
8/14/2008	101		21		J Huff
	TOTAL GALLONS		244.1