Duties
The Sumter County Public Works Department duties include:
- Repairing potholes and sink areas on paved roads
- Cleaning storm drains, driveway pipes, curbs, and gutters
- Maintaining ditches
- Responding to flooding due to excessive amounts of rain
- Maintaining winter-related snow and ice
- Repairing and cleaning roadways, roadsides, and structures due to storms, floods, and other disasters
- Blading and reshaping road shoulders to eliminate edge ruts and ridges
- Maintaining right of way sections of residential driveways and mailbox areas
- Maintaining guardrails on bridges throughout the County
- Installing, replacing, and repairing all directional and street signs on County-maintained roads