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HACKETTSTOWN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

News and Notices from DPW
Date Item
1-24-08

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Phone: (908) 852-2320 Fax: (908) 852-9220 e-mail: hdpw@verizonmail.com

Office Hours: 7:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday

Position Name
Superintendent, Certified PublicWorks Manager Thomas R. Kitchen
Assistant Superintendent Scott Armstrong
Administrative Secretary/Recycling Coordinator Bethany Thomas
Laborer/Driver Jack Carpenter
  Robert Eskow
  Edward Syfor
  Shawn Snyder
  Michael Palko
  Charles Smith
Mechanic / Laborer/Driver Brian O’Keefe

The Department of Public Works is responsible for numerous services within the Town of Hackettstown.
by Bethany Thomas

Our Department is in charge of 33 miles of roadway within the Town of Hackettstown which includes:

Paving and regular maintenance, such as sweeping, line striping, patching, and sign posting.

D.P.W. is also responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of storm sewers within the Town. In addition, D.P.W. also handles all snow/ice control with the help of Hackettstown Recreation
Planning the stripping based on computer based maps from state plans
We're also responsible for cleaning/maintenance of seven Town owned buildings:

Municipal Building,
Town Garage,
Hackettstown Public Library,
Senior Center,
Community Center,
Miller Street Firehouse and the Moore Street Firehouse.
Senior Center
We also coordinate various recycling programs

T he annual leaf collection,
brush chipping dates throughout the year,
grass clipping collection,
curbside recycling management,
and also twice weekly recycling collection at the Town Garage.
Spring Clean Up and annual Christmas tree pick up/disposal.
Our crew using powerful, efficent and
state-of-the art equipment
Various Shade Tree services are also carried out by D.P.W. and sub-contractors

All complaints related to Town trees should be directed to our office, such as desired trimmings or take downs, as well as root grindings and sidewalk removal prior to the root grindings.
Shade trees from storm damage recently replaced

The Department of Public Works also employs a full time mechanic.

Our mechanic is responsible for most of the day to day maintenance of all Town vehicles, as well as maintenance/repair of most of our power equipment. Our mechanic is responsible for daily D.P.W. duties as well.
Preparing the salt spreader for this winter,
before it arrives!
Images by Greg Miller, Hackettstown Webmaster