<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE rss [<!ENTITY % HTMLlat1 PUBLIC "-//W3C//ENTITIES Latin 1 for XHTML//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-lat1.ent">]>
<rss version="2.0" xml:base="http://cityofmarion.org">
<channel>
 <title>The City of Marion, Iowa - Public Services</title>
 <link>http://cityofmarion.org/taxonomy/term/2/0</link>
 <description>The Public Services Department</description>
 <language>en</language>
<item>
 <title>Leaf Collection</title>
 <link>http://cityofmarion.org/pubser/LeafCollection</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Curbside pick-up of leaves and yard waste is now suspended for the winter months. Residents who need to dispose of such materials, should bring them to the yard waste drop-off site, 195 35th St.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
 <category domain="http://cityofmarion.org/taxonomy/term/2">Public Services</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:00:51 -0500</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
 <title>Public Services Monthly Report</title>
 <link>http://cityofmarion.org/pubserv/report</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h5 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;March 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Street Division&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;The snow has let up and now the extreme winters damage to the street is visible as well as all the sand that we now need to sweep up.&amp;nbsp; We got the street sweepers out as soon as snow was gone from the curbs.&amp;nbsp; It is going to take some time to get all the material up.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Between the two units they swept 398 lane miles.&amp;nbsp; We used 100 ton or about $6000 in cold patch material in March.&amp;nbsp; It does not stay in place but is all we can do until weather warms and other materials become available.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Also in March:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Serious issues on Winslow&amp;nbsp; &amp;amp; Lucore Roads that will be handled by Engineering&lt;br /&gt;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Handled 43 citizen requests &lt;br /&gt;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Minor signal work for Mt. Vernon &amp;amp; Hiawatha&lt;br /&gt;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cleaned all plowing equipment&lt;br /&gt;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Carpet cleaned and door installed at Dygert-Peck in preparation for renting front third of the building&lt;br /&gt;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Another traffic mast arm rusted apart &amp;amp; fell.&amp;nbsp; Temporary pole has been set and we will have bids for replacing in April&lt;br /&gt;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Assisted with installation of fiber optic conduit at Lowe Park&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
 <category domain="http://cityofmarion.org/taxonomy/term/2">Public Services</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:52:33 -0400</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
 <title>Public Services Department</title>
 <link>http://cityofmarion.org/pubserv</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Public Services is divided up into three separate divisions. Each division maintains its own responsibilities and work program. The department, as a whole, employs 30 full-time and about an additional 4 part-time during the summer months.&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; title=&quot;Public Services Facility&quot; alt=&quot;Public Services Facility&quot; src=&quot;gfx/public_service.jpg&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The department also has a &lt;a href=&quot;pubserv/board&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Public Services Board&lt;/a&gt; which consists of five citizens, appointed by the Mayor, that oversee the daily operations of the department.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:streets@cityofmarion.org&quot;&gt;Street Maintenance/Traffic Division&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
 <category domain="http://cityofmarion.org/taxonomy/term/2">Public Services</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:21:31 -0400</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
