The City of Locust Public Works Department consists of 6 full time employees. They provide planning, inspections, maintenance, and repair services for multiple departments including Streets, Fleet, Solid Waste, Facilities, Park and Recreations, and Wastewater.
Services provided by the department include: street construction management and inspections, pavement management, installation and maintenance of all street blade signs (citywide), installation and maintenance of traffic control signs (city streets only), storm water control maintenance, winter weather removal, lawn maintenance along all street right of ways, fleet/equipment management and maintenance, sanitation and recycling management, lawn maintenance/landscape and building maintenance at the Government Center and Maintenance Facility, building/grounds/facilities maintenance at Officer Jeff Shelton Memorial Park and the Locust Athletic Complex, wastewater collection system maintenance and operations, and support of all city owned facilities.