Responsibilities
Engineering Division functions include the management of all of the city’s infrastructure improvements within the corporate limits. This includes:
- Building facilities
- Storm water drainage facilities
- Street and road network
- Traffic signal installations and systems
In order to coordinate with city plans and protect the traveling public, the division:
- Reviews privately developed infrastructure plans that are associated with residential and commercial development
- Reviews expansion plans for other entities
- AT&T
- Dayton Power and Light Company
- Greene County Sanitary Engineering Department
- Ohio Department of Transportation
Other responsibilities include:
- Oversees the preparation of contract documents, often through the use of consultants, for city funded public works, including some park improvements
- Manages numerous requests for information and service from the general public and forward noncity items to the appropriate governmental agencies
- Issues right-of-way, driveway, and sidewalk permits
Questions concerning street names and drainage problems are often addressed in the Engineering Office.