Engineering

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
    • AES Ohio 
    • 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.