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.