Public Works Committee Meeting — Other

City of Lake Geneva Department of Public Works 1065 Carey St. Lake Geneva, WI 53147 262.248.6644 DPW August 2026 Operational Report Streets I have been working with city Engineer on the 2026 Street program. The 2026 street program construction has started. Highway H construction has started. Sweepers are out cleaning curb lines downtown 5 days a week. Staff have been repairing and straightening street signs and traffic signs. Doing repairs to traffic lights. Staff are working on streetlight repairs. Staff have been out doing utility locates. Staff are doing downtown and park garbage pickup Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Staff have meetings with County on HWY project bi-weekly. DPW office has been getting visitors regularly for the brush drop off. Staff also have been completing needed repairs to equipment. Crews are out doing storm drain repairs along with contractors. Crews were out clearing storm drains and keeping culverts cleared. Rocks have been placed along river bank in Donian wetland to help with erosion control. New salt shed construction is under way. Meeting with contractor Bi-weekly. Met with TDS contractors. They will be installing fiber optics in the city. Working on the N. side of the city now. New lights have been installed along the sidewalk between the boat launch and the Riv. Crews are out painting yellow curbs now. Mosquito sprayer has been calibrated and ready for the season if needed. City of Lake Geneva Department of Public Works 1065 Carey St. Lake Geneva, WI 53147 262.248.6644 Contractor has completed the list of road patches. Seasonal staff have been painting green railings along the lakefront. Staff have started shouldering again. Crews are back out filling potholes again. Storm Clean up Storm clean up is going very well. We stopped curbside pickup the week of Aug. 3rd. DPW staff made needed repairs to the Lifeguard tower. Repairs to the fence at Maple Park tennis courts have been completed. Repairs to Riv Roof are scheduled for Aug.24th. Parks Staff have been working on some PMs to mowing equipment. Staff are adding chips to playgrounds Repairs have been made to the new playground at Vets. Working on dirtying and seeding dead spots in the park. Crews are out mowing. Lake front crew are scheduled on the weekends. Vets Park has been busy with weekend tournaments. And summer baseball. Beach is being cleaned, groomed and garbage’s emptied every day. City of Lake Geneva Department of Public Works 1065 Carey St. Lake Geneva, WI 53147 262.248.6644 Forestry Staff have been attending online and in person training. The crew is out trimming trees and removing broken tree limbs. City arborists have been working on tree removal list. Also working on specs for new bucket truck. Riviera A/C units have been repaired Riviera has hosted another 13 events. Working on repairs to the irrigation system. Have been cleaning the fountain every week. City of Lake Geneva Department of Public Works 1065 Carey St. Lake Geneva, WI 53147 262.248.6644 Streets l Parks l Forestry l Cemeteries l Buildings & Grounds _____________________________________________________________________________ To: Public Works Committee From: Tom Earle, DPW RE: Sept. 2026 Director’s Report PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE & ADMINISTRATION DOT. • Discuss Hwy 50 with LGUC and WisDOT several times, ongoing. Meet regarding utility work near the Manor. Discuss street lighting downtown. • Perform native bat assessment on White River bridge over STH 50 for DOT. • Discuss Real Estate acquisitions for STH 120 project with Admin and WisDOT Engineer. Ongoing, meet with MaryKate. Discuss ROW encroachments. Meet on site. The Manor Pillars. • Discuss project with The Manor and also street light upgrades. DPW • Storm cleanup and coordination • Meet regarding spillway lighting, ongoing, discuss with LGBC. Meet with BC regarding this and other projects. Discuss with GLLC. Ongoing • Meet with Admin several times • Meet with Comptroller several times. • Currently working on CIP projects. Meet with Comptroller regarding funds. Furnace at museum approved. • Meet with Admin and Comptroller regarding 2027 CIP and ERF several times. • Meet with foreman and super regarding budget issues. • Attend SaltWise seminar, 2x’s. • Meet with designer/engineer on salt shed addition. • Discuss border roads winter maintenance with surrounding Muni’s. • Review ROW permits, meet with B&Z. Attend DRT • Daily activities, signage, roads, salt allocation, salt application seminars, etc. Signage issues around town. • Meet with WalCo, Engineers regarding Int. North project. Traffic issues for detour. • Alleys are being listed based on PASER ratings. DPW aware of several issues in alleys. Baker St, Crawford, Etc. Lists moving forward will include any known issues. City Engineer will list. • Storm abatement first and foremost taking up much of our time. • Full time position open, applications due 29 Sept. • Admin approved heavy plow which was approved at Council for 2026, working on quote for bucket truck, as of now both coming in under estimated budget. Cemeteries • Roads are started, project progressing. • Attend Cemetery Board in June.. Updates on projects City of Lake Geneva Department of Public Works 1065 Carey St. Lake Geneva, WI 53147 262.248.6644 Streets l Parks l Forestry l Cemeteries l Buildings & Grounds • Several issues at Oak Hill are being resolved and ongoing. Many ownership issues lately, assisted numerous families for ownership issues. This is ongoing and ramping up. LTE employment looked at, looking for applicants. • Address past errors in record keeping at Oak Hill, ongoing. Many new issues found. • DPW Admin Assistant is working on finding possible remedies for the Oak Hill Columbarium issues. • Columbarium pads are poured, expect the 2 columbaria in mid October. • Sexton shed is staked out. Fence is moved, trees removed. Waiting for project to begin • Meet with Comptroller, Admin and Asst. Admin regarding ERF and CIP • Storm cleanup, shop wall damaged, many large trees down. Oak Hill closed for 1 week. Crews will be working on Pioneer in future. Many issues repaired, several in process. • Attend Wisconsin Alliance of Cemeteries conference in Milwaukee. DPW would like to thank the Town of Linn DPW, Village of Genoa City DPW, Town of Geneva DPW for all the coordination and assistance since the storm on 03 July.