The Street Division is dedicated to the repair and maintenance of our streets, right-of-ways, parks, vehicles, and equipment.

The Street Division’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Roadway patching, grind and overlay, shoulder repair, and garbage collection.
2. Street sweeping.
3. Sidewalk replacement (reactionary, to resident complaints).
4. Catch basin cleaning.
5. Tree trimming and removal.
6. Sign installation and repair.
7. Street striping.
8. Vehicle maintenance.
9. Snow and ice control.
10. Park maintenance and repair.

2009/2010 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1. The continuation of our “in-house” asphalt overlay program. At present we have done a curb-to-curb overlay on a total of 15 streets equalling 5.56 lane miles of roadway using 4,994 tons of hot asphalt and 3,085 gallons of tack emulsion. We have also increased our spot hot asphalt patching and utility cut restorations. In this past construction season we have used 171 tons of hot asphalt for utility cuts and 119 tons on pot holes throughout town. This represents areas mainly east of Route 31.
2. The grinding of 7.91 lane miles of road surface.
3. The continued stock pilling and utilization of our grindings in washouts, as a base to roadwork and any roadside restoration that is required of us. This has saved an estimated $8,000 in our roadway maintenance budget.
4. Began a roadside restoration program on major roadways using limestone to strengthen the road edges and improve the appearance of these roads. We used 589 ton of limestone in this program.
5. Built a half block stacking lane at Parkview School along Carpenter blvd.
6. Street sweeping program we swept the village 5 times in our 8-month sweeping season. (2 spring sweepings, 1 summer sweeping and 2 fall sweepings)
7. Our continuing street sign replacement program to be compliant with the federal mandate issued in 1997 governing size and color of street signs and their associated lettering. We have replaced all of the signage from the Fox River east to the village limits.
8. Continue our stop sign replacement program. As we replace our street signs we are also replacing the stop signs at all intersections, going from a 24 inch non-standard to a 30-inch standard hi – intensity grade stop sign. We plan on having this program completed in the next 2 years. 
9. We have continued to develop, implement and modify practices; policies and procedures that will allow our division to better serve the citizens of our village and make our crews more productive and efficient.
10. In the year beginning January 1, 2009 we used 73 ton of U.P.M. cold mix asphalt for pothole repairs. A majority of this material was used between January and April of 2009. As you may notice this total is down from the previous year. This is due in part to the overlay program we have in place. By overlaying these streets we are seeing a reduction in maintenance costs in our overall budget.
11. After the unusual winter of last winter and throughout this winter the Street Division has had a significant increase in our overall response for snow and Ice removal. As a result of all factors concerned including the age and condition of our fleet and budgetary restraints, we instituted new routes, policies and revised our procedures to address the shortfalls of last year. This has included a reduction in overtime response from 14 trucks to 6 trucks saving the village both in overtime costs and salt usage without compromising the safety or quality of the services that we provide.
12. The reorganization this year of our construction crews has proven to be a great success.  In assigning the majority of our crew to first grind and prepare roads for overlaying then doing the overlay we have increased our productivity and accountability. We completed our overlay list 4 weeks early allowing us to complete all utility cuts in a timely manner and dedicate two crews to blitz the village and do spot hot asphalt patching at $48.00 per ton compared to the $129 per ton of U.P.M. this has also reduced the amount of pre-winter pot holes and pot hole patching.
13. We have begun to do in-house tree removal as a cost cutting measure. We are currently training key members of our staff in the art of proper and safe tree removal.
14. Successfully secured contracts for:

• crack seal within the Kimball Farms and Shenandoah subdivisions,
• street striping,
• the purchase and planting of 17 parkway trees, and
• grounds maintenance.

1. As always we will make ourselves available to any other division or department within the village along with any organization that has for its purpose the betterment of our community.
2. Funding dependent, the expansion of our hot mix asphalt program to include 5 – 7 lane miles of roadway. Our goal is to complete the overlays in the Indian section and move to the hills / old town section this year.
3. Continue to stockpile and utilize our grindings for various roadsides and to use in road base repairs where needed.
4. To explore new procedures and equipment that will enable us to continue to be at the forefront of both snow and ice removal and our asphalt program.
5. Continue our street sign and stop sign replacement program.
6. Repair and/or replace sections of sidewalks and curb lines that are in our estimation, a safety hazard to our residents.
7. To monitor and review any changes in the federal and state guidelines for M.U.T.C.D. and adjust our guidelines and procedures accordingly. 
8. To apply for any federal and state funding to assist in our in-house road rehabilitation projects.
9. Expand upon our tree crew to include large trees on right of ways that are dead or dying. This will save thousands of dollars in contractor fees.

2009/2010 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1. The successful continuation of our preventive maintenance program allowing for the systematic maintenance and troubleshooting of all rolling stock within our maintenance jurisdiction.
2. The stocking of various parts for rapid repairs of our vehicles and equipment.
3. The purchase of various small tools allowing our mechanics the ability to perform repairs in-house as opposed to outsourcing this work, saving the village precious resources.
4. Continued to take advantage of several state contracts with area vendors for performing certain work and purchases, saving the village several thousand dollars.
5. Continued to track the maintenance and repairs and their associated costs, of all of our vehicles and equipment.
6. Contracted various vendors within the village at a lower cost than those outside of our village to provide certain services that we are not equipped to do in-house.
7. Kept several vehicles and pieces of equipment well past their life cycle usable for the various projects we are responsible for.
8. Stocked certain items for immediate replacement as opposed to waiting until a piece of equipment is inoperable before ordering a part.

1. To increase productivity by requiring additional documentation during preventive maintenance checks.
2. To have the capability of diagnosing problems in-house with a scanning unit capable of reading large truck onboard computer centers.
3. Utilize recently purchased tools and equipment to complete more repairs in-house and minimize the out-sourcing of repairs.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

Contact Information

Jack Clifton, Street Superintendent
Email: JClifton@vil.carpentersville.il.us

Village of Carpentersville
220 Lake Marian Road, Unit C
Carpentersville, IL 60110
Phone: 847/551-3494