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South Charlestons Public Works crews can do anything, their director said. That includes building houses. With one already constructed and sold, they are working on a second in the Tremont Street area near the Montrose exit of Interstate 64. The 2,500- square-foot house should be completed within the next several months. Because the city is using its own labor, construction costs can be kept down. But that doesnt mean the quality of the work suffers, Public Works Director Gerald Burgy said. We build everything to above code, he said Friday as he stood next to the foundation of the second home. We dont skimp on anything. The center support of the home is a steel beam, and construction crews also poured concrete into the foundation blocks to ensure there will be no cracks from a settling ...
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The city of Tulsa will restructure its Public Works Department by July 1 to improve efficiency, Mayor Dewey Bartlett said Thursday.
This is a work in progress and we might make mistakes along the way - some things may not work out as we envisioned - then we will regroup, retrain and reallocate," Bartlett said.
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U.S. Supreme Court ROEMER v. MARYLAND PUBLIC WORKS BD., 426 U.S. 736 (1976) 426 U.S. 736
ROEMER ET AL. v. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF MARYLAND ET AL. ...
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Jason Jonas has been hired as director of public works for Jefferson County. Jonas will start Oct. 1.
Bill Koehrer, director of public works, and Steve Oldham, deputy director, both retired in August, leaving the two top spots open.
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Former City Councilor George Trask has been told to stay away from the city public works garage - again.
City Manager Scott Morelli has ordered Trask not to enter the public works garage on Old Brunswick Road or speak to public works employees while on the job.
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DUMONT -- As the cleanup of Dumont's Department of Public Works property gets under way, questions remain about why the contamination wasn't removed decades ago.
The work of a council subcommittee charged with determining what happened -- or didn't happen -- at 1 Aladdin Ave. shows a borough long beset by lack of oversight, communication and accountability.
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EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine -- Town leaders effectively reaffirmed the March 12 firing of Public Works Department Director Daniel Violette on Monday despite his attorney's promise to sue the town for $1 million for allegedly violating state law in its termination process.
The Board of Selectmen emerged from an executive session and voted 5-0 against a motion to rehire Violette and place him on administrative leave pending the outcome of Violette's grievance. With that, attorney Richard Violette Jr., Violette's brother, handed selectmen a letter saying he intended to sue the town.
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An internal investigation into who was responsible for damaging protected wetlands in a Hempfield park has exonerated a township supervisor and blames the public works director, according to a report.
Township attorney Les Mlakar said the work in Hempfield Park, ordered by Public Works Director Mike Volpe, was unintentional and resulted from confusion over whether Volpe needed a permit to perform work within a certain distance from the wetlands.