Lake City Public Works

City doesn’t do private tree work

Feb 24, 2021

After an article in the Graphic about the city cutting down ash trees and otherwise trimming trees on public rights-of-way and public property, the city public works department started getting calls from people asking the city to work on trees growing on private property. The department wants to...

City weathers bitter cold snap

Feb 17, 2021

A bitter streak of days where temperatures remained mostly below zero appear to be coming to an end. A mostly mild winter has given way to plunging temps as the Lake City-area, along with most of the nation, has found itself mired in cold, even for winter, weather. Lake City Public Works Director...

Skaters take to lake, ponds

Dec 30, 2020

It’s been cold lately, but not cold enough for long enough to get a skating surface on the Lake City ice skating rink at Underwood Park. Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen said that with a shallow rink and a dark surface that absorbs heat, ice on the rink can begin to melt in...

Snowstorm was earliest in years

Oct 28, 2020

The snowstorm of Tuesday, Oct. 20, was the earliest plow event in at least 22 years, according to City of Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen. “The Halloween storm that is often referenced would be the earliest in our recollection and plowing likely started on Nov. 1,” he said of the 1991...

City council eliminates meter reader position

Oct 14, 2020

As of Tuesday, the Lake City Public Utilities no longer has a meter reader. The Lake City City Council voted Monday night to eliminate the position. A second vote approved a severance package for the city’s now-former meter reader Ed Borner. In a letter from city Public Works Director Scott Jensen...

New leaf vac truck making rounds

Oct 7, 2020

Lake City’s annual leaf pickup service began this week. Residents can rake their fallen leaves into the gutter to be picked up by the city’s new leaf vac truck. The $209,000 vehicle from MacQueen Equipment arrived this summer. It can be operated by a single person. The truck it replaced required...

Chip sealing on Green Parkway, Clubhouse Drive

Aug 5, 2020

On Tuesday, Lake City Public Works announced that chip sealing will take place on all of Green Parkway and Clubhouse Drive in Lake City beginning Thursday (today) and lasting roughly two days. Seven to 10 days later the street sweeper will sweep the streets.

Popular service gets an upgrade

Jul 8, 2020

The City of Lake City has a new leaf vac truck. It replaces an old unit that was built in 2000 on a 1994 chassis by Lake City Public Works, according to Public Works Director Scott Jensen. The old leaf truck was becoming expensive to maintain and unreliable. “We had growing breakdowns that kept...

Letter: Replacing overhead wires compounded storm damage

Oct 2, 2019

To the editor: I’ve lived in a house on S. Oak Street for about 15 years. A five-block stretch of S. Oak Street from Center St. to Lakewood St. was designated an historic district by the Lake City City Council in 2016 as a “means of protecting the history and character of one of the city’s most...

Letter: Council made the wrong decision about street repairs

Jun 19, 2019

To the editor: A special thanks to the Graphic on the article in the June 13 paper about citizens trying to get streets repaired. Pine Grove Lane and Lilac Lane were put on a resurfacing plan in 2017 to be reclaimed. I went to meetings of the City Council to understand why streets that were noted...