Be Prepared for Snow Emergencies
10/28/2021
The City of Nevada’s Snow Emergency will AUTOMATICALLY be in effect whenever 1 inch or more of snow has fallen.
Street Department
515-382-4813
The City Street Department has seven employees, who are responsible for the following:
Maintaining, cleaning, and repairing 44.21 lane miles of roadway and right-of-way
Replacing and repairing all signs in the right of way
Performing snow removal on all city streets, alleys, and public parking lots
Removing trees on city property and right-of-way
Operating and maintaining all excavation and road maintenance equipment
Reviewing and commenting on construction site plans submitted to the city
Assisting the water and wastewater departments, and parks and recreation department with excavation, grading, and repair of city utilities and grounds
Clearing of City sewer blockages
Doing concrete paving repair on city property
Street Department employees: (from left) Dave Harrison, Nathan Holl, Mike Ackerman,
Jamie Tendall, Doug Pratt, and Streets Supervisor Joe Mousel.
Pothole Repair Proccess
1) Pothole is cleaned out
2) Oil is put in the hole
3) An oil and rock mixture is put in the hole
4) Dry rock is put over the patched area to keep oil from tracking, while it cures
5) City workers come by after the curing process (about a week later) and sweep up any loose rock that remains
Quick LInks:
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Street Supervisor
Joe Mousel
Joe Mousel has been with the City of Nevada since Aug. 24,