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Public works, by the numbers

Original post made on Jun 4, 2010

By residents and reporters, city business is most often measured in decisions made. But the vast majority of a city's work goes on outside the air-conditioned confines of council chambers.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, June 4, 2010, 10:58 AM

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Posted by Leslie Gordon
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 4, 2010 at 4:36 pm

Many thanks to the employees in the Menlo Park Public Works Department. It's good to see positive stories like this.

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Posted by Betty Meisner
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Jun 4, 2010 at 4:42 pm

Kudos to Menlo Park's Public Works Department! Given the vast range of situations, machinery, people, etc. that PW staff deals with, they do commendable work. I'm glad to see that their diligence and dedication is duly and publicly acknowledged.

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Posted by Dharma
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 4, 2010 at 9:43 pm

It would be helpful to note which of these tasks was actually contracted out (roofing, trees, traffic lights, sidewalk trip hazards). As for "maintaining 15.6 miles of right-of-way, 5.3 miles of medians, 1,555 storm drain inlets, 14 parks, and two ponds, and renovated nine sports fields", that sounds like wishful thinking to those of us who use the parks, walk, ride and drive the roads and look at the weeds.

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Posted by my view
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jun 5, 2010 at 7:01 am

Mr. Steffens trying to defend his salary, which was just elevated by $10000 because he threatened to leave.

I really like the sidewalk repairs; they grind off high edges rather than doing the job right. They spend vast amounts on studies such as the downtown parking study, which are predetermined to yield answers they want. Bloated staff and inept leadership all the way to the top, and a council about to approve another deficit budget.

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