Dixon Public Property Department - A Department with a Caring Touch

The City of Dixon Public Property Department maintains and cares not only for the buildings and property in Dixon, but also its people.  One of the main duties for personnel in the Public Property Department is to operate, maintain, and care for Oakwood Cemetery located at 416 South Dement Avenue.  What comes along with this important responsibility is the caring for grieving families and friends.  Superintendent Curt Phillips along with cemetery workers Martin Swegle and Matt Moeller meet with citizens for anything from securing the purchase of a family lot to assisting in burials to assisting in stone monument preparations.

Memorial Day is a special time in Oakwood Cemetery when American flags line the streets throughout the cemetery.  Public Property workers spend many hours mowing and trimming Oakwood for families, friends, and veterans to enjoy and remember. Other items that are maintained by the city workers at Oakwood Cemetery include a mausoleum, a maintenance shed, numerous streets, and water lines.

The responsibilities of the Public Property Department extend far beyond Oakwood Cemetery.  Every piece of land and structure that is not part of one of the other city departments is tended to by the Public Property workers.  These areas include all city parking lots, the city boat dock, parkways along state highways, city owned grass lots, and a number of detention areas.

The Public Property Department also hangs flags, petunia baskets, wreaths and other decorations on light poles throughout the City of Dixon.  In the winter time, the employees remove snow and salt all public parking lots and the sidewalks on the bridges.  In the summer time, Public Property workers prepare the vast number of petunia beds for planting and take care of the watering after planting.  Others areas of responsibility include the maintaining and painting of railings and also the removal of vandalism from city owned areas.

As the city grows, the responsibilities of the Public Property Department expand as well.  The goal of this department is to plan for and seek better ways in maintaining the large investments made to our community while at the same time faithfully taking care of the valuable resources we, the City of Dixon, already have.