George O. Watson – Director
geowatson@fortfairfield.org
28 Cheney Grove Road
Fort Fairfield, Maine 04742-0350
Work - (207) 472-3804
Fax - (207) 472-3810
Mission of Public Works | Annual Report To Citizens (pdf) | Employees | Buildings/Ground
Equipment | Body Shop | Permits/Forms | Pavement | Construction | Snow Removal
The mission of Public Works is to provide the citizens of Fort Fairfield with ongoing and seasonally operations and maintenances programs within and extensive network within other departments as well as the State of Maine organizations.
Within our double township, our Public Works Department oversees all infrastructures within our Urban and Rural areas. This includes all storm water drainage systems, streets, roadways, culvert installations, sidewalks, bridges, dams, street lighting, street/road signage, snow removal, pavement, chip sealing and crack sealing and lawn maintenance to all Town owner property.
With regards to summer seasonally, we maintain over 66 rural miles, 11 urban miles, and 5 miles of sidewalks. Several municipals parking lots, three watershed dams, and a dike flood prevention dike system. Within the winter seasonally, we complete all snow removal to an additional 16 miles of State Aid Roadways, and complete all snow removal for the local School District.
Public Works is also responsibility for the general maintenance of all municipal owner equipment; this includes the Police, Fire and Recreation Departments.
| POSITION | NAME | YEARS OF SERVICE |
| Director | George O. Watson | 11 Years |
| Forman | Greg Helstrom | 27 Years |
| Equipment Operator | Mike Cyr | 22 Year |
| Equipment Operator | Steve Turner | 20 Years |
| Equipment Operator | Dave MacDougal | 12 Years |
| Equipment Operator | Robert Jarvis | 9 Years |
| Bodyman | Chas Dean | 6 Years |
| Build & Grounds | Chris Gamblin | 5 Years |
| Mechanic | Phil Rochford | 4 Year |
| Equipment Operator | Darren Condon | 4 Years |
| Equipment Operator | Renis LeVasseur | 2 Years |
With obtaining Council approval, we have one full time employee who completes all light building maintenances and general cleaning for all Town owned facilities during the year. This includes Town Office, Police Department, Library, Armory, Recreation Department, Farm Park Bathroom Facilities and Public Works Department.
This employee with the assistance of a part time summer person completes the lawn care for Main Street, Block House, Library, Town Office, Fire Department, Recreation Department, Puddle Dock Facility, Two Cemeteries, Boat Landing Area, Monson Pond Camping, Farm Park Area, and several acres of green space within our Township.
Within the Public Works Department, we maintain and operate over fifty different pieces of equipment. Within our fleet are three pick-ups, two one-ton dumps, eight dump trucks, one trailer dump, two pay loaders, two road graders, two bulldozers, a street sweeper, a rubber tired backhoe, a gravel screen plant and five different trailers ranging from a 25 ton low bed to an eight by eight utility trailer.
With our in-house staff, we complete all repairs, servicing and State of Maine Inspection for all Municipal (Police, Fire, Recreation and Public Works) vehicles.
Public Works also services and maintains two 12,000-gallon fuel tanks and provides a 24-hour fueling system for Police Dept, Fire Dept, Recreation Dept, Water/Sewer Dept, SAD # 20, and the Housing Authority.
The Town of Fort Fairfield has and operates an O.S.H.A. approved body shop for heavy equipment. This shop is seventy-five feet long by twenty-five feet wide and has sixteen-foot ceilings. With having a qualified body person, we are able to complete all aspects of this operation under one roof. With obtaining Town Council Approval, we now offer this service to other public works municipals within the area. We are now expanding this to also include any other municipal departments.
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