Building Maintenance
- Maintains and provide support to more than 20 city buildings plus 100 other various facilities and structures.
- Completes capital projects related to building maintenance.
- Assist with leases for buildings, grounds, and parks.
- Projects - design and construction contracts for special projects related to public buildings.
- Manage service contracts:
- Custodial
- Elevator
- DDC Controls
- Mechanical Services
- Support other City departments and divisions.
Grounds Maintenance
Enhances the quality of life and promote economic vitality in Sitka by maintaining and expanding recreational opportunities for residents and visitors. The employees work together to manage, operate, administer and maintain the City’s grounds, park and recreation infrastructure and facilities. Four to five temporary grounds assistants are hired during the summer season.
Infrastructure includes:
- over 8 miles of trails
- 7 parks
- 3 playgrounds
- 2 recreation sites
- 9 athletic fields
- 26 landscape areas and grounds (flower beds, shrubs, over 800 ornamental trees around Sitka’s public buildings and other public areas)
- Kaisei-Maru Interpretive Memorial Site
- Tom Young Memorial Cabin
- Tony Hrebar Memorial Shooting Range
- City Cemetery
- Park lands include a total of 109 acres with 27.2 acres (1,186,661 sq. ft.) of turf
Responsibilities includes:
- Operate athletic fields – maintenance of grounds and facilities; field scheduling and field use for 16 different sports and recreation user groups.
- Maintain landscape beds and trees – manage over 800 park/urban trees, maintain landscape and flower beds at 21 public buildings and harbors.
- Manage playgrounds/play courts –3 city playground’s equipment maintenance.
- Planning and administration for fee programs and Commercial Operator permits
- Support public input and process via 4 boards and committees.
- Park and Recreation facility development – planning, inspection & operation.
- Turf Management – turf is found throughout parks, athletic fields, school grounds, harbors and the City’s open spaces.
- Parks and Miscellaneous site management – infrastructure maintained at seven parks include, picnic shelters, gazebos, bathhouses, picnic tables, benches, restrooms, parking lots, etc.
- Trails Program – 8.1 miles of city trails and nine trailheads including 6 urban and 3 remote trails.
- Support other City departments and divisions.
