Public Works

Town Offices

The Director of Public Works provides oversight to Facilities Management, the Highway Department, Landfill, the Inmate Coordinators, and Trash & Recycling.

Responsibilities include:

Preparing operations and capital improvements budgets
Managing personnel matters
Interfacing with Town Departments, Board of Selectman, Board of Finance, Permanent Building Commission, School's Business Manager
Facilitating approval process for major capital projects between Town Departments and State agencies
All roof replacements including the schools
Maintaining all Town properties and roads
All capital renovation or new construction projects

Facilities Management

Julie Oakes
Facilities Manager
joakes@suffieldct.gov

Responsibilities include:

Periodic inspections, maintenance, renovations of existing Town buildings
Obtaining bids for various projects
Processing purchase orders and payment requisitions
Oversight of contractors for new construction/renovation projects
Long-range planning for property maintenance
Tracking of training programs to meet State and Federal requirements
Assisting the Director of Public Works in preparation of annual budget

Inmate Coordinators

Clint White and James Johnson, under the direction of Mark Cervione, are responsible for pick-up and transportation of four inmates from the Willard Cybulski Correctional Institution, Somers, CT. The inmates are low risk individuals, at the end of their sentences, and provide thousands of man hours to the Town each year at no cost. The coordinators are responsible for scheduling daily activities of the inmates in coordination with the Highway Foreman to complete an effective working team. The inmates complete tasks such as demolition and cleaning during renovation projects, painting building interiors, snow removal, raking of leaves and general property maintenance..