The Buildings & Grounds Division has three major responsibilities within the Public Works Department; Buildings, Grounds, and Cemeteries.

Buildings Section

The Buildings Section is responsible for facility maintenance of the City of Greenville buildings, which includes approximately 800,000 square feet. Specifically, employees of this section perform maintenance of HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and safety-related devices, in addition to custodial services. This section also schedules and completes work requests from other departments city-wide, executes facility construction projects, assists in setup of community events such as PirateFest, Freeboot Friday, and holiday decorations in the Downtown area.

Grounds Section

The Grounds Section is responsible for vegetation management program of City properties. The responsibilities of this section includes litter removal, mowing, mulching, fertilizing, planting and herbicide applications. The Grounds Section also maintains the rights-of-way trees within the City, including maintenance trimming, removal of hazardous trees and planting of all trees on the City Rights-of-way and Public Properties. The Assistant Public Works Director also is designated as the City Arborist, and enforces the Tree Ordinance.

Cemetery Operations

Cemetery Operations are the responsibility of the Buildings & Grounds Division and this is also managed by the Grounds Section. The Grounds Section performs opening and closing of graves, niches, and crypts, supervision of landscape maintenance performed by contractors and City staff at the City Cemeteries.

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