The Service Department employs a Service Foreman and Assistant Foreman who serve under the Public Service and Economic Development Director to provide services for the City. A staff of union workers provides snow and leaf removal, landscaping and maintenance of City properties and buildings, maintain City vehicles, and provide service and maintenance to the City sewer system when appropriate.

The Fairview Park Service Department, under the direction of Jim Kennedy, is supervised by Service Foreman, Jim Maat, and Assistant Foreman, Terry Rohr, and is comprised of 25 full time employees. 

This department is responsible for sewer work, recycling, cemetery maintenance, streets, snow plowing, tree trimming, tree planting, maintenance of all municipal buildings, maintenance of all city vehicles, leaf pick-up and grass cutting in parks. They also assist the Recreation Department in ball diamond and park maintenance.

THE CITY TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT is manned and maintained by Mike Green who is responsible for street signs, traffic signals, and street painting. The Traffic Department phone number is 440-356-4446. 

2008 STREET REPAIR PROGRAM
The Annual Street Repair Program will complete its 19th year in 2008 with the repair and resurfacing of nine streets as well as the Bain Park basketball court and the access drive to Bohlken Park.  Notification letters will be sent to affected residents in advance of commencement of repair work.

As part of the city's ongoing efforts to improve infrastructure, a major storm and sanitary sewer replacement project was recently completed on South Sagamore Avenue. In 2008, the city will complete the Ward 2 Sewer Rehabilitation Project, which will consist of sanitary and storm sewer repair and replacement on Addington Boulevard, West 215 Street and Eastwood Avenue. Finally, during the year, the city will begin to install permanent restrictors on all storm sewer catch basins to create retention and  reduce storm water flow, thereby reducing storm water infiltration. Last year, the Service Department upgraded needed equipment and facilities, and additional facilities improvements are planned for 2008, including new generator equipment for City Hall and for the Senior Center.

RUBBISH COLLECTION SERVICES
In an effort to reduce operational costs and at the same time maintain a high level of service to our residents, the City has entered into a contract with Republic Waste Services for the collection of residential rubbish, including yard waste, beginning November 6, 2006.  There is no charge to residents for this service.   Recycling of blue bag materials (glass, cans and plastic) and newspapers will continue to be provided by the City.  Residential garbage should be placed out by 7:00 a.m. on regularly scheduled days.   Appliances will be picked up on your regular garbage day and yard waste can be placed in plastic bags for regular pick up.  Questions can be directed to the Service Department at 440-356-4410.

SPECIAL TIPS & HELPFUL REMINDERS:
Please DO NOT place garbage out prior to 5:00 p.m. the day before your regular scheduled pick-up date. Placing garbage out before this time is in violation of City Code 521.05 (c).

Appliances, furniture and large metal items are picked up on your regular collection day.

Empty paint cans, because of residue, go in regular garbage.

Cardboard boxes, plastic bags or small buckets cannot be used as a container to dispose of yard waste. Please flatten boxes and put out with your regular trash.

Aerosol cans are recyclable. Please do not attempt to flatten this type of can. Just remove the cap and put the can in your recycling bag and the cap in the regular garbage.

Tires must be separated from their rims and placed on your tree lawn. Only two tires per house per week will be collected.

Carpeting and padding will be taken on your regular collection day if it is neatly rolled no longer than four feet long and no heavier than 40 pounds per piece and placed on your tree lawn.

Brush must be cut into four-foot lengths and bundled with non-metallic ties.

Tree stumps and small logs weighing no more than 40 pounds each will also be collected on your regular trash day. Firewood size logs neatly stacked on tree lawn will also be collected.

Recyclables: Blue bags are for plastics #1 & #2, glass and metal only. You can purchase large blue bags at your local grocer or you can use the small blue bags that are used to package your groceries.

Newspapers should be either tied with non-metallic string or placed in a paper grocery bag. This prevents the papers from blowing away.

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: Changes in refuse collection will occur due to the following OFFICIAL holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If your collection day is on the official holiday or any day following the holiday, your collection day will be one day later. Normal collection will resume the following Monday.

The following days are NOT City holidays: Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Columbus Day and Veterans Day.

FIRE DEPARTMENT COLLECTS ALUMINUM CANS: These cans are then recycled with all the profits benefiting the Burn Unit of Metro General Hospital and subsequent youth support activities. You can participate by separating cans from all other recyclables. These cans can be dropped off at the bin located next to our Fire Department on the east side of city hall.