Public Works runs the City's physical plant: streets and traffic, water, sewer, storm drainage, sanitation, and the engineering that builds and rebuilds them. Administration is at 1005 25th Avenue NE and engineering at 1025 25th Avenue NE, in the Public Works complex.
Chris Gaub is Public Works Director. Named staff who appear regularly in the minutes include City Engineer Jesse Patton, Development Review Coordinator Mark Juras, Street and Traffic Manager Eric Boyd, Street Superintendent Dan Palagi, Utility Manager Laura Lynch and Deputy Director Lonnie Hill.
Most of what Public Works does reaches the CityCommission as consent agenda items: professional services agreements, construction contract awards, change orders and final payments. Larger items get their own pages here — see LeadServiceLineReplacement, StormwaterMasterPlan and StreetMaintenanceDistrict.
The City received the NACWA Peak Performance Gold Award for 2024 for the WastewaterTreatmentPlant, which the City owns and which Veolia North America manages and operates under contract. The Gold Award requires a facility to have had no violations of its discharge permit for the calendar year.
Public Works: https://greatfallsmt.gov/283/Public-Works Water treatment: https://greatfallsmt.gov/1022/Water-Treatment-Plant Wastewater: https://greatfallsmt.gov/1023/Wastewater-Treatment NACWA award: https://greatfallsmt.gov/1031/NACWA-2024-Peak-Performance-Gold-Award