City of Peachtree Corners Adds Public Works Department

Meet the Public Works Team

Pictured: Public Works Director Greg Ramsey, Field Services Manager Johnny Lawler, Citizen Responder Alvenease Jackson, and the crew members Jim Price, Trenton Hunt, Inmar Viera, Vincent Thompson, Thomas Heard and Roberto Granados make up the Public Works Department.

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Have you noticed a number of areas across the city looking as though they have been spruced up? Well, there is good reason: the City now has its own Public Works Department.

Starting on November 1, 2014, the Mayor and City Council elected to expand the services of the existing CH2M Hill team to include Public Works. These new folks are responsible for handling the maintenance responsibilities on city streets and the city’s right of way.

Those responsibilities also include managing pavement issues, resurfacing programs, street sign problems, and replacements, as well as mowing grass, and pruning of trees, and bushes in the right of way.

The Public Works team has been on the job just a short time, but there is already considerable improvement at intersections where trash, debris, and weeds have been removed. Also, a few pot holes have been patched, and several areas of overgrown vegetation, and fallen trees have been cleared.

This new department is led by Public Works Director, Greg Ramsey, who shared some of his thoughts on the new expanded services offered by the City:

“We are excited to be here to serve the citizens of this beautiful community,” said Ramsey. “We are proud of the accomplishments from the first month, but we have so much more we can do in the coming months to make this area shine. We want to provide an opportunity for our citizens to be proud of what their City can do for them.”

A couple of major new tools are helping Public Works achieve success.

The City’s Fix-It App, available by download for free on your smart phone by searching “Peachtree Corners,” has been used by hundreds of people to submit issues for maintenance, repair or replacement in the right of way.

Also, the City is now providing a Citizen Response Center, where calls to the main phone line are answered 24 hours a day by an actual live person. Those calls are routed based on the request, but these Citizen Responders will be able to raise the level of customer service the CH2M Hill team is able to deliver to the citizens of Peachtree Corners.

For questions: contact Public Works Director Greg Ramsey at gramsey@peachtreecornersga.gov.