Public Works is responsible for the maintenance of our City streets.  Our crews perform street sweeping, crack sealing, and pothole repair.  The City annually bids for chip sealing work to be done on our streets as part of preventative maintenance.    

To report street damage or areas of concern please call 428-3160. 

The City uses three dump trucks equipped with snowplows, two sanders, front end loader, and a motor grader to remove snow from the streets.  Buskerud Construction is under contract with the City to remove snow from the downtown area. 

Priority is given to clear the emergency snow routes in town. 

The Emergency Snow Routes are essentially as follows:  3^rd Street, 4^th Street, Garfield Avenue, Iowa Avenue, and 7^th Street on the way out of town to the East.  Whenever there is at least a two-inch snowfall, these routes will be plowed.  It is illegal for you to park your car on these streets after two inches of snow hits the ground.  If you do not get your car off the street, it can be ticketed and towed off of the street.  This is necessary to allow the plow crews to get the emergency snow routes cleared. 

Perimeter streets are a close second on the priority list to get plowed by our Public Works crews.  These streets, in general, would be:  Garfield, 15^th Street, Highway 77, and Centennial.  When the emergency routes are cleared, along with the perimeter streets, the crews move towards the other areas of town.    All vehicles must be removed from the street in all other areas within 24 hours after the first plowing to allow all areas to be cleared curb to curb.

The City of Dell Rapids adopted a Mosquito Control and Prevention Plan in 2004 in efforts to reduce the population of vector mosquitoes that can transmit the West Nile Virus to humans.  The City purchased chemicals, mosquito traps, and an Ultra Low Volume (ULV) Sprayer in 2004 with 50% matching funds provided under the Mosquito Control and Prevention Grant program administered by the South Dakota Department of Health.