b'Public WorksMission StatementThrough our dedicated employees, Beaufort County Public Works provides essential infrastructure services to the citizens ofthe County in a prompt and cost-eective manner. The Public Works Department actively works to maintain and promote aquality of life through the advancement and maintenance of sustainable infrastructure and public works services in BeaufortCounty. As a department, we are dedicated to continually providing eective and courteous service to our citizens whileensuring a safe and collaborative work environment for all employees.Goals and ObjectivesContinued focus on County owned sidewalks, boat landings, and infrastructure maintenance and repairs.Continue to provide an ecient Solid Waste & Recycling operation to include better convenience centers and expandedrecycling opportunities.Continue to look for training opportunities for existing sta to provide excellent service to the citizens of Beaufort County.Continue FEMA training for key characters involved in the activation of Public Works Coordination Center (PWCC).Department DescriptionThe Beaufort County Public Works Department operationally runs the following divisions: Roads & Drainage (North & South oftheBroad),StormwaterUtility,GroundsMaintenance,GeneralSupport,TracOperations,FleetManagement,DisasterRecovery and Solid Waste & Recycling. The Public Works Departments span of duties includes but is not limited to themaintaining grounds for all County owned buildings and facilities, maintenance and repair of County roads and drainagesystems, managing all eet assets for County as well as County aliates, monitoring and overseeing the Stormwater Utilityprogram, coordinating and assisting with high dollar capital infrastructure projects, assisting in providing rst responder ofdisaster recovery services to the community during emergency events and providing solid waste & recycling opportunities forthe citizens of Beaufort County.Performance MeasuresContinue to provide routine maintenance on County assets and infrastructure.Have a Departmental presence at all 27 Disaster Recovery Function Meetings.Continue to follow schedules for road maintenance throughout the County.Budget Highlights and Special NotesPurchased several pieces of heavy equipment to replace the old and existing pieces of machinery within the PublicWorks eet.Personnel numbers to remain stagnant for the coming scal year.Expenditures Summary$3,955,376 -$250,555(-5.96% vs. prior year)Beaufort County, SC | Budget Book 2024 Page 335'