Maintenance

Maintenance Divisions and Responsibilities
About Us Within the Parks and Recreation Department is the Maintenance Division. This is the principal authority of grounds maintenance for the City of Newton. The responsibilities for the Maintenance Division comprise maintaining all school grounds, all public building grounds including City Hall, the Newton Main Library and Police Headquarters, all parks and playgrounds, community centers, open space areas and a variety of traffic islands and abutments. We utilize both a contractual and departmental workforce to accomplish this.	Contact Information Newton Parks and Recreation Maintenance Division 124 Vernon Street Newton, MA 02458 617-796-1526 Contact Dave Mandatori, Superintendent Contact Derek Mannion, Assistant Superintendent
Maintenance Division Eleven employees along with 2 managers oversee the Maintenance Division We oversee maintenance at 51 parks, 45 playground locations, 21 schools, 15 recreation buildings, 4 libraries and 4 community centers Irrigation Maintenance Responsible for all irrigation maintenance, irrigation emergencies and repairs at 42 locations. Locations include: athletic fields, fountains, parks, sprinkler parks, schools, Nahanton Gardens, Newton Center Flower Garden, Newton Center tennis courts and the Senior Center Garden Supervise all contractual irrigation installations and emergency repairs	Community Court Restitution Program Supervise court programs for Brighton, Cambridge, Framingham, Malden, Newton and Waltham Responsible for supervision of tasks, personnel, equipment and materials for this year round program
Field Marking Responsible for field marking (practice and game) at over 42 locations Layout, install and mark fields for baseball, field hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer, softball and track & field (all levels of play) Groups that use our fields include the 5 Little Leagues (North, South, East, West, and Central), Newton Girls Soccer, Newton Youth Soccer, Trinity Catholic High School, adult baseball, adult soccer and adult softball leagues, and all 21 schools including freshman, junior varsity, and varsity for both boys and girls	Fence Repairs Responsible for the installation, maintenance and repair of over 30 miles of chain link fence and guard rail. Maintains numerous distinct types of fencing at athletic fields, baseball backstops, basketball courts, batting cages, brooks, cemeteries, city reservoirs, conservation areas, electrical boxes, footpaths, historic sites, parks, playgrounds, parking lots, public areas, pumping stations, recreation buildings, recreational swimming areas, residential sites (due to snow plow damage), schools and tennis courts
Athletic Area Preparation 11 Baseball Fields 38 Basketball Courts 8 Basketball Standards 7 Bocce Courts 5 Field Hockey Fields 8 Football Fields (includes practice) 12 Lacrosse Fields 30 Little League Fields 3 Running Tracks 18 Soccer Fields 22 Softball Fields 29 Youth Size Soccer Fields 71 Tennis Courts 3 Synthetic Fields	Carpentry Construct more than 20 picnic tables per year Construct new home plates/pitching rubbers for ballfields Build salt barrel stands (for winter) Repair city benches Install Departmental signage Repair all City wooden fences and 3 wooden bridges Annually construct 100 new traffic sawhorses for DPW Equipment Repair Maintain and repair over 50 pieces of equipment including: 13 specialty units, 6 mowers, 11 trailers, 4 tractors, 1 sander, 2 water tanks, all snow plows and all turf maintenance equipment and accessories Ice Skating on Natural Areas Daily inspection of ice thickness, quality and type of ice (snow ice etc.). Plow and plane ice as needed
Playground Repairs Annually repair and/or replace all damaged/unsafe playground equipment at the 45 locations throughout the City Install 700-1000 cubic yards of Fibar (engineered wood fiber carpet playground surfacing)	Snow Removal Oversee contractual snow services at 31 locations (21 schools, City Hall, Police Headquarters, Main Library, Ed Center, Senior Center, Carr School, Auburndale Library, Waban Library, Burr Park and Kennard Estate) Departmentally we remove snow at 20 locations (5 Departments, 13 Recreation Buildings/Locations, 1 Library and 1 Community Center)
Specialty Event Preparations BAA Marathon Fourth of July Harvest Fest Waban Village Day Heartbreak Hill Youth Race Newton Serves NGS.NYS Soccer Tournament Farmers Market Spring Fest	Synthetic Fields Perform regular Inspections Grooming maintenance every two weeks at 3 synthetic fields (March – November) Regular removal of dirt and litter Removal of any stains, fluid spills or paint Use tow behind magnet to remove unwanted metal items Removal of any fungus, mold or mildew (via a portable tow behind sprayer) Minor synthetic turf repairs Remove leaves as needed Topdress fields with additional infill as required Verti-top annually (tow behind tractor accessory); this removes, sifts and redeposits infill (removes many unseen items including hair)
Turf Maintenance Oversee contractually mowing at 109 locations, pruning at 49 locations and mulch at 28 locations Departmentally we mow turf at over 200 locations, responsible for leaf removal at over 225 locations, responsible for pruning at 50 locations	Turf Management Departmentally we manage 100 acres of irrigated athletic turf and 100 acres of non-irrigated athletic turf Four times a year we fertilize our turf; twice a year we aerify and slice seed