Under the direction of the
Service Director/ Road Superintendent, John Peltier, the Service
Department is responsible for the maintenance of 60.55 miles of
township dedicated roadways, township owned road equipment and
non-contracted building services for the Bath Township
Administration Complex, including Police and Fire Departments,
West Bath Road Building and the Ira Road Salt Facility. There
are presently nine full-time employees and one administrative
assistant for the service department. The Service Department
works closely with the Parks Administrator and Cemetery Sexton, for
five cemeteries, as needed.
The Road Department handles
snow removal and ice control for 188.80 lane miles of township
roadways of which, hills, bridges and school bus routes receive
priority treatment. Mid-November thru March, 24 hour snow and
ice control coverage is available Sunday midnight, thru Friday
midnight. Saturday shifts are covered by on-call,
overtime.
Infrastructure repair and
replacement is on-going as Major Capital Improvement Projects
which are bid to contractors yearly, prioritized as needed and
funding is available. Road surface replacement, drainage
projects, and crossover culvert replacements are examples of
recent projects.
Regular surface maintenance of roadways
includes asphalt patching and concrete replacement of
street, sidewalk, curb, and gutter sections. Roadside
ditching, mowing, and erosion control to ensure proper road
drainage is performed throughout the year on township
roadways.
Keeping storm sewers free of ice, debris removal, as well as rebuilding systems for the
proper drainage of roadways are functions of the road
department.
Maintenance, placement, and re-placement of all township roadway
signage is the responsibility of the road department; including
the clearance of brush within the right-of-way.
A “Right-of-Way Excavation Permit”
application in the amount of $50 and a non-cash deposit in
the amount of $800 is required for new
construction of a residential drive culvert on any township
dedicated roadway.
Driveway culvert replacement
requests are submitted to the Road
Superintendent, for review. Ditch enclosures are no longer
permitted as of January 2006 due to flooding issues.
A “Special Hauling Permit” application,
accompanied by $100 fee and $10,000 cash bond,
must be received by the Road Superintendent before moving
equipment exceeding the legal load limit onto a township
roadway.
When purchasing a vehicle license
plate, a portion of the fee goes to your residential taxing
district. Please be sure to indicate “Bath Township” (not
Akron) as your taxing district when renewing your tags. This
keeps a portion of your tax dollar where you live and drive!
