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In the simplest of terms, the
Community Services Department is responsible for providing core day-to-day
municipal services to the residents of Winter Haven. This includes streets and
traffic; commercial and residential garbage collection; parks and recreation;
libraries; cultural arts; protection and preservation of the Chain of Lakes and
other environmentally sensitive areas; stormwater management and cemeteries. The
Department is comprised of 156 fulltime and 134 parttime and seasonal
employees.
The department's primary goal is to provide exceptional services in the most
efficient and effective manner. Collectively, the Community Services team is
responsible for:
- 70 miles of paved roads and
alleyways
- 40 miles of sidewalks
- 402 traffic signals
- 4,500 street signs
- 11,115 solid waste customers
- 158 acres of cemeteries
- 494 acres of park and
recreation land
- 5 recreation centers
- 2 swimming pools
- 1 18-hole golf course
- More than 80,000 Library
materials and 211,905 registered Library Borrowers
- 50 lakes with more than 5,000
acres of surface area
- 2.5 miles of public
lakeshores
- Approximately 1,200 storm
inlets and 250 storm drain discharges
- 15 stormwater treatment ponds
- One of only two municipal
programs in the state for environmental and lakefront lands acquisition
program
- Spring training operations
for the Cleveland Indians accommodating more than 70,000 fans annually
The department administration
is housed at City Hall and includes the Community Services Director and the
Fiscal Coordinator. The remainder of the department is broken down into three
primary divisions, which are then further separated based on overall function
and focus. The three primary divisions include Natural Resources, Leisure
Services and Public Services.
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T. Michael Stavres
