Mission: To repair, service, and maintain the recreational areas, buildings, structures, supporting infrastructure of the built environment, motor fleet, and other capital facilities throughout the forest preserve.
The Maintenance Department is staffed with full-time and seasonal employees who work out of 16 field locations. These field locations represent twelve (12) Divisions, two (2) sub-Divisions, and other facilities. The other facilities include the District s Central Warehouse, Garage and Maintenance Shop. The twelve (12) Divisions are geographically segregated into (4) regions: North, Northwest, South and Southwest. Oversight of each region is provided by a Regional Superintendent.
The Maintenance Department has its general functions and five other sub-sections. The general function of the Maintenance Department is to maintain picnic groves; remove refuse; provide vehicles as needed; clean roadway fences; maintain District facilities; provide picnic tables; and help run and maintain winter sports operations. The first sub-section is the Central Garage that performs much of the maintenance and repairs of District vehicles and equipment. The Central Warehouse, which is the second sub-section, stocks and provides all building and maintenance supplies for all District facilities. The third sub-section is the Maintenance Shop that provides all the tradesmen and coordinates all trade work that includes all aspects of maintaining District buildings, irrigation systems, etc. The fourth sub-section is the Well and Pump section that maintains and inspects all District wells, and the fifth sub-section is Grounds and Trails that is responsible for oversight of the trail system.
