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News & Information from Baltimore City Department of Public Works | October 2018
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 A Note From the Director
Rudolph S. Chow, P.E.
The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) strives to be the best agency of its kind. In order to meet this goal, our workforce must be dedicated to giving their best when serving the residents of Baltimore. We owe this to the City of Baltimore to perform at the highest level and to use our customers' money wisely. Each day on the job, we must remember that we are accountable to the residents of Baltimore. Most importantly, our work must yield results.
The contributions of DPW workers touches nearly every aspect of living in Baltimore City. This month DPW will recognize many of our workers who have been serving the City of Baltimore. We will honor DPW workers who have completed 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30,35, 40 and 45 years of service as of Dec. 31, 2018. This year's ceremony will be held at the Cylburn Arboretum and starts at 10:30 a.m.
Finally, I want to congratulate the DPW Softball Team for capturing the Softball Trophy (and dethroning the Baltimore City Department of General Services) at the Annual Cookout. There's a new champ in town!
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DPW employees Tony Carl Clark and Martine Smith are being lauded for saving a life while on the job performing their daily graffiti removal duties.
Clark and Smith were traveling along the 1300 block of Baylis Street when they were flagged down by a man. They stopped, and the man asked the two City workers to help him render assistance to a woman who was unconscious in the driver’s seat of her vehicle.
After opening the woman’s door, Clark and Smith noticed that her face was blue in color and that she was not responding. Clark called 911, while Smith felt for a pulse and immediately began chest compressions. The woman regained consciousness and she began to respond to Smith and Clark.
At the Oct. 4 Employee of the Month Ceremony, Director Chow recognized their heroic actions. Their life-saving actions were featured in the local media, with a reporter from WMAR 2 interviewing them at at the Employee of the Month Ceremony.
DPW's Office of Safety and Training offers CPR classes on a monthly basis for all employees. Check the DPW intranet site for class times.
 DPW Director Chow and Solid Waste Bureau Head John Chalmers recognize Tony Clark and Martine Smith for their life-saving efforts.
 Director Chow congratulates members of the championship softball team.
 Congratulations to DPW's September 2018 Employees of the Month: Dwayne Mack, Bureau of Water and
Wastewater; Jennifer L. Simmons, Bureau of
Solid Waste (front row, L to R, holding certificates), and Golnaz Khorsha, Office of the Director (not pictured).
 Kudos to the October 2018 Employees of the Month: Tracy Stevens, Office of the Director; Joseph Borman, Bureau of Water and Wastewater; and Anthony Lee, Bureau of Solid Waste.
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Smart Cans – sun-powered trash compactors that let DPW sanitation employees know when they need to be emptied – are arriving on sidewalks in South Baltimore.
Mayor Catherine Pugh welcomed the first wave of 64 cans on Monday, Sept. 17, with a ceremonial disposal of the first pieces of trash into a can at the Cherry Hill Town Center. She was joined by representatives of DPW, the Cherry Hill community, officials from the Casino Local Development Council, and the Maryland Port Administration. The Casino LDC is contributing $300,000 for this first phase; MPA is contributing more than $900,000 for a second phase of Smart Cans to be placed in the City’s business districts later this year.
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Register for the Mayor's Fall Cleanup
The Mayor’s Fall Cleanup is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27. To participate, residents should organize volunteers and then register their cleanup by calling 311. Please provide the cleanup location(s) and the anticipated numbers of participants when calling to sign up. Registered communities will receive bags to help with their cleanup efforts. DPW will provide cleanup debris removal. This citywide day of cleaning is a time for communities, civic organizations and businesses to join together to clear out litter and debris by cleaning sidewalks, alleys, yards, vacant lots, and tree pits.
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The Last Community Shred Day of 2018
DPW will offer free paper
shredding for city residents on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Free Community Shred Day will take place at Middlebranch Park, 3301
Waterview Ave. 21230. This is the fourth and final shred day planned for
2018.
Residents are allowed to
bring up to TWO (2!) large trash bags of papers to be
shredded. Cancelled checks, medical records, credit card information, utility
bills, old tax returns, and pay stubs are among the many items that should be
destroyed by shredding. Please note that bags with other items and trash
will not be accepted. Proof of Baltimore City residency is required.
Recycling bins will be on
sale at discounted rates: 25-gallon bins with lids for $10, and the 18-gallon
bin for $4. We accept cash and check only for the purchase of the recycling
bins.
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Leaf Collection Season Starts
Oct. 29
City residents
can schedule leaf collection pick-ups from Oct. 29, 2018, to Jan. 7, 2019. To
schedule a pick-up, call 311 before 6 p.m. Sunday to schedule a leaf pick-up
the following Monday. During scheduled pick-ups, DPW will collect up to 20 bags
of leaves. Multiple pick-up appointments can be made during leaf collection
season, and appointments can be made for up to two months in advance.
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