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Department Head
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Jack Griffin
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Jack Griffin , Director of Public Works
Jack Griffin, joined the City in August of 2000. Jack was originally hired by the City as a Principal Management Assistant in the Public Works Department and was promoted to the Director’s position in August of 2003. Jack came to the City after serving as the Assistant Township Manager and Planning Director for Moon Township, a suburban city near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
During Mr. Griffin’s tenure with the City he has provided overall management and development of the City’s Capital Improvement Program. In October of 2002, Jack was promoted to the position of Assistant Director in the Office of Building and Park Construction. He has worked on such projects as the construction of Fire Station No. 7, renovations to Fire Stations 2 and 4, the Nature Center’s David A. Wergeland Shark and Ray Experience, various parks, and the Civic Center Complex Remodel.
In July of 2003, the newly formed General Services Department was created. This new department combined the staffs of the former Office of Building and Park Construction with the Building Construction and Repair and the Custodial Services staff that were formerly in the Public Works Department.
The Department has since further grown with the addition of the Animal Care Facility formerly in the Police Department, Internal Communications formerly in the Public Works Department and Waste Management formerly in the Office of the City Manager effective July 1, 2005.
In June of 2008, the General Services Department merged with the Public Works Department. This updated and expanded Department now combines the services of Street Maintenance, Traffic Operations, Environmental Services, Open Space, Urban Forestry, Stormwater Pollution Prevention, Parks, and more, under Public Works, with the Animal Care Facility, Custodial Services, Construction & Repair, Internal Communications, and Fleet Maintenance.
Jack is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and received his Bachelor’s Degree from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
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