Duties & Responsibilities

With more than 150 employees, the Public Works Department is the largest of all City of Joplin departments. The responsibilities of the department include:

• Joplin Regional Airport
• Public transportation
• Recycling
• Sewer maintenance
• Street repair and maintenance
• Wastewater treatment
• Standards & Specifications

Many of the city’s capital improvement projects are managed out of the Public Works Department. For an update on some of that activity, see Current Projects.