CITY OF JACKSON, TN GROUNDSKEEPING
The City of Jackson, TN Groundskeeping Department is responsible for maintaining city-owned property. Duties include:
- Mowing and weed eating all city parks, medians, city building, fire stations, and vacant lots
- Cleaning city parks and park restrooms daily
- Opening city parks' gates daily
- Planting, trimming, weeding, mulching, and maintaining over 800 flower beds
- Seasonal leaf removal via leaf trucks
- Seasonal leaf removal in parks and around city buildings
- Adding wood chips in city park playgrounds
- Maintain post and rails on city park fencing
- Cut some trees that are not near power lines, houses, fences, etc.
- Do small dirt-work jobs for projects such as Bemis Mill Park and new dog park
- Run a garbage route several times a week that consists of the park dumpsters and downtown trash cans
- Maintain city-owned athletic fields
- Spray herbicides and pre-emergent on athletic fields, downtown sidewalks, flowerbeds, and city buildings.
Work order requests can be submitted by City employees through the intranet.