People depend on public services; services depend on people to deliver them.
City workers touch every part of life: they fix roads, provide emergency care, test drinking water, connect us with library resources, run ice rinks, work at daycares, lead community workshops, and much more. We’re facing tough economic times, and that’s when we need affordable, reliable public services most.
We are the 179 Regular Full-time workers who serve Oshawa.
Roads Operations crews who help maintain the City’s 1,238 km of roads, 696 km of sidewalks, and 111 bridges.
Parks workers who maintain 200+ Annual & Perennial Beds, 136 active and passive parks, 116 Playgrounds, 114 hectares of open space , 60 sports fields, 56 Ball Diamonds , 28 Basketball Courts, 27 kms of recreational trails, 20 Tennis Courts and 1 Dog Park .
Fleet Workers who maintain over 141 pieces of equipment.
Recreation and Facility Maintenance workers who maintain 7 recreation facilities, 5 City owned buildings 6 fire halls and outdoor pools and splash pads.
Refuse workers who collect the City’s waste, organics and yard waste.