Street Maintenance

The street maintenance division is responsible for maintaining and repairing city streets, sidewalks, and alleys.  The street division ensures that all traffic control markings such as crosswalks, legends, turn arrows, stop bars, center lines, etc., and signal lights and street signs are legible and visible to provide for vehicle and pedestrian safety.

The street sweeper sweeps and cleans all accessible curb and guttered areas in the city on a weekly basis.

The street division also provides leaf pickup service from November 15th through January 15th.

The street maintenance division can be contacted at 559.592.3318; Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  After hours emergency call 559.592.3710.

Storm Drainage System

The storm drainage system consists of one city owned permanent discharge basin (commonly referred to as the Brickyard), one city owned detention basin at the City's Corporation Yard, one city owned Park-Pond basin at Park Place, separate primary points of discharge into the Consolidated Peoples Ditch along Belmont Avenue, an underground pipe network, and three lift stations.  The majority of the storm drain infrastructure in the downtown area was constructed prior to the 1940s while numerous additions and repairs have been made to other parts of the town over the last 70 years.

For more information please call the City Corporation Yard at 559.592.3318; Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  After hours emergency call 559.592.3710.

Parks

The parks division provides the necessary maintenance, construction, and repair of our community parks and recreation facilities which totals more than 31 acres.

For more information please call the City Corporation Yard at 559.592.3318; Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  After hours emergency call 559.592.3710.

For information regarding park rental please contact the recreation office at 559.592.5262; Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Animal Control / Code Enforcement

The animal control division provides animal control services, municipal code enforcement, cruelty investigations and temporary sheltering services for the City of Exeter.

Animals picked up by the animal control officer are temporarily held in an indoor / outdoor kennel facility located at the city's Corporation Yard before they are transferred to the Valley Oak SPCA facility in Visalia.  The City of Exeter has an animal sheltering services agreement with the Valley Oak SPCA.

Water

The water division is responsible for the quality and quantity of water to serve our residents.  This includes all necessary and required testing as well as insuring we have adequate long term supplies for our residents.

The water division operates and maintains the city's water system which consists of eight wells, chlorination treatment facilities at each of the active wells, two inactive wells, one elevated storage tank with a capacity of 100,000 gallons, and a loop distribution system.

For more information call the City Corporation Yard at 559.592.3318; Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  After hours emergency call 559.592.3710.

Sanitary Sewer Collection / Wastewater Treatment Plant

The waste water division operates and maintains the sanitary sewer system, which consists of collector lines ranging in size from 4" to 36", and 9 lift stations.

The city's wastewater treatment plant receives and treats 980,000 gallons of sewage per day from residential and commercial waste.  Some of the treated water is used for local agricultural irrigation.  You may review the city's Sewer System Management Plan.

For more information please call the City Corporation Yard at 559.592.3318; Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  After hours emergency call 559.592.3710.

Dial-a-Ride

The city provides Dial-A-Ride curb-to-curb para-transit services on a shared-ride, demand response basis to locations within the city limits of Exeter.  For reservations call 559.592.8100.
Dial-A-Ride
Student Rider Information Form  Fax form to 559.592.3556  Attention:  Sharl Grim

Fleet Maintenance

Fleet and equipment maintenance for all city departments and divisions is performed at the city's Corporation Yard.  State of the art technology allows maintenance personnel to diagnose, repair and maintain the city's vehicles and equipment.

Refuse Collection

The City of Exeter contracts with Sunset Waste Systems to collect and dispose of solid waste from residential and commercial areas within the city limits.  Sunset Waste Systems provides once-a-week collection in the residential and commercial areas for general refuse, green waste, and recyclable materials.  For more information see the Refuse & Recycling page at this web site.

CONTAINERS MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE CURB ON THE SAME DAY THEY ARE EMPTIED.

For more information please call City Hall at 559.592.3710; Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  You may also contact Sunset Waste Systems directly at 559.739.1595.