Waxhaw Happenings April 2018 | Page 3

Did You Know? Public Services produces revenue for the town. One way is selling cemetery space and charging for grave openings and closings. Another is through their pipe camera operating system. They charge developers for the camera operation and save the town hundreds of thousands of dollars by holding developers accountable for problems that could cause sinkholes and ditches later on. F A S T F A C T S : Public Services 9 6 3x 18% NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS I N THE PU BL I C SERVI CES DEPARTM E N T STAFF MEMBERS T H AT W ORK ON MOW I N G A N D MAI NTENANCE W O RK MORE RE CYCL ING T H AT CAN NOW BE P IC K E D U P WIT H NE W 96-GA L L O N B I N S TOTAL S O U T H S I D E CE ME T E RY SPA C E S T IL L AVA I L A B L E FO R P URCHASE