Welcome to the Public Works

The Public Works Department - Maintenance Division: Public Works is defined by its responsiveness to the public, customer service excellence, and drive to build positive community relations. The Public Works workforce takes pride in being committed public servants providing essential and critical services for all residents and businesses. The Department is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the City’s infrastructure, buildings, facilities, parks, streets, traffic signals, sewer system, public rights of way, trees and the City’s fleet. Public Works’ operations are defined within five core service areas:

Buildings: This division provides preventative maintenance and repairs for City-owned buildings and facilities including the following services: HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, painting, general repair, parking structure maintenance and oversees the City’s custodial services contracts.

The Street/Sewer: This division repairs and maintains streets, sidewalks, traffic signals, street signs, lighting, and sewer and storm drain systems. It provides contract administration for the street sweeping and solid waste collection programs and assists other City departments with various projects.

  • CalTrans works in conjunction with City of West Covina to provide maintenance services to the city in relation to areas surrounding 10 freeway's on and off ramps, to include street repairs, traffic signals, signage, vegetation maintenance, graffiti mediation and more. To report concerns or issues in these areas, you can use the following link to submit a Maintenance Service Request directly to Caltrans to avoid delay in response times: https://csr.dot.ca.gov/
  • Southern California Edison, maintains all street lighting not owned by the city. To report an issue with a street light, please contact Southern California Edison Company if you notice that a street light is in need of repair, is cycling on and off (flickering), or is damaged. you can do so by calling SCE at (800) 611 - 1911 or visiting their website to report an issue as follows: https://www.sce.com/outage-center/report-street-light-outage

The Parks Maintenance: This division provides contract administration for the maintenance of park facilities, landscaped and natural open spaces, landscaping street medians, street trees, Civic Center open areas, and landscaping maintenance districts. It also provides water conservation services and janitorial/building maintenance including park restrooms and recreation facilities.

Fleet & Equipment Maintenance: The Fleet Services Division oversees purchasing and maintenance of all City vehicles and equipment, maintains and oversees the City’s fueling system, and manages storage and disposal of hazardous materials. 
The Environmental Services The Environmental Services promotes the waste reduction, reuse, and recycling through programs such as Earth Day/Arbor Day, America Recycles Day, Beverage Container Recycling/Litter Reduction, Used Motor Oil Collection and Filter Exchange events, bimonthly Electronic Waste Collections, “Sharps” Container Collection, and Annual Household Hazardous Waste Roundups. It also provides assistance to residents and businesses regarding waste collection and the low-income senior citizen discount program. Continued to comply with the State Water Resources Control Board requirements to monitor and manage the Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) and Sanitary Sewer Overflow program. Out partners for these programs are as follows: 
  • CalRecycle Services (also known as CleanLA), provides West Covina residents with programs to assist with waste reduction, reuse, and recycling events such as Christmas tree recycling, Earth Day, America Recycles Day, beverage container recycling/litter reduction, used oil/oil filter recycling, and household hazardous waste and electronic waste roundups. for more information on recycling services please visit CleanLA website at:  https://cleanla.lacounty.gov/
  • Athens Services provides West Covina residents not only with normal household trash removal services, they also provide various other services to include, bulky-item pickup, low income senior waste collection discounts, move-in/move-out services, summer clean-up events, compost events and more. For more information please visit their website at www.athensservices.com
  • Southern California Edison, provides West Covina residents and business with electrical services and energy efficiency services. For more information please visit their website at:  www.SCE.com
  • Southern California Gas, provides West Covina residents and businesses with not only gas services, but various programs for residents and businesses alike. For more information please visit their website at: www.socalgas.com
Contact the Public Works Department

Main office is located at: 825 S Sunset Ave., West Covina, CA 91790

To  report an issue you can click here or contact us at (626)939-8458.  

Roxanne E. Lerma Assistant City Manager
Raul Alvarado Acting Deputy Public Works Director
Mike Cresap Public Works Superintendent
Renee M. G. Chavez             Management Analyst I
Deborah Johnston Administrative Assistant II
Josue Aguilar Acting Street Supervisor
David Branconier Maintenance Services Coordinator
Bryon Lewis Maintenance Services Coordinator, Fleet Services