Deputy City Manager, Public Works

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Stephen Collins, Deputy City Manager, Public Works

Mr. Collins brings a significant amount of municipal and private-sector experience as well as technical and leadership skills to the City of Vaughan. He most recently served as Acting Commissioner of Transportation Services and Director of Infrastructure Management and Project Management Office for the Regional Municipality of York (York Region).

He led a team of professional staff in the development of the Region’s long-term transportation vision, including delivery of the 2016 Transportation Master Plan. He was also responsible for creating and directing the Project Management Office to develop, plan, govern and continuously improve the department’s integrated management systems and project management processes across all branches. He has also played an integral role in the development of several of York Region’s growth-related policies throughout throughout the past 10 years, and understands the needs of this growing community. Read more about the new Deputy City Manager in the news release.

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The Public Works team is accountable to the citizens of Vaughan, and to the businesses that serve our citizens, for the delivery of the following services.

Water
Wastewater
Stormwater and Drainage
Solid Waste Collection
Local Roads
Parks, Forestry and Horticulture Operations

The Environmental Services (ES) Department is responsible for all aspects of the City’s water and wastewater services required for the residents of more than 80,000 residential properties, and the employees and other users at over 30,000 industrial, commercial and industrial properties connected to the City’s networks. This Division is also responsible for the collection of solid waste (recycling, organics, leaf and yard and garbage) of over 81,000 curbside residential dwelling units. The Environmental Services Division is also responsible for planning, operating and maintaining all of the City’s stormwater drainage systems, including, sewers, overland flow routes, and stormwater management facilities, to deal with the runoff from the urbanized areas in which our 320,00 residents reside.

The Transportation Services and Parks and Forestry Operations (TSPFO) Department is responsible for all aspects of the City’s transportation network, upon which Vaughan citizens rely for mobility. Unless you drive only upon the Region’s arterial (major roads crossing our City, those such as Major Mackenzie Drive, Bathurst Street, Jane Street or Highway 7, you likely use the City’s road network coming off of these major arterials to connect to homes or businesses in Vaughan. The City’s local road network consists of over 2,000 lane-kilometres of roads and over 80 traffic signals. This division is also responsible for the ensuring that the walking needs of our Citizens are met through the planning, implementation and maintenance of all publicly-owned sidewalks along all roads within the City and most of the paved trails in our City parks. Finally, this Division is also responsible for upkeep and operation of all of the City’s parks and sports fields that our Citizens rely upon, and for managing the City’s tree canopy, plantings, and streetscaping in public ownership.

The Infrastructure Delivery (ID) Department is responsible for capital project planning, design, review, tendering, construction and inspection of the City's infrastructure. A Capital Project can be new or helps to maintain, improve and extend the service life of a City asset, often called 'infrastructure'. This infrastructure includes community centres, libraries, fire stations, roads, sidewalks, watermains, pumping stations, stormwater management facilities (ponds), bridges, street lighting, and sanitary/storm sewers.

The Corporate Asset Management (CAM) Department facilitates and coordinates sustainable and continuously improving Asset Management practices that enable the City to deliver required levels of service, within acceptable levels of risk, using infrastructure assets that are managed in a financially, socially and environmentally sustainable way. The CAM office's current priorities are:

Producing the annual AM Plan Update
Leading the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) Initiative
Leading the AM Planning System Initiative
Coordinating Data Management for AM

Fleet Management Services (FMS) is responsible for procuring, maintaining and re-marketing all non-emergency fleet assets. During the assets lifecycle, the administration of a proactive and cost effective maintenance program is employed to ensure that the asset is operating at peak performance, in a safe, environmentally conscious, reliable manager within all City by-laws and corporate policies, while adhering to federal and provincial legislative guidelines.

In collaboration with the other City departments, our Public Works team is pleased to serve Vaughan’s citizens and businesses.

Contact Information

Stephen Collins, Deputy City Manager, Public Works

Phone: 905-832-8585 ext. 8247

Email: stephen.collins@vaughan.ca

Executive Assistant:
Nicki D'Acri, Ext. 8248
Email: nicki.d'acri@vaughan.ca

Location:
Vaughan City Hall, Level 200
2141 Major Mackenzie Dr.
Vaughan, ON L6A 1T1

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