Public Works

The Department of Public Works covers the Road Department, Parks, Buildings & Grounds, Sanitation and Water & Sewer. 

The Road Department’s main functions are to keep the 110 miles of Township roadways in good repair, with proper signage and drainage.  They perform pot hole repairs, snow removal and ice control for the safety of the traveling public.

The Parks, Buildings and Grounds Department is responsible for the daily maintenance of all Township facilities. The staff services the Municipal Building, Senior Center, Library and all other buildings the Township owns. PB&G is responsible for the maintenance of approximately 50 properties in town and the 267 acres of Turkey Brook Park. Other properties include well and pumping stations, building lawns and municipally owned right of ways.  They are responsible for snow removal at all Township facilities as well as municipal sidewalks, school pathways and providing assistance to the Road Department.   PB&G works closely with the Recreation Department to support the many sport associations.

Our Sanitation Department provides curbside collection of solid waste and is done one day a week depending on what section of town you live in.  Mount Olive single streams all recycling allowing residents to place all recycling in one container.

Mount Olive Township Water and Sewer Department owns, operates and maintains ten municipal water systems with approximately 4,700 service connections. In addition, the Department owns and operates the Cloverhill and Wyndham Pointe wastewater treatment facilities in Flanders as well as three individual sanitary sewer collection systems located in both Flanders and Budd Lake. The Department is responsible for maintaining the infrastructures as well as installing and servicing individual water meters.