The Hiawatha Public Works Department is responsible for street maintenance, storm water, waste water, ROW landscaping, street signs and traffic control devices, snow and ice control, basic maintenance of all city-owned vehicles, as well as assisting other departments as needed. The department consists of five full-time employees, Superintendent Rod Jasa, Foreman Trent Coberly, Equipment Operators Rob Opfer, Kevin Beckner and Kirk Stout. Hiawatha has approximately 40 miles of roadway with a surface breakdown of 33 miles of concrete, 5 miles of asphalt, and 2 miles of seal coat.
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Contact information for Public Works staff.
Information regarding sidewalk repairs and the Sidewalk Maintenance Program for public sidewalks.
To ALL AUTOPAY Customers:
To keep on top of security matters, the payment method attached to your Hiawatha Water Account needs to be confirmed in our payment software. This confirmation of payment needs to be done to verify your account information with our newly updated GWorks Software. The updating process is simple, just contact our office at 319-393-5556 prior to October 1, 2024 to have this updated before the next auto payment occurs.
Any account which is not updated prior to 10/14/2024, will have their next ACH payment returned. A returned ACH payment could lead to an extra charge and/or a disruption in water service.
***Note*** Some of our customers have already completed this update. If that is you, we appreciate you taking the time to have completed this update!
Thank You!
Hiawatha Water Department
