The Municipal Services Department
provides a variety of services for the Village of Howard City
including the water system, wastewater treatment plant, road
maintenance, park maintenance, snow removal and storm water
infrastructure. In general they are responsible for all the workings
of the Village. The Municipal Services department
maintains over 25 acres of parks and public grounds, 19Miles of Streets, 4 Sewage lift stations, 3 water
wells, a waste water treatment plant with 3 holding cells totaling
36 million gallons of waste water. The department also
provides 98% of the lab testing for the village's water and sewer
system.All members of the
Municipal Services Department are also members of the Fire
Department. It is a department requirement that all full-time
Municipal Services staff are required to complete the fire training
and serve on the Fire Department.