​Maintenance and Operations

Under the direction of Shay Throop, Maintenance & Operations completes a significant portion of the maintenance needs on municipally owned properties throughout Anchorage and the surrounding communities from as far north as Eklutna and as far south as Girdwood.  Activities include street maintenance, facility and fleet maintenance, managing capital improvement projects, and various other maintenance needs.  These activities are accomplished using Municipal employees and maintenance contractors. 

​Capital Projects

  • Provides project management services on major general government building renovations and new construction capital projects. 
  • Responsible for new construction, major renovations, and remodels such as APD Downtown Headquarters, Egan Solar Array, new skylight and interior renovations at the Anchorage Senior Center, and numerous LED lighting upgrades throughout the city. 
  • Also responsible for managing all maintenance projects, which include roof replacement, lighting, fire control systems, painting, heating, and any other miscellaneous projects related to facilities

Communications & Electronics

  • Operates and maintains infrastructure with a replacement value of over 60 million dollars, including the Anchorage Wide Area Radio Network (AWARN), the 2-way radio system used as the primary field communications tool by all Municipal agencies with over 3,000 handheld and mobile radios. 
  • ​Also supported are the 9-1-1 centers and the microwave systems that link all the infrastructure assets together. 
  • Responsible for maintaining various other devices and systems such as the 300+ Wi-Fi access points the Muni operates, Police and Fire robots, PA systems and the paging system used to alert Anchorage Fire Department personnel.

Facility Maintenance

  • Provides the maintenance of over 132 municipal buildings, which is approximately 3 million square feet, 32 facilities, and 211 park facilities. Which is approximately 3 million square feet.
  • Maintenance responsibility includes all facets of building maintenance, including HVAC, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, welding, painting, graffiti removal, and roof repairs.

Fleet Maintenance 

  • Provides essential maintenance and repairs for over 416 municipal vehicles and 130 pieces of heavy equipment, including the Anchorage Police Department fleet, which has an additional 571 vehicles.

Street Maintenance

  • Responsible for snow removal, pothole repairs, street sweeping, and maintenance on 1,404 lane miles of municipally owned streets.
  • Responsible for cleaning and maintaining 22,565 storm drain structures, maintenance on 10,814 streetlights, and other tasks related to street maintenance.

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