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Paradise Valley Public Works director retires
Courtesy Town Manager's Weekly Update
Brent Skoglund worked for Paradise Valley Public Works for over 24 years.
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Public Works Director Brent Skoglund has retired from the Town of Paradise Valley.
Skoglund worked for the town for more than 24 years, mostly in the Public Works department, according to the Town Manager’s Weekly Update. After starting his service with the Public Works team as a technician, he worked up to become operations manager, and eventually director. Skoglund’s number one objective was to develop the trust of the Town Council and residents.
Under his leadership, the town has seen great improvements to the right of way infrastructure and operations of the Public Works team, the newsletter stated. He has helped modernize the tracking and management of town assets such as street signs, pavement marking and the fleet vehicles. The traffic signal program has greatly improved due to his coordination with partners who help keep the signals up to date and in good operation. He also changed the department’s role, ensuring landscape maintenance throughout the town was a top priority.
One of the biggest accomplishments Skoglund can hang his hat on is the pavement maintenance program currently in place with the department. This plan includes a five year check-in with an infrastructure management consultant who analyzes every mile of the town’s asphalt, which leads into a pavement maintenance plan prioritizing what roads need to be treated with a surface seal or a mill cut and overlay of new asphalt. He played a role in introducing rubberized asphalt on the most traveled thoroughfares to dampen traffic noise.
Skoglund has occupied various management roles, including interim Town Manager. His “boots on the ground” work ethic will be missed, and current staff will be challenged with large shoes to fill — size 13 to be exact, the newsletter shared.
The town could count on Skoglund to come in during the middle of the night when storms ravaged the area, and the fiscally responsible ways he instilled in his department will carry on.
“Congratulations, and thank you to Brent Skoglund on a well accomplished career,” stated the newsletter.
