Public Works
Jess Gingell, Public Works Supervisor
Jess Gingell started out on the farm and attending agricultural college before moving to Canada in 1982. In 1986 he moved to the Peace River Country engaging in the agriculture, logging, trucking, and oil field construction environments.
Jess began work for the Municipal District of Spirit River in 1996, moving to the public Works Supervisors position in 2005. It is a challenging, demanding job with lots of variety from hands labor to PR and paperwork.
The responsibilities at the Department of Public Works include repair and maintenance of the municipal road system including but not limited to snow plowing, grading, gravelling, culverts, signage and mowing.
The Department of Public Works employs six full-time and three seasonal staff members working with a variety of equipment including graders, trucks, hoes, loaders, packers, mowers, water tanker and trailers.
The work beat covers 360 miles of gravel road and 2 miles of pavement. The Municipal District has its own gravel pit and separate stock pile.
In the event of Emergency Call out of Municipal Equipment please call, in the following order:
Jess at (780) 864-9358 or Mike M at (780) 864-9365 or Tom at (780) 864-9600,
Policies
Collection of Firewood 
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DUST CONTROL
The MD of Spirit River will be applying Calcium Chloride as a dust suppressant.
Our dust control program cost sharing program will operate similar to previous years.
Please notify the MD Office to be placed on a list and you will be contacted to determine payment, location and timing of application
