Public Works Department

Office Hours

Winter work hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Monday through Friday.

In the summer we work ten hour shifts with the majority of our staff working 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Monday through Thursday.

Public Works has a technician on duty 24 hours a day 7 days a week for critical after hours response. Please call 208-324-1911 for after hours issues.

General Information

The Jerome Public Works Department is responsible for:

1. Streets, roads, and alleys
2. Parks
3. Trees, shrubs, weeds on city property, and right of ways
4. Water
5. Irrigation

The Public works Department takes great pride in the work we do for our community from the beauty of our parks to the conditions of our streets. We strive to do the best job possible with the funds and equipment that are available to us.

Street History

The village of Jerome, named for Jerome Kuhn, son of the president of the Twin Falls North Side Land and water Company, was surveyed and platted in the summer of 1907. By September 30, 1907 the day of the formal opening of the town site and sale of town lots, Jerome had electricity and piped water.

A petition containing more than 200 signatures was presented to the Lincoln County Commissioners on July 15, 1909 requesting that Jerome be incorporated as a village. That petition was granted.