Awards & Recognition

2022 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD and IMPRESS AWARD in Collaboration - Voted #1 by the County Road Association (CRA) 2022 Highway Conference Attendees for Kalamazoo County Samsara Systems.  The RCKC converted its GPS services to Samsara in 2022 to optimize capabilities and incorporate custom systems to bertter serve the public.  New capabiliteis include access to dash cameras, asset tracking, proximity searaching, real time alerts, asset mapping and more.    

2022 IMPRESS AWARD from the CRA in Operations for the "Dual" Broom Tractor.  The RCKC saw an opportunity to increase efficiency by improving broom operations and came up with the innovation of attaching two rotary brooms to the one larger tractor.  The finished project includes detailed support arm engineering, additional materials and fabrication to incorporate gauge wheels that support the brooms and a water system to minimize dust.  

2022 IMPRESS AWARD from the County Road Association (CRA) in Communications for Service Request Tracking.  The RCKC has a long history of prioritizing, tracking and reviewing performance metrics of service needs throughout the county.  Thousands of service requests come from the public, local officials and the RCKC team.  Road related reports frnage from potholes to winter maintenance. In 2022, RCKC began generating detailed monthly service request tracking reports to better serve the public and resolve service issues.  

2022 Branch Award for Public Works Project of the Year for Governmental Cooperation Greater than $1 Million from the American Public Work Association (APWA) for Watkins Road Improvements

2022 Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association (APWA) for the Treasure Island Drive, Texas Township Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair for Less than $1 Million.  

2021 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD and IMPRESS AWARD in the Operations Category - Voted #1 by the County Road Association (CRA) 2022 Highway Conference Attendees for Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority and Active 911

2021 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD and IMPRESS AWARD in the Collaboration Category - Voted #1 by the County Road Assocation (CRA) 2022 Highway Conference Attendees for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Public Act 51 Mileage Certification Maps

2021 IMPRESS AWARD from the County Road Association (CRA) in Communications for Hybrid Board Meetings

2021 Public Works Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association (APWA) Southwest Branch in the Transportation $1M – $5M category for the Sprinkle Road 2021 Project

2021 Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association (APWA) for the East Michigan Avenue Emergency Repair - Emergency Response Less than $1 Million

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