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Mission Statement:  Our mission is to provide clean & safe parks, facilities, open spaces, and leisure

activities for the citizens and visitors of Zephyrhills. 

We are proud of our highly motivated staff that pride

themselves with the maintenance, enhancement, & new construction of all city parks,

city-owned facilities, athletic facilities, municipal cemetery, landscaping, medians,

road right of ways and stormwater sites throughout the city.  We also monitor and

report all environmental concerns throughout the city, provide a summer recreation

program that targets the youth of the community (ages 6 - 15), provide set-ups at the

Alice Hall Community Center and the Railroad Depot Museum for various activities.

Meet the dedicated Parks & Facilities staff:

Shawn Daughtery, Parks & Facilities Supervisor

Carolyn Dean, Environmental / GIS Specialist

Bill Joiner, Parks & Facilities Foreman

Louis Loysch, Parks Maintenance III

Elis Burgos, Parks Maintenance II

Ed Ladig, Parks Maintenance II

Jason Capriglione, Parks Maintenance I

Brian Lynch, Parks Maintenance I

James Lyon, Parks Maintenance I

Al Maker, Horticulture Specialist

Joe Burgess, Parks Maintenance I

Hector Silva, Building Maintenance Specialist

Ken Young, Building Maintenance Specialist II

Office Hours:  Monday thru Friday  7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

After hours or emergencies please call the Zephyrhills Police at 813.780.0050

Shawn R. Daughtery,

Parks and Facilities Supervisor

5335 8^th Street

Zephyrhills, Florida 33542

Phone: 813.780.0022 Fax: 813.780.0025

email: parks1@ci.zephyrhills.fl.us

"Public Service is our Number One Priority"