About Us
You care about your community.
You care about nature and the great outdoors.
You care about Michigan.
And, yes, you care about your wallet.
We do, too.
So together, we do the simple, everyday things that addresses all these: reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting.
Thank you for recycling with us!
Your DPW Team
DPW Board
Dennis Keiser, Bear Creek Township Supervisor, Chair
William Dohm, Little Traverse Township Supervisor, Vice Chair
Arden Bawkey, Emmet County Drain Commissioner
Doug Fuller, Member at Large
Dave Bachelor, Emmet County Commissioner
Charlie MacInnis, Emmet County Commissioner
Burt Notestine, Emmet County Road Commission
DPW County Employees
Andi Shepherd, Director – 231-348-0640
Josh Brubacher, Operations Manager (fleet, facilities, processing, shipping, receiving) – 231-526-2031 x7
Wendy Fought, Drop-off Center and Safety Manager (drivers, attendants, data) – 231-526-2031 x6
Ashley Bur, Assistant to the Director – 231-348-0640
Kate Melby, Communications and Education Coordinator – 231-348-0640
Jayna Steffel, Administrative Secretary (accounts payable and receivable) – 231-348-0640
Lindsey Walker, Recycling Outreach (commercial curbside recycling, event recycling, markets) – 231-348-0648
Roger Duffiney
Harold Evans
Mark Freske
Nick Guymer
John Harrington
Nate Hopkins
Grady Smyley
Jon Zoerhof
Earl Marshall
DPW Attendants (they serve our customers, operate the Waste Transfer Station and drive the Recycling Trucks)
Zack Elya
Gary Moyer
Jaime Pethers
Michael Williams
Recycle Processors
We also would like to acknowledge the hard work of the contract employees who serve the DPW and the crew from Straits Area Services who sort your day-to-day recyclables!
Annual Report: The Whole Works
Our annual report to the Emmet County Board of Commissioners summarizes the biggest developments and highlights of the last year. We call it 
The Whole Works 2019. For past Annual Reports, visit our History page.
Solid Waste Ordinance 11-04
Emmet County’s new Solid Waste Ordinance 11-04 replaces the previous 99-40 Solid Waste Ordinance.
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