The City entered into a cooperative agreement with the Polk County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (Adult Probation) for assistance from adult probationers to collect litter along neighborhood city streets each month. The project has been extremely successful and has contributed to our efforts toward community beautification.

City Council accepted bids from three companies–SRS, Ashbritt and TFR–for removal, site management, reduction and disposal of storm-related debris, in accordance with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requirements for disasters.

City Council granted bid authority for the 2009-2010 Community Development Block Grant Street Improvement Project and accepted the bid presented by Pinto Construction for improvements including a two-course surface treatment of asphalt and aggregate on 20,885 linear feet of city streets, including Davis, Green, Pine, Willis, Starghill, Greenfield, Beatty, Colita, Texas, State, School, and Champs Streets in the northwest area of the City.

City Council approved submission of an application for 2010-2011 Community Development Block Grant funds for improvements to Circle Drive in the Livingston Housing Authority.

The Texas Department of Transportation advised City Council of pending and future construction projects, including the rehabilitation of North Houston Avenue from Church Street north to North Washington Avenue, and reviewed the process recommended to make improvements to alleviate traffic congestion and reduce speed limits on South Houston Avenue and FM 350 South at US 190.

The Street Department continued ditch maintenance, drainage improvements, brush collection and disposal service.

Signs were maintained and improved throughout the City, including installing retro-reflective stop signs and new street signs in the Livingston Main Street District.

In 2010, 26,800 square yards of seal coat, 500 tons of hot mix, 400 tons of cold mix and 3,500 tons of rock were applied to various city streets.