ROAD CONDITIONS

I have received a number of emails regarding the street conditions yesterday. While I do not like to offer excuses for the situation, there were a number of factors leading to the perception that we did not get to the streets quick enough.

According to City Administrator Steve Barg, "we had a couple of things working against us that hindered our snow removal efforts. First, because the weather forecast seemed pretty good, we had left the leaf collection equipment on our trucks, intending to pick up yard waste at the curbside until Thanksgiving. So our crew had to scramble early yesterday to replace this equipment with the plow attachments, which slowed down our response. Second, with the short week and hunting season, we had a couple of Public Works employees on vacation, so we were a little short-staffed. But please know that we have heard you and your neighbors loud and clear..."

I would agree with Steve in his assessment of the situation. We will do better next time, and all of us should hope and pray that this early snow does not mean a second straight winter of heavy and continuous snows.