Celebrating work anniversaries this week - Robert Warner, Police Captain - 17 years; Roger Pierson, Parks Laborer - 13 years; Laura Mize, Neighborhood Service Coordinator - 5 years; Keelin Brewer, Fitness Attendant & Kellon O'Dell, Street Foreman - 2 years.
Public Works began preparing for the snowstorm weeks ago, by making sure all of the equipment was serviced & ready to go. Our orders of salt & sand were filled, our drivers practiced the routes in advance. On Saturday, the crews began pre-treating the streets to aid with melting snow & ice & transitioned to snow removal as the snow began to accumulate. They will continue to run the routes focusing first on the collector streets, residential streets next. MoDOT will clear Routes 10, 69 & 92. When the streets are cleared, we will next turn our attention to returning the equipment & supplies to ready position for a next event, & removing snow piles in the downtown as we can. Our Fire Chief, also Disaster Manager, began preparing for the snowstorm with contingency plans to quickly respond to circumstances that could occur. On Sunday night, it was still snowing, but light. The snow is about done but wind will cause snow to drift a lot. Roads will still be slick on Monday and temperatures are brutal. Roads aren't to bad once plowed. Travel with caution, if you can postpone, don't travel until conditions improve.
