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Community names two Washington County snowplows Washington County recently conducted its second annual “Name a Snowplow” contest and received more than 1,200 name ideas submitted by the public. The list was narrowed to ten finalists, including SKOL Plow, Snowby Keith, Stone Cold Steve Frostin’, De-Ice Ice Baby, Mr. Clean, Land of 10,000 Flakes, Sir Plows a lot, Just Scrapin’ By, Snow Problem, and Hotdish Hauler. More than 2,400 people voted to help name two of the plows. Sir Plows a lot was the top vote-getter at 680 votes with Land of 10,000 Flakes coming in a close second with 677 votes. Sir Plows a lot can be mostly seen in the northern half of the county, whereas Land of 10,000 Flakes will be located in the southern part of the county. Tree Trimming Lake Elmo Public Works Staff will be trimming trees over public sidewalks, trails and along the roadways as weather permits. Tree trimming is necessary to improve the health and appearance of trees and to lessen the interference with pedestrians, bikers and traffic. Trimming is required if trees are obstructing street lights, signs, trails, and roadways. Trees are trimmed to 20 feet over streets or curb, and 7 feet over a sidewalk or path. Staff will only be trimming trees which are in the city’s right-of-way (typically 15 feet behind the curb or road edge) or impede on a city sidewalk and trail. Limbs will be cut back to the trunk of the tree and will be removed from the site. To balance the appearance of a tree staff will occasionally trim around all sides of a tree. Questions can be directed to Lake Elmo Public Works Attention – NEW Utility Billing Payment Portal We have moved to an intuitive new Utility Billing Portal called Paya. Grab your City of Lake Elmo utility account number and proceed to Paya at the link below to register, manage your account, set up autopay, or make payments. LakeElmo.PayaCP.com If Autopay isn't for you, try out the new Text-and-Pay option.