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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 24, 2023 Page 2 1 2 VI.GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 3 A.4 Snow and Ice Control Presentation 5 6 Public Works Director Jeremy Gumke presented a power point to the Council regarding St. 7 Anthony Village Snow and Ice Control. Forecasts are done 7 days, 2 days, and 24 hours prior 8 and communication is done with other local municipalities. Radar and local newscasts are also 9 reviewed. The public can sign up for email and/or text notification when city plows will be 10 clearing roads. Plowing notifications will also be posted on the City’s website and Facebook 11 page. 12 13 Mr. Gumke reviewed the process used for pre-wetting the roads with salt brine. This is done 24 14 hours before the event using a F-250 flatbed pickup truck with 300-gallon tank and spray bar. A 15 23% saltwater brine solution is used at a ratio of 200 pounds of salt per 300 gallons of water. 16 100-200 gallons are used per event. 17 18 Plowing of Main Roads within the City begin 30 minutes prior to the end of an event. Routes are 19 run with four single axle plow trucks in teams of two. Currently two of the plow trucks are 20 equipped with salt tracking technology. Routes are divided into two primary zones with 33rd 21 Avenue NE dividing the north and south routes. Parking lots are plowed at City Hall, Police 22 Department, Fire Department, SAV High School and Wilshire Park Elementary. All of this 23 generally can be completed in 2 hours. 24 25 Following the completion of plowing of the main roads the plowing of residential streets and 26 sidewalks occurs. Four single axle plow trucks are used on routes within the City. The City is 27 divided into 4 quadrants. Cul-de-sacs, alleys and short roads are cleared with 2-ton and 1-ton 28 pickup trucks. There are 25 miles of city mains and residential streets. Two sidewalk machines 29 are used with routes divided into 2 zones. There are 18 miles of city sidewalks and trails. This 30 generally takes 4-6 hours. 31 32 The challenges for 2022/2023 are short one staff person in the Streets Department and the hiring 33 process is happening currently. The City is short one plow truck due to mechanical breakdown. 34 The truck is 28 years old and replacement parts are not available. City Staff performed a repair 35 and the truck will be back in operation. The truck is scheduled for replacement in 2024. Due to 36 these challenges routes have been reconfigured, staff roles are reassigned and the full-city plow 37 time has nearly doubled. 38 39 Councilmember Walker asked if the staff position is seasonal and Mr. Gumke stated it is 40 permanent full time. 41 42 Councilmember Jenson thanked Mr. Gumke for implementing the countermeasures made. His 43 neighbors have commented they are pleased with the snow plowing. 44 45 Councilmember Randle stated he did not see any difference with being down one person and one 46 truck. 8