Village Employees Worked Round the Clock To Clear the Snow

Though Mayor Jon Mark called the weekend snowstorm "the perfect storm.," with light powder and relatively light winds, Village Manager Steve Pappalardo reported on the enormous effort it took to clear away 20 inches of snow that fell on the Village. Pappalardo said he was surprised by the downfall. He had anticipated 4- 8 inches, but it turned out to be far more. In total 38 Village employees, manning 21 plow trucks cleared over 90 miles of village roads and 25 miles of sidewalks along with many village parking lots. When residents awoke on Sunday morning, they found the Village center completely cleared of snow.

There was so much snow that it had to be trucked away to the leaf transfer station and Crossway. The village used 400 tons of salt and 2,900 gallons of liquid calcium chloride to melt the snow. Total overtime costs were $100,000. Both the Mayor and Village Manager thanked Benny Salanitro and the Department of Public Works for their efforts. Many worked round the clock on Saturday and Sunday night to clear and plow streets and sidewalks.