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iivroRmA <br /> TION <br /> . As you can see, the outside projects become quite limited with <br /> the winter weather, and speaking of winter weather, December <br /> and January have given us a wide variety of storms to deal <br /> with. Probably the most expensive storm was the freezing rain <br /> that fell on January 20, but by running our sand spreader <br /> trucks six hours of overtime on January 20 and starting three <br /> trucks at 4 : 00 a.m. on the 21st, we were able to keep a <br /> potentially large problem to a minor inconvenience. The down <br /> side of this storm is that our yearly supply of salt/sand was <br /> seriously depleted. Other agencies, such as MnDOT, Anoka <br /> County, Hennepin County, and countless cities are all in such <br /> short supply of salt that MnDOT organized a supplemental bid to <br /> procure additional salt for this winter. The cost will <br /> certainly be higher than our first bid but I felt that we had <br /> no choice but to try to secure an additional 75 ton of salt at <br /> this time. I will inform the Council of the costs when I have <br /> that information. <br /> One of my goals for this department is to keep the employees <br /> involved in productive work and necessary maintenance tasks <br /> when the weather doesn't allow outside projects . We build 25 <br /> picnic tables for the parks each year, along with equipment <br /> modifications, rebuilding, repair and preventative maintenance <br /> so the winter season accomplishments are more than just plowing <br /> 411 snow. <br /> • <br />