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City of Pequot La.kes = - SNOW PLOWING POLICY AMENDED: 9-3-19 1. Introduction The City of Pequot Lakes believes that it is in the best interest of the residents for the City to assume basic responsibility for control of snow and ice on City streets. Reasonable ice and snow controls are necessary for routine travel and emergency services. The City will provide such control in a safe and cost-effective manner, keeping in mind safety,budget, personnel and environmental concerns. (To be provided by City employees, equipment, and/or private contractors.) 2. Who is performing the snow removal? The City of Pequot Lakes Public Works Deparhnent has four employees who conduct snow and ice removal when needed. Their normal operations are suspended until all priority snow event tasks are completed. During business hours the Administration Staff handles questions/concerns about snow removal and delivers communication to the Public Works Director at the earliest opportunity. Please contact Pequot Lakes City Hall at(218)568-5222 with any questions or concerns about snow and ice removal operations and they will be addressed as soon as possible. As appropriate, someone from the Public Works Department will call back or take care of the issue as soon as possible. In the event of an emergency, please ca11911. Please do not stop the snowplow operator to ask questions as it only slows the operation down and puts all at risk. Operators have been instructed to relay all questions to the Public Works Director because he is responsible for snow and ice removal operations and makes decisions as to when operations will commence and how they will be carried out. 3. What equipment is used? The City uses 3, 6-yard Dump Trucks with plows and wings to plow three separate truck routes. 'They consist of the Perimeter Route(2015 Mack Truck), the West Downtown Route (2019 Mack Truck), and the East Downtown Route(2001 Sterling Truck). See attached map for further details. 1