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Public Works outlines mowing and brush‑pickup strain after heavy spring rains; town shifts routes to contractor
Summary
Public Works staff told the council that heavy rainfall, inmate-labor limits and high brush volumes stretched the department’s mowing and brush-pickup capacity. The town moved about 196 acres of mowing to a contractor (previously 76 acres) and activated a third brush truck to regain a four‑week brush cycle.
Public Works staff briefed the council July 21 on mowing, brush pickup and roadside maintenance challenges after an unusually wet spring and early summer.
Tom Rose (Public Works) said the town’s street crews maintain about 526 mowed acres (not including roads) and subcontractors previously handled about 76 acres. Heavy rainfall from April to June (about 22.5 inches vs. an average ~13.5 inches) and an increase in large private brush piles created multi‑truck work demands that set the brush cycle back to as long as 10 weeks at one point.
What the town changed: staff said the town added roughly 120 acres of contractor‑mowed routes (raising contractor acreage…
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