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CAO outlines immediate snow-response plan; mayor says plows will be ordered tonight
Summary
Lexington’s chief administrative officer briefed the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council on a multi-part plan to improve neighborhood snow and ice response, including redeploying park plows, buying plow attachments and salt bins, ordering three brine tankers and pursuing an emergency contract for neighborhood clearing.
Lexington Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Hamilton told the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council on Jan. 16 that the city has developed an immediate plan to bolster neighborhood snow and ice response after last week’s prolonged winter event.
Hamilton said the administration will redeploy eight Parks & Recreation snowplows into neighborhoods, convert five available municipal trucks by adding plows and salt bins (three of those bins were available immediately), and pursue purchase of three brine/tanker trucks to reduce ice formation. He told council the plow bins and attachments would cost about $75,000 and that tankers run about $220,000 apiece and have an approximately eight-month delivery lead time.
Why it matters: Council members described widespread neighborhood frustration after prolonged icy conditions. Hamilton framed the plan as a short‑term, immediately actionable approach while the city examines…
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