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Sharonville Public Works reports heavier snow season, staffing changes and infrastructure work
Summary
Public Works reported a larger 2024–25 winter with several snow events, higher salt usage and associated costs, plus staffing turnover and capital work including the US-42 shared use path and a $1M+ street-repair program.
Public Works Director Mister Bissom told Sharonville City Council on June 10 that the 2024–25 season was heavier than recent years, producing seven snow events totaling about 18 inches and higher material and labor demands.
Bissom said the city used what he described in the transcript as "13 50 tons of salt this year," which he and staff presented as the equivalent of about 1,350 tons; he contrasted that with roughly 547 tons used the prior year and said total salt-related expenditures were about $137,000. He said Princeton (a partner jurisdiction on some services) used about 135 of those tons.
The director reported personnel shifts: several retirements (including a long-time employee with 35½ years of service) and recent hires, noting the department is fully staffed except for one permanent part-timer and has recruited seasonal help for summer. He highlighted equipment bought on prior appropriations: a gas-powered chipper (preferred by crews) and a zero-turn riding mower.
On recycling and housing assets, Bissom reported residential recycling income of $6,887 (a 33% decline from the prior year) and said Oldenview Acres generated about $320,000 in 2024; as of June 1 the complex had one vacant apartment with a pending prospective tenant and a June 13 target date with contractor Teasdale Fenton for a final walk-through on repairs.
Capital work noted included the US-42 shared use path—reported materially complete and well used—and a 2024 street-repair program just over $1,000,000, plus planned light-pole replacements and landscaping at the community center. Bissom thanked his crew and invited council questions; residents later thanked staff for routine culvert checks and asked about returning drop boxes in a parking lot, which Bissom said were not intended to return because they had become a nuisance.
Council members thanked Public Works for the work, and the department said it will continue to provide maintenance and follow up on the Oldenview Acres punch list.
