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O'Fallon public works outlines response to 10–12 inch storm, cites 4,600 staff hours and large salt use
Summary
Assistant Director Jay Harigot told the council crews worked around the clock during the Jan. 2025 storm, applying nearly 3,000 tons of salt and logging about 4,600 personnel hours; council members thanked staff while residents raised mail-delivery and sidewalk questions.
Assistant Director Jay Harigot, who led the city's winter-storm briefing, told the O'Fallon City Council on Jan. 9 that public works crews have been operating around the clock since the system began on Thursday. "We have had crews going 24/7 since Saturday morning," Harigot said, and described shifts, routes and how the department stages plows and salt.
Harigot gave quantitative details about the response: the city deployed roughly 15 operating plow trucks (with additional tandems arriving), maintains four salt storage facilities, and over the course of preparation and response put down about 2,700 to 3,000 tons…
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