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City manager praises staff for rescue, reports $33,000 in labor costs from record snowstorm
Summary
City Manager told the council staff across multiple departments aided an elderly resident found by a utility operator and summarized costs from a 21.5-inch storm: roughly $17,000 in regular wages and $16,000 in overtime (about $33,000 total).
During the City Manager's report on March 17, the City Manager highlighted a cross-departmental response after a utility operator found an elderly, wheelchair-bound resident recently home from the hospital. Departments including the water utility, senior center and fire department provided immediate assistance—repairing a water issue, delivering food and blankets, supplying medical equipment and conducting welfare checks.
"Nobody said, 'This isn't my department.' Everybody cared," the City Manager said, using the rescue to underscore staff collaboration.
The City Manager also described operational impacts from a recent storm that the county emergency management office said topped a prior 1959 record. The city measured about 21.5 inches of snow within 24 hours and ran about a dozen plow routes to clear streets. The City Manager reported labor costs for the event of approximately $17,000 in regular wages and about $16,000 in overtime—more than $30,000 in total labor costs— and reminded residents that an on-street parking ban remained in effect until 6 p.m. the following day in most locations.
The report concluded with a brief economic note: the manager welcomed two new downtown businesses, Spices restaurant and Toy Asylum, as examples of continued local investment.
The council heard the report for information; no formal action was taken during the presentation.
