Thursday, January 24, 2013
City has used a fraction of the salt it is required to buy via an ODOT contract
The so-far mild winter in Northeast Ohio means Kent has only used a fraction of the road salt it has in stock, and the city's salt dome is literally overflowing with extra. It sounds like a good problem to have — unless you're required by contract to buy even more salt than you can store. Kent Service Director Gene Roberts said the city started this winter off with a full salt barn of 4,800 tons (max capacity is 5,000 tons) thanks to last year's mild winter, which saw the city use little road salt. "We have used 400 tons to date this winter," Roberts said in an email. That's less than 10 percent of the city's salt reserves used half way through the winter. Like many Northeast Ohio communities, Kent contracts with the Ohio Department of …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
This year marks least snowy winter since 2005-2006
Kent saved thousands of dollars in road salt with snowfall well below average this winter. The city has saved $100,415 in just the first three months of 2012 on salt expenses compared with the first three months of 2011, according to the service department. The city spent $140,730 on salt alone in the months of January through March of 2011. With no snow in the forecast, Kent looks to escape March having only spent $40,315 on salt since Jan. 1 of this year. The savings is thanks largely to Kent having its least snowy winter since 2005-2006. Local meteorologist Thomas Schmidlin, a geography professor at Kent State University, has measured precipitation at his Brady Lake property for 26 years. Schmidlin's numbers show Kent saw 39 inches of …
Monday, March 19, 2012
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On the last day of winter, compliments to Kent City Council on the success of the Sidewalk Snow Removal Program. Special thanks to Ward 5 (downtown) Council Representative Heidi Shaffer, who resolutely guided this legislation through council for more than two years to adoption. I do business in downtown Kent almost every day, and this winter just ended, the first winter in which the sidewalk snow removal program was in full effect, had the clearest sidewalks and most uninterrupted access to downtown Kent's businesses in memory. Thank you for making it a pleasure to spend money in Kent. Christopher J. Mallin Attorney at Law Mogadore, OH
Mars
7:46 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
I'm in snow angel mode. Bring on the flakes!! more ›