Butler County Regional Snow SummitOctober 18, 20099:00AM-12:00PM

Butler County Engineers Office1921 Fairgrove AvenueHamilton, Ohio 45011

Welcome………………..Gregory Wilkens, County Engineer, Butler County EngineersModerator………………Scott Bressler, Operations Deputy, Butler County Engineers

PresentersButler County Engineers Office ………….. Scott Bressler, Butler County Engineers Office

Butler County EMA…………………………… Jeff Galloway, Director, Butler County Emergency Management Agency

Butler County Sheriffs Office……………… Matt Franke, Butler County Sheriffs Office

ODOT……………………………………………… Diana Clonch, Office of Maintenance Operations

Moderated Discussion…………..Moderator, Scott Bressler

Butler County Engineers Office

2010-2011 Snow / Ice Control Plan

BCEO PlanWinter 2009-10 Tons of salt spread: 7,202

(Avg. winter: 6000 tons) Gallons of salt brine: 18,513 Gallons calcium chloride:

12,800 Labor hours: 7,607 Snow/Ice events: 18 Avg. cost per event: $59,398 Total cost for 2009-10 season

$1,069,165

BCEO PLAN Responsible for 596 lane

mileshttp://bceo.org/departments/operations/operations.html

Two teams, A-Team / B-Team

Each team includes 1 supervisor, 15 drivers, 1 mechanic, 1 operator, 2 back-up drivers (if needed).

BCEO PLAN Local Training / Roadeo October

28th and 29th

Start winter on-call November 5th

Each team works 12hr shifts if needed

Switch at 7:30AM and / or 8:00PM

Respond to answering service from BCSO / PD

Page teams

Goal, on routes within 90 minutes of call

BCEO PLAN Monitor Weather Tap

Anti-icing-apply 25,000 gallons prior to snow

After hours, First flake, BCSO / PD needs to call main number, 513- 867-5744 for county roads

Don’t forget the twp crews, ODOT, cities

Know the difference / map

BCEO PLAN If forecast

warrants, we will load trucks previous night, come in prior to storm and be on routes before snow falls

BCEO PLAN Please call the main number 513-

867-5744 after hours and 513-785-4157 normal hours

Record of call, supervisors will be paged

Don’t call trucks off routes Please help with traffic control if

possible, if we are stuck in traffic we can’t help.

Continue to work with townships, remote salt pick-up

If truck breaks down or gets stuck in ditch we will notify townships, pull spare truck

BCEO PLAN Anti-icing Plan

weather permitting apply liquid brine

Takes just over 8 hours to apply 25,000 gallons of brine using 5 distributors and 4 remote sites

Continue to Evaluate Beet Juice 2010

BCEO PLAN Cargil ($64.48/ton) BCEO currently has a full

barn and enough on contract to get through the season

Twp. Cities and villages are also under same county contract

Order salt often Be ready and have an

alternate plan

BCEO PLAN New Tools

Plow Blades Beet Juice / Brine

Mix 800Mhz Radios

BCEO PLAN Work together

Be patient

Use the press to help communicate to the public, keep them informed

Be safe

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