Specifications include, but are not limited to: Ice Event (sleet, freezing rain) Application of abrasives to icy hills and turns. Primary abrasive application will be performed by County/Sanitary District Trucks, use of contract equipment for application may be needed depending upon severity of icing. Contract equipment with abrasive application capability needs to be alert and ready for possible call out. Minor Snow Event (forecast 4” or less) Snow removal on an as needed basis. Ice control after snow event. Primary snow removal and abrasive application will be performed by County/Sanitary District trucks, use of contract equipment for snow removal may be needed depending upon severity of storm. Contract equipment needs to be alert and ready for possible call out if snowfall amounts increase. Snow Event (forecast 4”-18”) Snow removal to be performed by contract equipment with assistance and supervision from County/Sanitary District staff. Primary snow equipment needs to be alert and available prior to snowfall based on call out by Director of Public Works or designee of Warren County. Plowing operations will commence on primary (main loop) roads after 4” accumulation. At any time during or after the event the primary roads are plowed and passable attention will be turned to secondary roads. Primary roads will take priority. Each piece of equipment will have an assigned area they are to perform snow removal operations on until completion. In the event a piece of equipment is unable to perform operations, equipment from an adjoining assigned area and or County/Sanitary District equipment may assist. Upon completion of snow removal operations, ice control applications will commence. Primary abrasive application will be performed by County/Sanitary District trucks, use of contract equipment for application may be needed depending upon severity of icing. Heavy contract equipment (track loaders, dozers, etc.) needs to be alert and ready for possible call out if snowfall amounts increase. Major Snow Event (18” +) In initial phases of storm snow removal is to be performed by contract equipment with assistance from County/Sanitary District equipment. Primary snow equipment needs to be alert and available prior to snowfall. Plowing operations will commence on primary (main loop) roads after 4” accumulation, at any time during or after event the primary roads are plowed and passable, attention will be turned to secondary roads. Primary roads will take priority. Heavy equipment (track loaders, dozers, etc.) will be called in prior to storm and staged throughout Sanitary District and ready to begin snow removal operations. Once the limit of the capabilities of primary snow removal equipment has been reached, heavy equipment will commence snow removal operations. Primary snow removal equipment will assist heavy equipment in clean up. Each piece of equipment will have an assigned area they are to perform snow removal operations on until completion. In the event a piece of equipment is unable to perform operations, equipment from an adjoining assigned area and County/Sanitary District equipment may assist. Upon completion of snow removal operations, ice control applications will commence. Primary abrasive application will be performed by County/Sanitary District trucks, use of contract equipment for application may be needed depending upon severity of icing.
