Butler County Regional Snow Summit October 18, 2009 9:00AM-12:00PM

1. Butler County Regional Snow Summit October 18, 2009 9:00AM-12:00PM Butler County Engineers Office 1921 Fairgrove Avenue Hamilton, Ohio 45011 Welcome………………..Gregory Wilkens, County Engineer, Butler County Engineers Moderator………………Scott Bressler, Operations Deputy, Butler County Engineers Presenters Butler 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

2. Butler County Engineers Office 2010-2011 Snow / Ice Control Plan

3. BCEO Plan Winter 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

4. BCEO PLAN • Responsible for 596 lane miles http://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).

5. 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

6. 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

7. BCEO PLAN • If forecast warrants, we will load trucks previous night, come in prior to storm and be on routes before snow falls

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. BCEO PLAN • New Tools • Plow Blades • Beet Juice / Brine Mix • 800Mhz Radios

12. BCEO PLAN • Work together • Be patient • Use the press to help communicate to the public, keep them informed • Be safe • http://www.bceo.org