NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The City of Hutchinson used a lot of resources to get the streets into passable condition both during and following the weekend storm.
"To date, we've used around 10,000 gallons of brine and about a thousand tons of salt for direct application onto the roads," said Hutchinson City Manager Enrico Villegas said Monday. "A lot of resources just on the material side, but also on the personnel side, a lot of hours, so about 520 hours or so."
City employees have been working around the clock, too with about 20 employees plowing 12 hours on, 12 hours off for the duration of the storm.
"I was talking with several staff late into the evening Sunday night and part of why they were in good spirits, is several have mentioned that this time last year or during our last major snow event, it seemed like maybe 10 percent of the comments were positive and then 90 percent were just negative," Villegas said. "Well, they're saying now it's the exact opposite where it's like 90 percent positive and then 10 percent negative. So the staff feel that positivity and that helps keep them going."
Part of what's important is that the city has done its best to let the public know in advance of the storm what the plan is and then they have gone out to execute that plan.