SNOW REMOVAL

In anticipation of more snow falling on the area starting tomorrow Wellsville Village officials are getting a clean-up plan started this evening. Starting tonight at 9 P.M. crews from Mike Pusateri Excavating will be going from street to street cleaning up as much snow as possible. Residents will be asked to move any cars parked on the street until after the clean-up.

Officers from the Wellsville Police Dept. will be going door to door asking residents to move their vehicles to enable the clean-up. Streets will be blocked off as the clean-up goes on to insure uninterrupted progress.

At a meeting earlier today Mayor Joe Surace and other Village officials met with members of the Police, Fire and Street Departments to evaluate the current situation. It was reported that as many streets as possible, as fast as possible, are being plowed. The biggest problem is the huge piles of snow scattered all throughout the Village. There is no where to go with any additional snow with the equipment the Village has on hand. When asked what would happen if we got another six inches of snow as forecasted one Street Dept. employee said "We're dust!" Piles of snow are blocking drains and hampering clean-up efforts now.

It was decided at that meeting the situation is an emergency and to call in additional help. Snow will be picked up and hauled away in dump trucks by the excavating company. They were looking at the pondage area in the lower end of town as a possible dumping ground. Any volunteers with plows and trucks wanting to join in the effort are asked to report in to the Mayor's Office or the Fire Station so a co-ordination plan can be put into to place.

All residents are asked for their full cooperation in the clean-up. This is being done for your safety. If you do not have any off street parking consider temporary parking in various business or church parking lots until after the clean-up.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for our area from Tuesday morning until Wednesday afternoon. A strong pressure system moving eastward through the Upper Ohio Valley Tuesday through Wednesday may bring more than five (5) to nine (9) inches of additional snow accumulation into our area. The Winter Storm Warning means there is a strong likelyhood for significant additional snow accumulation, which may be heavy at times, on top of the snow already on the ground. Time is of the essence in the clean-up attempts.

Your help and cooperation is essential.

ole nib