Snow Removal Options and Berm Policy

Questioned the sales tax cap and cost figures, then urged council members and staff to ride along with plow operators to see the job firsthand — noting he was invited to only one snow committee meeting.

Said he was deeply disappointed in the committee process — six hours of meetings and never once felt real change was possible. He argued the city hasn't followed the 2010 initiative since it passed and that fixing driveway berms would benefit nearly everyone.

Another committee member who felt only cons were heard. Suggested police enforcement of winter parking rules, using parks staff and temporary workers like Sioux Falls does, snow gates for residential areas (~$25,000 each by her research), and uniform operator training.

Her husband wrote the 2010 initiative. She said the whole point was to stop driveway berms, recalled positive personal experience with snow gates in Bismarck, and warned the council not to lose sight of the main issue as the city has grown.