AGENCY TESTIMONY
Staffing and collection during snow events
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Commissioner Lojan discusses improvements in staffing and collection services during snow events. He highlights how increased staffing has led to better service parity between snow removal and regular trash collection.
- Increased uniform headcount and fleet allotment
- Ability to staff full salt spread operations while maintaining core collection functions
- Acknowledgment that major snowstorms may still prioritize snow removal over collection
- Emphasis on the significant improvement in service parity compared to the past
Javier Lojan
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Today, we have a uniform headcount and fleet allotment that allows DSMY to staff a full salt spread operation while still keeping the core collection functions on schedule.
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Obviously, in a major snowstorm, snow will still need to come first.
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But to be perfectly frank, the level of service parity is something that I, as a young sanitation worker a quarter over a quarter century ago, would have considered impossible.
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Mary Adams got it done.
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We are holding ourselves accountable.