Village of Ridgewood Leaves and Snow Update November 26th
Dear Residents.
I want to give you another quick update on the status of our leaf collection. We are currently experiencing equipment malfunctions with our sweepers and leaf vacs causing us to have to slow down in our leaf removal efforts. The good news, however, is that yesterday, we hit an all-time record of picking up 2,000 cu. yds. of leaves in one day! This beats our previous record of 1,500 cu. yds. from last year, and represents a determined effort to meet our schedule given the weather predictions for today.
Also, we are now in the process of switching over to snow removal mode (e.g. putting plows on vehicles) which will also have an impact on our leaf collection today.
While it has been our intent to meet our leaf pick up schedule before the Thanksgiving holiday, we may not be able to do so due to these new weather conditions. We will resume normal collection after the holiday.
In addition, if snow and icy conditions continue on Friday, I would like to ask residents on the East Side to please bring your garbage to the curb for collection.
Wishing you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
Best regards,
Roberta Sonenfeld
thats why roberta the crews worked weekends in the past to beet the snow. all other towns work weekends.
did the town have a sub contracte
Did the town have a Down’s tree service working for The Village last year?
Where the hell is my robo call?
Everyone should get a bonus right Roberta
So much for hiring more DPW workers.
I love the early snow.
Makes the people that worry about the leaves crazy.
I just wait for the snow to melt, the remaining leaves to fall, and then a final pick-up by the town.
Until then I just drive carefully.
to # 3 no, this is downs first year , at 65 grand to do sec b, and no weekend work for the town crew. in the past 35 years the village crews worked on saturdays.
So how can she say that “The good news, however, is that yesterday, we hit an all-time record of picking up 2,000 cu. yds. of leaves in one day! This beats our previous record of 1,500 cu. yds. from last year,” For the record I think the town crew does the best job with what they have.
“Dollar foolish penny wise ” #8
What would the overtime bill be if we used our workers on Saturdays vs the money paid to the contractor?
Would the workers like the overtime and be available for the extra shifts?
Lets hear both sides and ‘do the math’.
Do you think that it will only be 65k there are alway cost overruns when you the lowest bidder. When its all done I would like to know what the final bill is going to be. Cant do the math yet.
Very good #7……pretty simple
yes the ridgewood work crews would would work the overtime. they been doing it for 35 years. it;s all bull shit from the top. the mayor some of the council and the manager sleep in the same bed. she is on the string from the that crew. you all will see in 2 years .
Less then that #14
more and more bull shit will come out.