Town says it is ready to handle upcoming snow events
Page 4 • Wednesday, December 10, 2014 • The Hammonton Gazette
SNOW, from Page 1
had a “great” snow removal plan last year,
and executed it “wonderfully.”
“They are doing the same thing, same
plan in place this year. The equipment has
already been gone over. They had to order
some parts. That has already been handled
and it is in house. The plows are ready to go
and hopefully we won’t have to put them
down, but the town is ready,” DiDonato
said.
DiDonato also stated the town will once
again be obtaining salt from the county to
put on the potential icy roads, and believes
the municipality is in good shape moving
forward through the winter months. One of
the more notable snow removal preparation
jobs was identifying any existing issues
with the equipment.
“We bought some blades for the vehicles,
checked everything out to make sure everything is in good shape and in good working
order. We bought some plows two or three
years ago, and we just did some repair and
tweaking. It was just about going over the
equipment, making sure everything was
functioning and ready to go,” DiDonato
said.
In anticipation for at least the possibility
of one major snowstorm this year, DiDonato mentioned Barberio will have additional drivers to remove snow from the
roads and apply salt.
“He also has some part-time drivers on
standby if need be if we get the bigger,
longer storms,” DiDonato said.
Specifically, Barberio said there will be a
list of six part-time drivers on standby this
winter. He explained the plan for handling
snow removal and how long those shifts are
normally.
“We get two to three people from our
water and sewer department to help us out.
We have at the department nine people that
would all be working for snow removal,
plus three more to make 12, and then we
ARRESTS, from Page 2
Mays Landing was charged with burglary,
theft, and possession of a controlled dangerous substance believed to be heroin, Salvatore said.
DiNatale was lodged in the Atlantic
County Jail in lieu of payment of $50,000
full cash bail set by Hammonton Municipal
Judge Frank Raso, Salvatore said.
K-9 Officer Robert Zbikowski
was the arresting officer, Salvatore
said.
• On December 7 at 1:01 a.m. on
N. Third Street, David Guzman, 30, of
Hammonton was stopped for careless driving and was found to be in possession of
marijuana, Salvatore said. Guzman was
charged with possession of controlled dangerous substance (cds) marijuana less than
50 grams, Salvatore said.
Salvatore said Officer Kevin Sloan was
the arresting officer.
Drug arrests made by HPD
The town’s
vehicles
VEHICLES, from Page 1
police vehicle] a little after seven
years. The car would be used anywhere from seven to 10 years old,
at the most,” Barberio said.
The public works vehicles operate at longer duration, according to
Barberio, and some of them are
used on a limited basis.
“We have dump trucks that were
purchased in the late 1990s that we
still use. For instance, they will be
used for leaf season. As far as during the year, the larger dump
trucks, there are really not too
many days that we have to use
them because they are just too big
for the jobs that we have,” Barberio said.
For the most part during routine
town services, Barberio stated the
demand to use larger trucks is limited.
“When we are going out to do
our routes such as the trash routes,
there are dedicated trucks for that.
But then if we are doing green
waste pickup that are in small
buckets and bags with grass [and
other yard waste colle