During Monday’s city council work session it was reported that snow removal in the city has received positive reviews so far this season, and that the brine tank is officially up and running. Pictured is a plow working on Second Street in 2023. P-J file photo

Snow removal in the city has been receiving mostly positive reviews from Jamestown residents after multiple lake effect snow storms in the last few weeks and months.

Councilman Randy Daversa, R-At Large and chair of the Public Works Committee, said during Monday’s work session that while every so often there is some grumbling it has been mostly positive reviews, and that improvements to plowing in the city are also under way.

“The brine tank we talked about is up and running,” Daversa said. “That’s the new brine tank on Steele Street, and there are two trucks that are outfitted to dispense liquid de-icing for brine and there are expected to be more upcoming soon. They are waiting for some parts to outfit more trucks.”

Other plowing aspects in the city were discussed again later in the meeting, this time brought up by Councilman Bill Reynolds, R-Ward 5, in regards to the plowing of sidewalks. Reynolds said he had a discussion with Mark Roetzer, city public works director, about plowing in front of some more of the downtown businesses.

“I asked to have the sidewalk plows expand their region in the downtown area and just today I had two businesses track me down and say thanks for doing the sidewalks instead of them doing it themselves,” Reynolds said. “They went as far as Seventh or Eighth Street I think, so that’s great.”

Reynolds expressed his appreciation for the sidewalk plows doing that instead of the businesses doing it with little four-by-four plows, shovels and older people shoveling themselves.