Road Weather Spotlight: Local Agency Winter Operations and Maintenance Practices

Overview

This installment of the Road Weather Spotlight Webinar Series, titled “Local Agency Winter Operations and Maintenance Practices,” features speakers Marc Valenti, Matthew Morreim and Brian Rowe. In anticipation of the upcoming winter season, speakers highlight recent advancements in winter road maintenance operations, examples of maintenance practices and associated impacts.

Agenda

• Welcome, NOCoE logistics, introduction of webinar topics, and speaker bios
• Local agency winter operations and maintenance practices
• Q&A discussion
• FHWA wrap-up: new resources, grant opportunities, upcoming webinar

Instructors:

• Marc Valenti, Manager of Operations, Public Works, Lexington, Massachusetts
  Marc exercises general supervision and guidance over the department to include the management of staffing, equipment allocation and deployment, which includes but is not limited to special events, projects, and snow operations. 
• Matthew Morreim, Public Works Director, City of Shorewood, Shorewood, Minnesota
  Matt is a registered professional engineer with over 18 years of experience managing winter and summer street maintenance operations along with a 24/7/365 call center and an asphalt plant.
• Brian Rowe, Deputy Director of Public Works, Town of Windsor, Windsor, Colorado
  Brian is an experienced deputy director with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry managing streets, utilities, stormwater, fleet, and facilities. 

• Beth Skowronski, Assistant Superintendent, McHenry County, Illinois, Division of Transportation