City Manager Sheryl Long declared a Snow Emergency effective 7 PM last night (Jan. 23rd) through Monday, January 26 at midnight.

• Vehicles parked on official snow emergency routes may be towed and fined; these should
• Use driveways, garages, or off‑street parking whenever possible to help snowplow crews navigate safely
• If you must travel, drive slowly and give snowplows plenty of space

A major winter storm is expected to bring 8–12 inches of snow and dangerous cold this weekend. The city began pretreating roads on Monday night, and has plenty of salt (20,000 tons) available.

Department of Public Services begins 12-hour shifts around the clock at 7 AM today. Plowing of residential streets may be delayed if there is heavy accumulation on major streets and emergency corridors.

The city will open the extreme winter daytime shelter at the St. Anthony Center (1615 Republic) from 6 AM to 7 PM, starting on the 23rd to through Friday the 30th. Food, warming space, and transportation to Shelterhouse for overnight stays will be available.

Update: the city's snow plow tracker map is now active, and shows which streets have been pretreated, salted, or plowed.

• Trash, recycling, and other collection services are delayed by one day and will begin Tuesday (27th)
• City Buildings are closed to the pubic Monday (26th), and the Economic and Cultural Opportunity and Budget, Finance & Governance Committee meeting for that day is cancelled

City page for Snow Operations