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What are they thinking? Getting residents to relocate during disasters

The Municipal Posted on May 28, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023

It’s a question that vexes communities whenever a natural disaster occurs: Why do residents ignore repeated warnings to leave? Unlike man-made disasters, which tend to be unpredictable, natural disasters are often cyclical. In the cases of Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, Isaac … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster Response | Tagged disaster, evacuate, leave, people, residents, strang

APWA: making the grade

The Municipal Posted on May 16, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023

National Public Works Week, May 19–25, will be both a celebration of success and a somber review of how much farther U.S. infrastructure improvement and maintenance has to go. On March 19, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the … Continue reading →

Posted in Public Works | Tagged barrineau, bridge, construction, infrastructure, iowa, public, works

Strategic plans

The Municipal Posted on May 13, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
strategic fire rescue plans

Columbia, Mo., fire chief outlines goals and challenges Fire fighting in Columbia, Mo., has come a long way since Chief Albert Newman, his assistant and 11 parttime and volunteer firemen established the first paid department in the city in 1893. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire Fighters | Tagged chief, city, columbia, department, mo, personnel, time

Extended life: best practices in municipal road maintenance

The Municipal Posted on February 13, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
Slurry Seal coating and micro-surfacing have been touted as versatile and low-cost applications that can extend the life of city streets by five to seven years. Both petroleum-based emulsion products are mixed with a fine chip aggregate and spread in thin layers to fill cracks and ruts. (Photo provided)

Keeping roads in tiptop shape is never easy, especially in areas where the weather can be frightful and cities have to deploy a fleet of plows, sand and salt trucks to clear them year after year. There are four key … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | Tagged devries, maintenance, micro, micro surfacing, road, slurry, surfacing

A passion for energy: Rhonda Mosely teaches communities how to ‘MacGyver it’ when catastrophe strikes

The Municipal Posted on February 9, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023

How would your community react if the power went out for days or weeks at a time? That’s the question Rhonda Mosely poses to local governments and members of the private sector in order to help them create a continuum … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged communities, energy, governments, local, MacGyver, plan, program

The Newtown tragedy: municipal response

The Municipal Posted on February 5, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
On Dec. 14, 2012, Newtown, Conn., suffered a national tragedy when 20-year-old gunman Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and killed over two dozen students, teachers and staff before taking his own life. (Gina Jacobs/Shutterstock)

On Dec. 13, 2012, Newtown, Conn., was an idyllic and relatively unheard-of New England community. But at 9:30 a.m. the following day, it became synonymous with Aurora, Virginia Tech, Columbine and other scenes of national tragedy after a gunman entered … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster Response | Tagged community, elementary school, newtown, responders, sandy hook

Striving to build a better environment

The Municipal Posted on December 10, 2012 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
Barb Anderson

Barb Anderson, 2012-13 chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Advocacy Committee, says she has a passion for sustainable building. She also has more than 25 years of experience in architecture and sustainable design. Through the USGBC, the Oates Associates … Continue reading →

Posted in Going Green | Tagged anderson, building, committee, communities, green, practices, sustainable, usgbc

Confronting Sandy: The East Coast trudges back

The Municipal Posted on December 5, 2012 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
The Sheepshead Bay section of the Bronx, N.Y., and many other cities in New York and New Jersey suffered billions of dollars in damage from Sandy’s direct hit.

Arriving just in time for Halloween, “Frankenstorm” Sandy brought 70-90 mph winds, rain, sea swells and blizzard-like conditions to most of the eastern U.S. seaboard. The hurricane looks to have been one of the costliest natural disasters on record, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster Response | Tagged damage, hurricane, sandy

HIGH- SPEED CITY

The Municipal Posted on November 16, 2012 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
The city of Chattanooga, Tennessee’s community-owned electric utility, EPB, has given 170,000 people and businesses access to ultrafast, high-speed Internet via a 1 Gig fiber-optic Ethernet network.

Chattanooga installs gigabit Ethernet system Chattanooga, Tenn., is on the cusp of the future thanks to the installation of a $300 million high-speed fiber optic Ethernet system that transformed the southern metropolis into the nation’s first gigabyte city. Mayor Ron … Continue reading →

Posted in Building Projects, Public Works | Tagged able, chattanooga, city, ethernet, fiber, littlefield, optic

Under ‘fire’ to cut costs and preserve personnel

The Municipal Posted on October 15, 2012 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023

November of 2008 wasn’t the easiest time to be appointed fire chief for the city of Naperville, Ill., Mark Puknaitis said. With the country immersed in the mire of an economic recession, he knew that every city and town would … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire Fighters, Funding & Finances | Tagged budget, fire, firefighters, naperville

New water meters plump municipal finances

The Municipal Posted on September 12, 2012 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023

Municipalities need funding for a wide variety of community projects, including the acquisition of new vehicular equipment, infrastructure improvements, software upgrades, public works initiatives and other community services. Whatever the need, there are a host of options such as grants, … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding & Finances, Public Works | Tagged beckerman, communities, Equipment, meters, municipalities, need, time

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