Today and tomorrow significant snowfall is expected. Please see report from Polk County Emergency Management linked below.
Library staff are not tasked with snow removal at the library. The Parks Department is in charge of clearing the library’s walkways and parking lot. They technically come out when there is two or more inches of snow, but they usually are out sooner than that.
If we have more than an inch or two of snow on the ground that Parks staff have not yet come to remove – and patrons complain about ice- a staff member should carefully clear the walkway in front of the handicapped parking stalls as well as a path from the lot to the main entrance. While anyone can do this, the Librarian in Charge will take care of it if no one else volunteers. There is salt in a yellow bin by the staff entrance and a shovel by the staff lockers.