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A resolution recognizing Metropolitan Government employees for extraordinary efforts during inclement weather in January 2026.
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WHEREAS, multiple weather sources predicted significant snowfall along with a wintry mix of ice and freezing rain for the weekend of January 24 and 25, 2026; and
WHEREAS, many Metropolitan Government departments and partners began planning and preparing their responses to dangerous conditions throughout the city resulting from the inclement weather; and
WHEREAS, the storm brought freezing rain that damaged trees everywhere in the city, felling more than 700 electric poles and snapping electric wires in every part of Nashville; and
WHEREAS, Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure ("NDOT") placed brine on roads pre-emptively and had its largest fleet of snowplows ever at the ready to clear roads on their recently developed optimized routing program while also incorporating information from citizens; and
WHEREAS, Nashville Department of Waste Services ("NWS") began running extra-long day pick-up routes several days before the storm to ensure that waste pick-up was not disrupted by difficult road conditions and so their trucks would not hamper NDOT's efforts after the snow started; and
WHEREAS, Nashville Electric Service ("NES") prepared their crews in advance to be ready to deal with ice accumulation on power lines or trees near power lines, and had contract partners from other utilizes on stand-by if additional resources were necessary to deal with downed power lines and power poles, and notified citizens of ways to report and monitor power outages; and
WHEREAS, the more than 235,000 power outages set a new record, and NES ran 14-to-16-hour shifts around the clock with more than 1,200 line workers from Nashville and other partner utilities to restore power to over half the city; and
WHEREAS, Metro Water Services ("MWS") employees worked in wet and cold conditions at all hours to repair water mains...
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