PRESS RELEASE
November 30, 2010
10 AM 

City of Livingston continues snow storm cleanup.

The City of Livingston continues to address difficulties created by the recent snow (and wind) storm that threatened to make primary transportation routes impassable in the community. At this time, the Public Works Department is concentrating its snow removal efforts on:

• Keeping Primary transportation routes, school bus routes, and access to Livingston Memorial Hospital open;
• Alleys necessary to complete that day’s solid waste collection routes;
• Secondary streets;
• On Wednesday evening, city crews will do another cleaning/removal effort in the downtown area – to prepare for the Christmas Stroll on Friday.

Throughout the weather emergency, the Public Works Department had all available staff on continuous 12-hour shift rotations (including Thanksgiving Day); those shifts did not cease until 7 PM Sunday evening. To date, total storm related costs are approximately $25,000; which will be absorbed in the City’s ‘Street Maintenance Fund’ in order to limit the impact on operational budgets within the General Fund and Utility Funds.

The City of Livingston appreciates the patience of our citizens during our response to this difficult weather event -- and the willingness of neighbors to help neighbors in need when public resources were otherwise deployed.

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Please note that the Civic Center will be

CLOSED TO ALL ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND POSSIBLY THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN NOVEMBER 2010

The City of Livingston has received a grant from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant for $156,975 for energy efficiency retrofits to the Civic Center. NorthWestern Energy is providing rebates for the retrofits in the amount of $41,783. The purpose of the Livingston Civic Center Energy Retrofits Project is to reduce energy consumption in the City-owned Civic Center and to create and sustain jobs in Montana.  The City of Livingston proposes to make the following modifications to the building which will result in energy savings that pay for the project over a period not longer than 15 years: installation of insulation and a thermal barrier to the walls, roof, rim joists and attics; installation of insulated commercial overhead doors and openers for the shop; furring out of the shop and office walls with 2x4 framing and addition of drywall, tape, texture, and paint over the insulation; replacement of all 35 single pane windows with double pane Low-E insulated glass windows; and, replacement of existing lighting controls with high efficiency lighting and occupancy sensor controls.  The City of Livingston would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to possible renters. Once the updates are completed the Civic Center will be open and available for rentals of all types.