Letter to the Editor from Alderman Ertz

I rode in a snow plow with Tony Mesa of Raytown’s public works department. Tony and his crew are doing a great job of keeping our streets clean and safe. I know that all streets cannot be the first to be plowed. His crew takes great pride in what they do and I am thankful for them as I drive to work at 7 am on freshly plowed streets.

A new feature the city now has is a GPS tracking system on the plow vehicles. Tony can now track which streets need to be plowed and which ones are done. The GPS colors a city map of what streets are done at what time and by whom.

I have enclosed some pictures. The 1st is in the plow, the second is Tony driving, the 3rd is the GPS map.

Pat Ertz Ward 4

*editors note: I cropped and magnified picture 3 to make picture 4. Click on any picture to see a larger version.