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Norwalk Mayor Richard Moccia said that municipal cost estimates from last week's nor'easter totals near $350,000. The estimate does not include any residential damage. The mayor said that he has not seen the report from a survey conducted last week to assess residential damage. The City cost estimates mostly consist of overtime hours for Department of Public Works and Police officers. Some damage reported, like the Brien McMahon sign, was also included in the figure, he said.
Director of Finance Tom Hamilton said the cost of responding to the nor'easter was greater than a typical snow storm. He said that Police and Fire Departments needed to respond to more situations, blocking off roads and responding to downed wires where a snow storm typically involves snow removal. The length of time that the DPW response was needed was also longer than a typical snow storm, he said.
The cost of weather has been growing in the past few years. In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the city spent $245,904 in snow removal. In 2007-08 the cost grew to $547,157. Last year, the city spent $827,646. Before this storm, the city had spent $613,026 on snow removal.
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