Bloomington considering temporary structure for city snow plows

Posted on September 24, 2016

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington is looking at moving its snow plows into a long term, but temporary building just south of the current public works facility.

Assistant City Manager Steve Rasmussen explained the current storage building, which was being leased from Connect Transit, would require too much maintenance to be worth using anymore.

“We looked at other facilities in town and we could not find one that suited our needs. At some point in time, we’re going to move the public works facility to some other area to make a new public works facility,” said Rasmussen. “So, the answer best was to use a temporary building.”

This building will cost $73,298. Rasmussen said it can be moved to wherever they put up a new public works facility.

“We’ll get 10 or 15 years out of it,” he said.

The City Council will vote on approving the structure Monday night.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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