True memo, from this month’s County Board committee packets. It’s from Robert E. Andrews, deputy corporation counsel, to Lee Holloway, County Board chairman:

Ms. Cele Stepke owns the building at 1210 E. Potter Avenue in Bay View. The building is occupied by a company named Piedmont Property Corporation. Located at this address are two garages that abut Hwy 794.

On January 8, 2010, a county truck engaged in a snow removal operation threw snow over the wall between the highway and the two garages. One of the garages incurred significant damage to its structure and doors.

This is an on-going problem of which the Highway Department is aware. The plow operators have been instructed to lower the speed of their trucks as they pass along side the subject property.

Gosh darned that Highway Department for damaging buildings and God knows what else through careless snow plow operation. Can’t help wondering, though, if the problem has anything to do with fewer people expected to plow the same number and miles of streets and highways.

Budget cuts have consequences.