Town
Salt/Sand Provided?
Publicly Available?
Salt covered?
Limits
Abuses by contractors?
Delivered to Seniors?
Annual Costs
Tolland
No
Mansfield
Yes. Salt/sand mix
24-hour access
Manger-type structure
Vernon
Yes. Salt/sand mix.
2 sites. 24-hour access
Piles not covered.
Two 5 gal. buckets Previously. Caught some offenders several years ago
at a time
and no problems since.
No
Yes. Citizens report when noted. No cameras or
None
police manpower to monitor.
No
Bolton
Yes. Salt/sand mix.
Pile at town garage in front for
24-hour access
Piles not covered.
Previously. Salt shed is fenced in now. Has to
bucket or two at a occasionally discourage frequent visitors and
time
individuals known to be contractors.
Columbia
Yes. Salt/sand mix.
At transfer station during
operating hours (Weds & Sat.)
Covered.
Two 5 gal. buckets Yes. Have caught out-of-state contractors, plus site
at a time
is open and unmonitored during plowing evemts.
Yes. Salt/sand mix.
Yes. At PW garage. Visible from
street.
Shed-type structure
One bucket.
Signage states
limits.
Yes. Occasional contractors. Camera on site. Access
to municipal shed behind garage is discouraged but
occasionally attempted.
No
Not tracked - negligible
Yes
Yes. One dozen boxes around
town with salt and a sand pile
for public at front of PW garage No
None. Town
residents only.
Occasionally attempted. Contractors prevented from
access to PW facility. Area not locked. Camera on
site. Abuses tracked and ticketed.
No
Not tracked - negligible
Yes. Sand only
At transfer station during
operating hours (Weds, Sat. &
Sun.) If storm is pending may
open on other days.
Andover
Windham
Willington
Yes. Shed-type structure
One bucket. Town Previously. Limited now due to transfer station
residents only
access.
24 yards of sand/salt per year
$250/year mtls.
Yes - through Senior Center
Notes
Used to provide in salt shed. Program
stopped approx. 5 years ago when
unauthorized person was "nearly buried
alive."
Used to have salt boxes. Stopped due to
abuse.
Use approx. 20 cu. yards per year @$7.50
pcy.
Senior bus drivers (town employees) deliver
to seniors or disabled individuals upon
request. Up to 20-25 participants per year in
past. Only 3 requests this year.
Not tracked - negligible
Senior delivery approx. $400/year incl
materials & staff hourly rate for 7-8 List kept for Seniors - stated intent is for low
Yes - 30 individuals 1 x per year. hours. Cost not tracked for public
income but they do not check income levels.
Age 62 or older/disabled
piles.
Home delivery program is "a headache."
Yes. By Public Works upon
request for elderly/disabled
residents. 1x per year to "a
handful of people."
TBD
Number of boxes around town down from
130 to 12.