Latest Snow Response Cost $60,500

Johnston's response to the major snowstorm that hit the area January 11 and 12 cost the town $60,500, a slight increase from the amount spent on an earlier storm in late December, Chief of Staff Doug Jeffrey said today.

During a phone interview from , Jeffrey said the amount covers both town and privately-contracted efforts to clear snow from local roads during the height of the storm, and to remove fallen tree limbs and utility wires after the snow had passed.

"We were pretty efficient — that's what kept the cost down," Jeffrey said.

Johnston has a $220,000 line item in the 2010-11 municipal budget for response to winter storms; the latest charge brings the overall total to more than half that amount.