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On another matter, in my December 2014 column, I expressed hope(though admittedly, a naïve one) that the lame duck Congress might orshould slip through a modest gas tax increase. I wrote that the tax has notbeen increased from 18.4 cents a gallon since 1993 and that it was agood time, with gas prices plummeting, to pass a tax increase because iffor no other reason, it would be palatable and barely noticeable. I arguedthat we desperately need additional funding for the nation’s infrastruc-ture and that just a few cents extra a gallon could go a long way towardaddressing our deteriorating roads and bridges.

I recently received a letter to the editor from a retired highway super-intendent who disagreed with my call for an increase in the federal gastax. He contended that perhaps we have less of a funding problem thanwe do with how the money is allocated. That is a legitimate point ofview. Wasteful spending is pervasive throughout all aspects of govern-ment, and when I argued for support of a gas tax increase, I did notintend to suggest that it doesn’t happen with transportation funding, too.Not all funding goes toward shovels-in-the-ground work; some of itgoes to mass transit, environmental reviews and studies, project designand so on. And states allocate their gas tax revenue to many differentthings besides roads and bridges. The American Society of CivilEngineers says we need $3.6 trillion by 2020 to upgrade our infrastruc-ture. In 2011, the federal gas tax raised $41.2 billion — a lot of moneybut not enough to address our needs, even if all of it went to construc-tion. So let me put a qualifier on my call for a tax increase: if the fedswill ensure that a rise in the motor fuels tax will go to infrastructure, thenyes, I’d be willing to pay more for a gallon of gas.

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When the small, hand-lettered signs first appeared in front of each grav-el pile in the pit, there might have been a mild sense of fun in the highwaybarn in the town of East Bloomfield.

“I knew highway work, but running a gravel pit was entirely new to me,” said Brian Bernard,highway superintendent for the town, the man who made the sign while he was learning about thepit. Brian first took his elected office in 2012, following several months in an appointed position.His deputy is Scott Parker.The town budget for highway is $2,082,173.46, with $104,000 coming from CHIPS. The town

has 44 lane miles, plus county and state roads, making a total of 129 miles to maintain. Solar pan-els on parts of the garage roof help defray increasing expenses for materials, including salt. They use

100 percent salt — which cost $160,000 last winter (2014) and is expected to cost $216,000 in2015.

Part of this town’s self reliance for materials comes from the town owning its ownabundant 56-acre gravel pit.

The town’s gravel pit operation lies right behind the highway barn. The 56-acre facility is dotted by serious-looking mountains of some kind of gravel allsurrounded by high cliffs of rock face.

“It was tough at first,” Brian said. “There are many federal laws govern-ing the operation. There are mining laws. Cliffs have to be tapered to a cer-tain angle. We have to wear hard hats when mining. But the guys who workhere are really into the gravel pit.”

Brian showed the handbook from the Mine Safety and HealthAdministration (MSHA) for mining and materials handling. The book,which Brian jokingly refers to as the Bible, is thick and has tiny print thatlooks similar to an intense, electronics parts catalog. He said inspectorscan show up at any time and levy fines in the thousands of dollars.

He thinks the town probably acquired the acreage when the high-way garage was built circa 1956. The 12,000-sq.-ft. garage has anadditional salt barn that holds close to 4,000 tons of salt. They alsolease a cold storage building so that all the equipment can be storedindoors during the winter.Brian’s crew of five full-time people, plus some part-time in sea-

son, know each other pretty well. Morale is good. Each of the regularcrew is assigned his own dump truck for plowing and one smallertruck for salting and plowing places like dead-end streets. There are noreal subdivisions in East Bloomfield. Because the gravel pit requires mining, the activity is tightly con-

trolled by MSHA, which also mandates training. The MSHA handbook,with its tiny print, is the size of a brick and just about as easily comprehend-ed. Brian said the crew takes eight hours of specific training each spring for re-

certification on running the pit. Topics include keeping cliffs tapered to a cer-tain angle and height, CPR, and first aid. In addition, they take county trainingin other subjects such as chain saw safety and working with loaders. When it comes to gaining a higher comfort level in running a gravel pit,

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ent who now works for MSHA. This guy knows the answers when itcomes to questions about mining.Controlling costs related to the pit also demonstrates shared services

in action. The town of Bristol actually owns the crusher, so Bristol getsan advantageous rate for the East Bloomfield gravel. He said his crewproduces two products: medium and coarse crush gravel. Outside con-tractors come on site to process even finer grades of rock, including one-inch minus and one-and-a-half-inch minus. Scales on site facilitatebilling.The pit’s budget for 2014 was $90,000. Sales to other towns close to

year’s end were $57,203, in addition to the material East Bloomfielduses for road maintenance. Brian expects to return nearly $33,000 to thetown thanks to the success at the pit. He hopes that will help cover theanticipated increase in the price of salt. The 2015 budget will be $60,000.In addition to the benefit of having stable roads, each resident is

allowed 30 yards of free bank run gravel each year.It may all look like rocks to the next person, but there is a lot to learn

about gravel. For example, some people like limestone gravel better thanEast Bloomfield’s gravel, but their choice is often determined by price.In East Bloomfield the product is a comparative bargain at inch-and-a-half minus going for $4.75 a ton. What other commodity can you buy

for less than $5 a ton? “The former highway crews met all of their needs, building roads

here with their own gravel,” said Brian. “Coming from Mendon RoadsI was impressed. A lot of times in Mendon the bases were not that goodwith clay and stuff like that. The roads here were built up with gravelfrom the pit, and it has been very beneficial for everyone here. The roadshave good drainage and are very stable.”In this rocky part of upstate, having a small, non-commercial pit

around is not that unusual. Brian said his father-in-law has built up hisprivate driveways with bank run gravel mined on his own property.One piece of equipment that works double time due to mining oper-

ations is the loader, which runs all summer long doing gravel and allwinter loading salt in the trucks. While everybody runs the loader, whenit’s time to buy a new one every 10 years on a regular rotation programfor all heavy equipment, the crew also offers their input. Ultimately thedecision is financial. The last new loader — a 2014 John Deere — cost$195,000.As for snowplow trucks Brian said, “All the guys have their own

trucks. They have assigned routes. Pretty much what they have beendoing forever — that’s their route.”

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Making a Good First ImpressionBrian was fortunate to have a father who worked for the Monroe

County Parks Department because Brian’s family got to grow up in acobblestone house nestled in Mendon Ponds Park, a truly lovely andsometimes lively athletic enclave of hundreds of acres lush with naturalbeauty and teeming with wildlife. Brian remembers riding his bike alongendless trails as a young boy. Living in the park offered him the samekind of freedom and adventure that he has found working on the roadsin East Bloomfield. He gets to be outdoors, doing what he enjoys, whichis working. Brian’s wife, Colleen, grew up in East Bloomfield. The cou-ple built their home in 1992 on acreage donated by his wife’s parents.

Brian and Colleen met at the Mendon Fireman’s Carnival in 1988 andhave “been together ever since.” They married in 1991. His wife hasworked in customer care for Time Warner for many years. Their daugh-ter, Katie, just turned 15. The family likes to camp with friends. Thehouse plants in his office, which he is not totally confident with, are fromhis mother who passed away. The plants are doing fine. Brian is a long-time Yankees fan, enjoys the St. Patrick's Day parade, and also becomesnostalgic when describing bird hunting with his dog, Nora, his specialbreed bird dog that he drove all the way to Wisconsin to pick up.

“I just love watching a dog work,” Brian said. “I don’t care if I don’tget a bird.” He said in Mendon, a lot of highway guys deer hunt andthat’s how he got into hunting.

Although the demands of the job often conflict with personal time, his

wife said his dedication to the safety of his crew and the maintenance ofthe town roads for residents is “admirable in today’s work ethic.” Hereally enjoys being vice president of Ontario County’s HighwayAssociation.

After high school, Brian tried a few jobs but he said he always want-ed to get into town highway department work because of his sincere

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Fresh snow receives some inspection following the morning’s first plowroute. Each driver is assigned his to own truck. The entire crew works onrepairs.

The circa 1956, 12,000-sq.-ft. highway garage is nothing special architec-turally, but it does have solar panels on the roof. The fuel station is used byall municipal vehicles. The town’s 56-acre gravel pit, mined and run by thehighway crew, is located behind the highway garage.



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the superintendent once a month for about a year. Luckily an openingcame up for equipment operator, and that’s how I got started.”

Brian had been plowing snow since he was a teenager, often with hisdad, who plowed snow as a sideline for a friend for about 30 years. Hecan be counted on to pinch hit and still likes plowing. Brian started withthe Mendon Highway Department in 1986 and worked his way fromequipment operator to heavy equipment operator, and then to foreman.He was with Mendon highways for 25 years. He couldn’t continue in thetrajectory to superintendent without moving to Mendon. And a transitionfrom East Bloomfield, which is only a few miles away, never crossed hismind.

A chance meeting with the former superintendent from EastBloomfield who had also once been in sales, led to his being appointedto superintendent for a few brief months.

“When I saw him again, he said something to me about ‘are you inter-ested in taking over when I leave?’ That got me thinking. When he quitbefore his term was up, another person and myself interviewed with thetown board, and I got the job. I started in May and had to run in an elec-

tion. As my wife recently reminded me, to become a highway superin-tendent has always been a life goal for me.”

“I took a big chance leaving the town of Mendon,” he said. While heran unopposed he said he still wanted to go out and meet the people eventhough it meant knocking on doors, which makes him somewhatuncomfortable.

“One guy actually said, ‘What are your qualifications?’ Nobodyasked that. I thought, that’s pretty cool. Where do you want to start?”

A second life goal was to become fire chief, which he has done.Currently inactive in volunteer fire departments, he has worked inPittsford and Honeoye Falls and has been fire chief in East Bloomfield.He was fire commissioner for five years. One of his fondest Kodakmoments is a photograph of his tiny daughter in his big fireman’s hat. Healways listens to the scanner for any accidents that might involve townroads, and then he heads to the scene.

On becoming highway superintendent he says, “I like my work somuch better doing this. It’s been a good move for me, and my wife thinksso, too. I am closer to home. We can share more things with our daugh-ter.”

He doesn’t mention the good fortune of being in charge, but you getthe sense that he likes being a boss, if not THE boss. As for temperament,he is thoughtful and low key. This crew clearly knows what is expected


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of them. “I get up at 2:45 a.m. to check the roads. I’m fortunate that’s not year-

round. Pretty soon [winter] the guys will take turns Monday throughThursday and give me a break. Basically I watch the roads Friday,Saturday, and Sunday. In addition we have two night guys.”

A Failed Drug Test Has Consequences“This group here, they all take their jobs very seriously. They all have

an interest in it. It’s impressive to watch them,” Brian said. Surprisingly it was a personnel issue that gave Brian the worst day on

the job to date. “We’ve had some personnel changes here, including a termination

because of a failed drug and alcohol test.” Random testing, part of federal law, is done about four to five times a

year here. A supervisor also can ask for a random test. Had Brian everterminated a person before? “No. And he was a senior man. You arepulling the carpet out from under someone. You are ending their liveli-hood, too.”

Brian being the new guy on the job said the crew’s response was,“pretty quiet.”

The move required court time, testimony, written documentation, anda lot of personal stress. No surprise that as a result Brian, on the adviceof his insurance agent, added personal protection on his insurance poli-cy because he is now an elected, public official.

He calls East Bloomfield in Ontario County a “bedroom community”of nearly 4,000 residents — many of whom head to Rochester for work.There are no housing developments as such. The town has the Antique

from page 26

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So far, he said, roads taking a longer time to settle have him some-what flummoxed. In one of his first projects here they replaced all theculverts and then put NovaChip on top of the road. He said some of theroads over the culverts are not really settled enough to please him. “It’staking a lot of time,” he said.

NovaChipping is one tool that Brian had used successfully inMendon. He said it was new to the crew in East Bloomfield.

“They like it, but if they think I am making a wrong decision they willlet me know. I appreciate that. They are a good bunch to work with. Idon’t want to lose any. One member has been here for 35 years, and hepromises to remain here to be a thorn in my side.”

As for resident complaints, the top one remains the proverbial fallenmailbox. The crew is taking the higher ground this year when budgetsare everything, and a new mailbox and pole could cost taxpayers $50.

“This year I had one of the guys take photographs of about six mail-boxes, which we sent to the homeowners and said we would not beresponsible for them because they are in such poor condition. All theseyears I’ve done mailboxes, sometimes I think it would be cheaper for thetaxpayers to get everybody a post office box!”

One particularly memorable mailbox that got squashed like a pancake

from page 32


Salt storage is just about 3,850 tons. Brian says the cost is steadily goingup.

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is hung prominently on the wall of the highway garage. The driver’squote, “I just nicked it.” provides the caption.

Miles and Miles of Road“If it were up to me I’d repave every road, but we don’t have the

budget for that. My budget was just approved, so we can get going onour plan of action,” he said. “On our roads we do a lot of wedging andgrading with tons of stone and oil.”

He said it was a busy year and one in which they got an additional$12,000 from the state for winter breakage. That money will go towardroadwork. A reimbursement for $10,000 just arrived from FEMAbecause of erosion-caused problems.

Because it’s a small town, shared services work out very well. “Wedid a big drainage project for the town hall last year.”

The crew addressed the gutters and then they trenched to an adjacentproperty to tap into a catch basin to get rid of rain water efficiently. Thecrew also tends to the Veterans Park, which is used for communityevents including patriotic celebrations. They also helped refurbish somebaseball diamonds at the American Legion. The school mows someareas, like Veterans Park, while the highway crew salts the school park-ing lots in return.

A routinely flooded area that has endangered a private home with anirate owner on Wayland Road is typical of how Brian approaches a prob-lem. Working with town engineers Brian determined that a box culvertwould work or possibly a large-capacity pipe made from aluminum.

Turning to Computers (and His Wife) for HelpBrian has come to rely heavily on computer software developed for

highway superintendents called Williamson Law. When he took officethe software was installed but had not yet been used. Today he said writ-ing invoices, tracking plow routes, watching the budget, monitoring saltusage, and taking inventory is routine and just minutes from gettingdone.

“I use it every day,” he said. “Anything having to do with the job I putin there. I wouldn’t want to be without it. It is second nature to me now.”

from page 42


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One thing that doesn’t come easily, he said, is writing letters, and this

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Still he is wise enough to admit that the letter always gets better and

its purpose is more readily understood.

If his wife isn’t available, he never goes it alone. He says then he turns

to the supervisor’s secretary.

About East BloomfieldLike a lot of upstate towns, East Bloomfield started out being much

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West Bloomfield. The original residents were Seneca Indians who lived

in a village known as “Gan-dou-gar-ae” on the east side of Mud Creek.

The natives were driven out by the Marquis de Denonville in 1687 as

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proofs of the once-abundant crops and storage places that the Seneca

enjoyed in a large village of some 3,000 inhabitants in nearby Victor.

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unveiling of a brown granite monument, still admired, that cost a sub-


The town’s 56-acre gravel pit is situated right behind the highway garage.

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Some rotating beacons can cause interferencethat could make your radios almost useless.Some lights are not SAE compliant. But thereare alternatives. Most LED beacons and strobereplacements won’t cause interference.The emergency lighting market over the last

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cation is the “class” rated from 1 to 3. Class 1rating means it meets or exceeds the standardsset for emergency service vehicles, such as

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standard on optical warning devices for author-ized emergency, maintenance and service vehi-cles, covers more on the lighting outputs, tem-perature testing, vibration testing and waterresistance. These tests were done with the enduser in mind, to allow for a standard for quali-ty such that consumers would purchase a lightthat wouldn’t need constant replacement andwould pass the harsh environments.Everyone loves the rotating beacons, and

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budget is, and what you feel you need. I wouldencourage you to reach out to your local rep-utable lighting dealer, and see what they rec-ommend and why, and ask what the warrantyis and where it was manufactured. WhelenEngineering, and lighting by some manufac-turers, for example, may be 30 to 50 percentmore than some of your current lights, but offera 5-year warranty and are fully certified bySAE. Although some of the lights currently on

your fleet may be “inexpensive” the overallcost may far exceed the initial investment of ahigher quality light. In many cases you’ll findthe hassle of changing light in a snow storm, ornot having it in operation when you reallyneeded it worth the few extra dollars you mightspend, and don’t give up if you feel pressuredto take low bid. Quality vendors and manufac-turers will be happy to write bid specs to makesure you get the quality you’re looking for.Keep your lighting vendor informed of yourneeds and problems, and remember quality upfront is worth every cent in the long term.

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Doosan Portable Power Introduces ItsFirst Natural Gas Mobile Generators

Doosan Portable Power has introduced the company’s first naturalgas mobile generators. The NG160, NG225 and NG295 natural gas-powered generators combine the ability to operate on wellhead naturalgas with features that ensure performance in remote locations and harshenvironments. The natural gas generators are ideal for use in oil and gasexploration, site preparation and production, water well drilling, indus-trial plants and as auxiliary or maintenance power in factory settings,according to the manufacturer.

Doosan natural gas generators are equipped with an automatic dual-fuel switch, allowing the generator to operate on natural gas, as well aspropane from an external tank. This ensures continuous generator oper-ation in the event that wellhead gas flow is interrupted or unavailable.

An onboard scrubber system improves machine performance byremoving excess dirt and water from wellhead gas. It includes a heateddrain valve to prevent water removed from the gas from freezing in thehose — an event that could disrupt the flow of natural gas and possiblycause the machine to shut down. This allows more uptime and fewercalls to a service technician. The system is fully enclosed to protect it

against harsh weather, possible damage during shipping and vibrationthat would occur if attached to the drawbar.

“Our natural gas generators are another testament to the expertise ofDoosan Portable Power, especially in the oil and gas markets,” said ToddHowe, global generator products manager, Doosan Portable Power.“These generators were designed with innovative features that reducedowntime and cut operating costs. The units can operate on excess well-head natural gas, eliminating the cost for diesel fuel, as well as theexpense of transporting diesel to the site.”

An oil level maintainer allows for extended run time. Generator diag-nostics and uptime also are supported by a telematics system that allowsfleet and service managers to remotely observe machine use and per-formance in secluded or difficult-to-monitor locations. Telematics comestandard on Doosan natural gas generators; advanced satellite optionsare available for machines in isolated locations.

Doosan natural gas generators deliver ultimate fuel efficiency whilemeeting environmental regulations on emissions and containment. Theunits offer 110 percent containment, eliminating the possibility of a cost-ly spill.

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STEPHENSON EQUIPMENT INC..................................27

STS TRAILER & TRUCK EQUIPMENT..........................52

SUIT-KOTE CORP..........................................................51

TENCO USA INC ............................................................71

TRACEY ROAD EQUIPMENT..........................................7

TRACKLESS VEHICLES INC ........................................12

TRIUS INC ......................................................................33

VALLEY FAB & EQUIPMENT ........................................18

VAN BORTEL FORD..................................................10,67

VANTAGE EQUIPMENT ................................................43

VERMEER NORTHEAST ..............................................65

VIBCO INC......................................................................49

VIKING CIVES INC ........................................................72

WAYNE’S WELDING INC ................................................8

WESTCHESTER TRACTOR INC ..................................18

WESTERN NY VILLAGE SUPERINTENDE ..................69

YACANOS’ GRADALL SALES SERVICE & RENTALS ..18

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