Hiring was a merry go round of always changing and training temps for cold, dirty and wet curb crew positions. The temp workers would last just 24-48 hrs when rain & snow arrived in early November. The program required all 75 highway department employees plus up to 45 additional temp workers. By 2002 it grew to a 20 vac fleet that was struggling to keep up with program demands due to growing leaf volume, loss of tip sites, rain & snow during collections in November and conflicts with higher priority road requirements including winter preparation to prevent highway deterioration that would cost millions for accelerated road replacement due to winter freeze/thaw damages. Joseph County Highway Dept began the Leaf Program in 1993 with just 3 leaf vacs.
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