New technology will drive the city of Cincinnati's response to the next winter storm.

City officials on Thursday announced new plans and strategies for snow removal, promising to do better than the highly criticized performance during a major winter storm in January.

"Last year was not good enough, and both the administration, the Council and I agree on that," Mayor Aftab Pureval said. "We have made significant investments in order to make sure that we improve our services. To the extent we get another historic snowfall, we'll be ready."

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The former director of the Department of Public Services, Jerry Wilkerson, retired in September after seven years leading the department. City Manager Sheryl Long says she did not ask him to retire; Wilkerson has helped with

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