MONCLOVA TOWNSHIP – In his 28 years as a road maintenance worker, Todd Osborn has seen Monclova Township from a different perspective than its residents – from high up in a plow truck during snow storms, down in Van Fleet Ditch while installing a bridge to the Keener Park sledding hill, and all points in between.
“Anything that needs to be done for the community, that’s where we’ll be,” said Osborn, who retires Nov. 2 from the Public Works Department.
During his tenure, Osborn has had some memorable experiences: interrupting a New Year’s party to get cars moved so he could get a plow truck through a subdivision; passing out water when a 2014 algal bloom compromised drinking water; and closing off the parks during the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic…