DEADWOOD - For most Northern Hills residents, the snows of this past winter and spring are a distant memory. However, for at least one Deadwood resident, the issue of snow removal remains a very present reality.

On Monday, Linda Friedel, who lives in the President's Section of Deadwood, requested that the city waive a $150 snow removal fee assessed for snow removal from her property. Friedel said it was city crews that pushed large piles of snow from Taylor Street into her driveway at Lincoln and Jefferson streets.

She claimed that her property manager, Keith Roberson, couldn't move the snow because his snowblower could not handle the large chunks of snow. Also, there were road scrapings pushed back onto the sidewalk that froze and wouldn't go through the blower, Friedle claimed.

"I can't remove what you guys are plowing into my driveway," she said.

The city removed the snow after giving a warning and billed Friedel for the cost.

Friedel found little compassion on the part of the city commission.

"I don't have a lot of sympathy when people do not shovel it. You were given a warning," commissioner Georgeann Silvernail said. Silvernail said elderly residents in her neighborhood, including herself, get out and shovel snow from their walks, even when the city pushes it there.

The commission voted to deny Friedel's request for a fee waiver. However, Deadwood Mayor Francis Toscana requested that Public Works director J.R. Raysor direct workers to avoid piling snow in Friedel's driveway.