WSA Member Update 11.15.25

November 15, 2025 Dear WSA Member, We welcome our newest WSA member, CT Companies, LLC, located in Winchester, VA.  Contract Examples Still Needed for WSA to Develop a Contract Analysis ToolAs I said last month, WSA is working with Phil Duncan, principal with our recommended full lines insurance provider, BINDDESK,to develop a way for you to have any contracts you receive reviewed for ‘onerous clauses.’ Our idea is to have as many as possible of those referenced for your consideration.  WSA member response to my previous request was almost non-existent. Please see what you have in your archives and send, ideally, a PDF file of the contracts you have currently or previously. These might be from central clients to third party vendors to street sweeping contracts from cities, HOAs, etc. Prior to being submitted to the AI system being developed, all of your identifying information will be removed. Please send the contracts as an email attachment directly to Phil at this address: phil@binddesk.com. Keystone Plastics, maker of a variety of brooms and brushes for power sweepers, recently offered these tipsfor proper storage of tube brooms.  Elgin sent us an article entitled “Techniques for Cleaning Around Obstacles with Street Sweepers,” which I added to the WSA website. Another topical article online from Elgin you may want to review this time of year is “Winter Ready: Essential Tips for Preparing Your Street Sweepers.” We recently learned from Kevin Kroeger, owner of the WSA Founding Member company, DSS Sweeping Service, that it was purchased by Katsam Property Services. Kevin was in many ways responsible for information that led me to start the World Sweeping Association. I thank him for his advice and wish him the best in retirement! Each year we have provided to the industry advisories about ensuring safe and liability free parties and other events during the holiday season. This year our update includes preparation for working during the end of the year. Here’s the link.  Here’s another update we developed for you. This one concerns the tax deduction guidelines for equipment purchases for the 2025 calendar year. Here’s the link to the pdf I put together for you and/or use this link to go to Section179.org.  A reminder that National Stormwater Day will be recognized on Monday, November 17 through a free webinar led by NMSA that will be held that day from 1-2pm (Eastern). The National Municipal Stormwater Alliance (NMSA) is hosting this free webinar – to register for this free event, please use this link. (In case it might matter… 1 PDH will be awarded for attending this webinar). This month our Safety First! post focuses on items to consider with the change in the season. November’s Safety First! message discusses the following: • Heaviest travel volume of the year coming up!  • Cold weather is here: Dress and prepare accordingly • More cold weather tips • Report accidents and close calls • Thanksgiving: Stay safe in the biggest traffic of the year!  • Doing non-standard operations? Review safety/operations prior to using tools As always, if there are any specific topics you’d like covered, or if you have questions or comments about this WSA Member Update or anything else to do with the World Sweeping Association or power sweeping in general, please let me know. Good Sweeping, Ranger Kidwell-Ross, Executive Director World Sweeping Association