{"id":1319289,"date":"2020-04-04T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=475971"},"modified":"2020-04-05T07:19:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T13:19:55","slug":"keeping-vails-public-areas-clean-takes-a-lot-of-work-and-a-lot-of-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/keeping-vails-public-areas-clean-takes-a-lot-of-work-and-a-lot-of-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Vail\u2019s public areas clean takes a lot of work, and a lot of materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/CleaningVail-VDN-040220-949x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/CleaningVail-VDN-040220-949x1024.jpg 949w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/CleaningVail-VDN-040220-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/CleaningVail-VDN-040220-768x828.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/CleaningVail-VDN-040220-1424x1536.jpg 1424w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/CleaningVail-VDN-040220-1899x2048.jpg 1899w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/CleaningVail-VDN-040220-600x647.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/CleaningVail-VDN-040220.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\"><figcaption><strong>Jose Lopez and his company are disinfecting the public areas of Vail. Some areas are gone over several times a day.<\/strong><br \/><em>Dominique Taylor Special to the Daily<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Vail is largely empty these days thanks to the COVID-19 virus, but Jose Lopez and his crew are working as hard as they ever have.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez owns Clean Up Smart Cleaning. That company contracts with the town of Vail for cleaning services in all the town\u2019s public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez said he and his crew are \u201cvery busy\u201d right now, cleaning everything a person might touch. The job takes gloves, masks, suits and a lot of material. It also takes dedication.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez said he and his crew know the job, and know what it takes to stay safe. Gloves are used and discarded, hands are washed more than frequently, and everyone wears different clothes every day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row vail-donation vail-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VD-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VD-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/vail-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Disinfect and clean every little spot\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The town provides Lopez with equipment and material. And there\u2019s a lot of material being used right now.<\/p>\n<p>Janiel Turnbull is the town\u2019s custodial supervisor. Turnbull said town crews are used to cleaning up the town\u2019s public areas. They\u2019re also used to going full-bore, going over certain areas multiple times a day during events like Vail America Days or the GoPro Mountain Games.<\/p>\n<p>These days, with the town largely devoid of visitors, Lopez and his crew are maintaining that big-event schedule, and then some.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had to disinfect and clean every little spot,\u201d Turnbull said. That includes some very deep cleaning. With the Vail Public Library closed to the public, the cleaning crew spent three days in that facility, cleaning books, dusting shelves and cleaning keyboards and monitors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve really ramped up the deep cleaning,\u201d Turnbull said, adding that the cleaning crew is doing similar work in other buildings that are closed to the public.<\/p>\n<h2>Shortage of supplies<\/h2>\n<p>Lopez said his company returns to those areas even after they\u2019ve been deep cleaned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe disinfect (the library) every day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In places like the Vail Police Department front counter, cleaners return a few times every day. Cleaners also clean police vehicles often.<\/p>\n<p>All that cleaning uses a lot of material.<\/p>\n<p>Turnbull said she stocked up on a couple of disinfectants a few weeks ago. She purchased 12 cases of one product a few weeks ago. Now it\u2019s essentially unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>Bleach wipes are hard to come by right now, but Turnbull said retailers have been helpful.<\/p>\n<p>The police want boxes of wipes that pop out like facial tissues. When Costco received a shipment recently, the store sold the town seven cases.<\/p>\n<p>Local grocery stores will call Turnbull when they have other products in stock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have we\u2019re trying to just baby through,\u201d Turnbull said.<\/p>\n<p>The hardest thing to come by is electrostatic sprayers. Turnbull said the town could use another pair of the machines, but they\u2019re back-ordered through every source she can find. The machines usually cost between $600 and $700, but Turnbull said she\u2019s seen some machines offered for sale at more than $3,000 each.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been hard,\u201d Turnbull said.<\/p>\n<p>It would be nice to have the sprayers to get into the town\u2019s currently-idle bus fleet, Turnbull said. But that job will have to wait.<\/p>\n<p>And still the cleaners clean. Turnbull called Lopez and his crew \u201cwarriors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turnbull said Lopez and his people are \u201calways willing to help out, to do extra cleaning \u2026 they\u2019ve been incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Vail Daily Business Editor Scott Miller can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:smiller@vaildaily.com\">smiller@vaildaily.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/keeping-vails-public-areas-clean-takes-a-lot-of-work-and-a-lot-of-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Lopez and his company are disinfecting the public areas of Vail. Some areas are gone over several times a day.Dominique Taylor Special to the Daily Vail is largely empty these days thanks to the COVID-19 virus, but Jose Lopez and his crew are working as hard as they ever have. 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