If Powell gets a bunch of snow this winter, city street crews will have a place to put it.

Park County commissioners recently agreed to again let the city use the county fairgrounds as a dumping spot for any excess snow that workers remove from city streets in the fall, winter or spring.

It’s not a new arrangement, but City Administrator Zack Thorington said crews haven’t needed the space over the past two relatively dry winters.

The recent snow drought prompted Mayor John Wetzel to quip that he didn’t think the city shouldn’t sign the agreement.

“We’re jinxing the weather, aren’t we?” agreed Councilman Zane Logan at the Oct. 5 meeting.

However, the council voted unanimously to OK the arrangement with Park County and, as Wetzel put it, “jinx us again.”

Superstitions aside, there are indications that Powell and the surrounding areas will be short on snow this winter. The National Weather Service recently told WyoFile that the “super” El Nino weather pattern is expected to result in less than average precipitation, especially in the northwest corner of the state, through next spring.

If Mother Nature defies the odds and dumps loads of moisture on the region, the city is responsible for taking care of any mess the snow or debris creates at the fairgrounds.