Huntsville District 5 City Councilman John Meredith is calling for a winter weather task force after what he calls a “lack of communication” between the city administration and the council in the aftermath of the winter storm that crippled most of north Alabama for more than a week.

Meredith – who represents the western part of the city – said the only information he had on the status of city roadways came from citizens’ posts on social media and Huntsville Police Department posts listing street closures, “and frankly, the irate citizens who contacted me for information.”