Cole County Public Works Director Larry Benz said the weekend's snow storm was "nothing out of the ordinary."
Officially, the National Weather Service reported, the Columbia Regional Airport had 3 inchesof snow from Sunday night through mid-day Monday - and they had no official reading for Jefferson City.
Unofficial reports from various parts of the region reported the snowfall ranged from 2 to 4 inches in the Jefferson City area and up to 6 inches in and near Columbia.
The weekend forecast had been for 3-7 inches - with some predictions of 10 inches further south.
"What ended up happening was, a band of moderate to heavy snow that set up late (Sunday) around Columbia," Jayson Gosselin, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Office in St. Peters explained, "that we expected to sag south with time - kind of stayed anchored and gave those areas more snow than we thought and, gave the areas further south, like Jeff City, a little bit less."
There was enough snow Monday morning to cause Allied Waste/Republic Services to cancel Monday's Jefferson City trash and recycling pick-ups.
That means collections will be delayed a day throughout the week, with Monday's schedule being done today, Tuesday's pick-ups on Wednesday and continuing until Friday's normal collections are finished on Saturday.
Even though city, county and state road crews began working Sunday night, all area roads remained listed as "snow-covered" during the morning "rush hour" period.
"We just can't keep the snow plowed off while it's still snowing, especially at the rate that it's snowing right now," Britt Smith, Jefferson City's operations division director, said about 9:30 a.m. Monday.
"We can't really put salt down at this point, because we're just wasting it" - as long as the snow continued to fall heavily.
So crews had to wait until the snowfall began to let up, around noon.
But, because Monday was a holiday, fewer people were out and few driving mishaps were reported.
By 6 p.m. Monday, Missouri's main roads generally were reported as clear or mostly clear - except in southeast Missouri, where they still were covered or mostly covered.
Randy Aulbur, the state Transportation department's Central District maintenance engineer, said colder-than-normal temperatures and the storm's timing were minor challenges.
"It took a while (for the storm) to get into action," Aulbur explained. "(But) we've been fortunate - this snow is fairly dry.
"We've been mainly able to plow the snow out of the way; we haven't had to use a lot of chemicals."
All three men noted the Monday morning temperatures in the mid-teens added a problem.
Smith noted a layer of salt that already had been put down on the streets - coupled with traffic - made some snow melt and then freeze by Monday morning, creating a small layer of ice under the snow.
"So far, so good. Everything is normal. It's just another storm," Benz said, noting areas that were not frozen were "slushy, because there is chemical underneath."
All three men heard complaints the Monday morning clean-up wasn't as good as usual.
"With the temperatures as cold as they are, the chemicals don't work as well," Benz said. "And with snow still falling, a little snow makes it look white again quickly."
There could be some more this week.
"We get a couple of low chances for light snow - one (this) afternoon that's a 30 percent chance, and another one Thursday evening," Weather Service meteorologist Gosselin said.
Missouri still has little to complain about this year - especially in Mid-Missouri, where the snow has been scattered and not long-lasting.
The most recent "heavy snow" months at the beginning of the calendar year were 17.7 inches total in February 2011 (also with 14 inches on one day) and 11.5 inches in 2013.