You hit the nail right on the head,Whitey.
I don't know if many people remember the Blizzard of '47, but it dumped over two feet of snow on the region right after Christmas Day. The City Manager at that time was a gentleman by the name of Wilder Rich. As city manager he was in charge of the City operations including snow removal. The snow removal efforts after this blizzard were considered poor and the City Manager was fired.
From that point on for the next thirty years or more, it was well understood by the succeeding managers, ie. Reilly, Squillace and Lind that a good part of their managerial abilities would be judged by snow removal.
In the 1960's, Tony Iurato became police chief while Joe Squillace and Wilbur Lind ran City Hall and the snow removal operation coordinating the efforts of the DPW and whatever City agencies came into play..
They all lived in town and worked non stop until the streets were cleared.
If the Council wants to form a committee, that is fine as long as their function is oversight after the snow removal effort is completed. Otherwise it is incumbent upon the Council to insure that the City Manager and upper echelon staff who should reside in Hackensack have a chain of command in effect and recognize that snow removal is an around the clock job until completed. Enough said.