RPTR ALLEGES STAFFING WAS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE VOLUME OF TFC AND VEHICLES WITH A 3 PERSON SHIFT.

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TFC FLOW FOR THE DAY WAS RUNNING ABOUT 2 HRS BEHIND SCHEDULE DUE TO SNOW REMOVAL AND DEICING. 2 OF 4 RWYS WERE UNUSABLE; DUE TO SNOW AND SNOW REMOVAL IN PROGRESS. WE HAD 3 ATCS ON SHIFT AND 1 ATCS DUE TO GO HOME AT XX00. 1 ATCS WAS ON LCL CTL #1 WORKING ALL OUTBOUNDS; 2 ATCS ON GND CTL WITH FULL DEICE IN PROGRESS (IE; BOTH WERE NEEDED; UNABLE TO COMBINE TO ONE POS). THAT LEFT THE OTHER ATCS TO WORK LCL #2 WITH A STEADY STREAM OF INBOUNDS; CLRNC DELIVERY; FLT DATA; TWR CAB SUPVR; AND COORDINATOR ON THE WALKIE-TALKIE FOR SNOW REMOVAL. TO ADD TO THE COMPLEXITY; WE HAD A WIND SHIFT REQUIRING A RWY CHANGE; AND ABOUT HALF OF THE DEPS WERE TIMING OUT; WHICH REQUIRED THEM TO BE UPDATED. THIS SIT DID NOT DEVELOP AT THE LAST MOMENT. IT HAD BEEN BUILDING FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE SHIFT. THERE WERE NO AIR TFC CTLRS FROM THE SHIFT HELD OVER ON OVERTIME. THERE WAS NO SUPVR OR DEDICATED CIC (IN THE TWR). THIS LEFT A TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE STAFFING LEVEL FOR THE WORKLOAD. EVIDENTLY OUR FACILITIES OVERTIME BUDGET DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A STAFFING LEVEL THAT PROMOTES SAFETY. IN THE FUTURE ALL CTLRS INVOLVED WITH A SIMILAR SIT WILL INVOKE ARTICLE 65 ASAP. I FEEL THAT WITH 50-60 VEHICLES ON THE FIELD FOR SNOW REMOVAL AND NO ONE PERSON IN THE TWR CTLING THEM; A RWY INCURSION IS IMMINENT. PROPOSED SOLUTION: MAKE MORE OVERTIME MONEY AVAILABLE SO A SIT LIKE THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN AGAIN.