Mount Pulaski announces dates for landscape waste pickup

[May 14, 2009]  MOUNT PULASKI -- On the dates listed below, the city of Mount Pulaski will remove landscape waste that has been placed within the area between the sidewalk and the edge of the street. If the weather is bad on the scheduled dates, the waste pickup will be on the next day with good weather.

• May 18

• June 8

• June 29

• July 20

• Aug. 10

• Aug. 31

• Sept. 21

• Oct. 12

• Nov. 2

• Nov. 16

The city asks that residents follow these guidelines:

• Have your landscape waste ready for pickup by 7 a.m. on the scheduled dates.

• Do not place any material in the street or on the sidewalks.

• Place all material within 6 feet of the edge of pavement.

• Do not remove entire trees from your private property and place them for city pickup.

• If you hire a contractor to remove your trees, have your contractor haul the material to the sewage treatment plant and place the material in the proper location.

A separate notice for leaf pickup service in the fall will be published at a later date.

For more information, contact City Hall at 792-3222.

[Text from file received from the city of Mount Pulaski]