Fall and Leaves

The time has come to start thinking about fall leaves and the disposal of said leaves. The City’s preferred method is to have you mulch them into the lawn regularly with your lawn mower. Come Spring they will have broken down and become nutrients to jumpstart the lawn.

If you still prefer to put them out for us to pick up, the policies are as follows. NO longer do we want them deposited in the gutter or street. We have a new state-of-the-art leaf vacuum that will pick up leaves up to 8 feet behind the curb. Therefore we now require the leaves to be piled up to 8 feet behind the curb (without blocking the sidewalk) and NOT have any other debris (stones, branches, stumps, etc) mixed in with them. This will accomplish several things. It will prevent the narrowing of the driving lanes that have occurred in the past. No longer will leaves in the street provide an attractive nuisance for children to play in. Another benefit will be a significant decrease in the amount of leaves that clog the inlets and pollute the waterways when it rains. Once again, if it is more convenient for you, please take your material to the Yard Waste Center.

In order to make these changes viable and prevent large accumulations of leaves such as occurred in past years, we will be continuously cycling the leaf vac truck around the city from mid-October until the snow flies.