MEDIA RELEASE

 

November 20, 2015

For information contact Leslie Neeley, Public Information / Community Representative at 270-687-8557 or neeleylk@owensboro.org.

 

CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICES THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

 

CITY HALL & PARKS - City government offices, including City Hall and the Parks Administration Building, will be closed Thursday, November 26, and Friday, November 27, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

 

TRANSIT - City transit buses will not run on Thanksgiving, November 26, but will run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday, November 27.

 

SANITATION - Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the city will modify the sanitation collection schedule for residential and commercial customers.  Normal trash collection will continue from Monday, November 23, through Wednesday, November 25.  There will be no trash collection on Thanksgiving Day, November 26. Thursday routes will be collected on Friday, November 27.  Friday routes will be collected on Saturday, November 28.  Saturday commercial routes will be collected as usual.

 

Residents are reminded that the city’s cost-saving automated system and low sanitation rates do not allow for extra trash to be piled on, in, or around the mobile cart; lids must be closed for collection.  Please be sure that carts open towards the street and that there is at least four feet of clearance around the cart for our mechanical arm to collect your cart. These four feet of clearance is especially important when holiday visitors are parked on the street.

 

Since the holiday can produce extra trash, customers are urged to free up space in their mobile cart by using the Drop-Off Recycling Center at 1401 West 7^th Street.  The center accepts newspaper, cardboard (please flatten), aluminum and steel cans, plastics, and magazines.  Customers may also purchase special blue bags at the front desk of City Hall for $2.50 each (five for $10).  When placed near the mobile cart, drivers will stop and collect these blue bags only.  For long-term trash needs, additional mobile carts may be rented for just $.97 per week.

 

City of Owensboro employees and their families wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving holiday.

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For more information about the City of Owensboro service schedules, visit us on the web at www.owensboro.org.

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