Crews have been working extended hours with the leaf vacuum and street sweeper this week to maximize leaf collection during the warmer weather. The leaf vacuum allows us to collect larger piles, while the street sweeper removes remaining debris and leaf material from roadways and helps keep storm catch basins clear.
We will continue leaf collection as weather allows; however, with forecasted rain, snow, and freezing temperatures, we anticipate that collection will slow significantly until conditions warm again.
In the meantime, crews are collecting Christmas trees and will also pick up yard waste bags. If you would like your leaves collected sooner, or to ensure they are not pushed back into your grass, we encourage residents to bag leaves for yard waste pickup. Bagged leaves will be collected on your typical garbage collection day through January 23rd. These bags can be left in the parkway (grass area between the road and sidewalk) for collection. Please do not leave bags on the road as it could block storm drains. You do not need to call to schedule collection for bagged leaves; crews will collect them during regular routes.
We will continue to monitor the weather forecast. To complete a final leaf collection pass, we need a 10-day forecast with no snow and sustained above-freezing temperatures. When warmer and drier weather is expected, we will announce a final leaf collection a few days in advance to allow residents time to rake any remaining leaves into the street for pickup. It is important that, in the meantime given the forecasted storms, leaf piles remain on the parkways and not in the street to maintain the free flow of any rain water or melting snow into the storm sewer system.