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Seasonal Yard Refuse Pickup

Our debris pickup runs from April through November (weather permitting) on the first Monday of the month.  If the designated Monday pickup is not favorable, we will pick up on the next nice day following that Monday.  The following are the rules we will follow with no exceptions.

  • Items to be picked up must be burnable and free from all nails, screws, plastic, and metal (ex:  sticks, brush, branches, etc.)
  • Leaves must be bagged in a burnable leaf bag.
  • All items must be within the Village right-of-way on curb, driveway or as close to the road as possible without creating a hazard in the road.  (Note:  Since we use a backhoe, in most cases, to do this work, we DO NOT want to tear up or rut, yards or ditches.  If we can’t reach the debris from the road or a driveway, we WILL NOT pick it up.
  • We will not pick up debris left by a hired contractor.

Please note that there is NO BURNING in the ditches or on the edges of the road.  Doing this causes clogging and backup in the ditches and culverts.  It can also damage the road surface causing us to spend what little tax dollars we have to fix these issues.

Snow Plow Plans

Village of Downs Snow plowing will start at ~2" of accumulation. The goal will be to have at least one lane open during the storm, except between the hours of midnight and 4 am.  

Depending on the storm and temperature, salt maybe applied to intersections, hills and curves prior to the start of the storm.

Once the storm ends, widening, mailbox, corner and other final cleanup will be performed.  We will spread salt at the intersections and hills after plowing has been completed.

Please do not park along the edge of the road during a snow storm to help expedite cleanup.

Street Light Outage?

Ameren:

  1. Obtain the nearest home address, street crossing or metal tag number from pole (if it has one)
  2. call 1-800-755-5000
  3. Press 1
  4. Press 4
  5. Provide information to operator
  6. Or report online

Corn Belt Energy:

  1. Obtain the nearest home address, street crossing or metal tag number from pole (if it has one)
  2. call 1-800-879-0339
  3. Press 1
  4. Press 3
  5. Provide information to operator
  6. Or report online

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