Wabash, IN, September 3, 2019 – Scott Richardson, Street Superintendent has announced the City of Wabash will have the annual Fall clean-up beginning Monday, September 30, 2019 through Saturday, October 5, 2019.
“We want visitors to see our beautiful city in its best state and have decided to push the Fall clean-up to a later week to accommodate three major events in the City of Wabash,” said, Mayor Scott Long.
The three major events scheduled for September 2019 are; The Dam to Dam Century Ride scheduled for Sunday, September 8, 2019, The Wabash Founder’s Day Festival and Parade scheduled for Saturday, September 21, 2019, and the Wabash Fitness Court Launch Party and Ribbon Cutting scheduled for Friday, September 27, 2019. These events will draw people to the City of Wabash from all over the state and country.
Please help keep our streets clean and free of debris. No trash is to be set out before Friday, September 27, 2019. Fines of up to $300 will be issued by the City of Wabash Code Enforcement Officer for anyone adding trash to the tree line before the 27th of September.
For the clean-up:
- Pick-up route will be divided into four sections, following the same route as weekly trash
- Items will only be picked up from tree lawns and along city streets
- Items to be picked up should be in place by 7 a.m. on the day of pick-up or the items may not be picked up
- Piles of items to be picked up should be no larger than 4-feet by 8-feet
- Also, items for pick-up should be separate from brush piles
- If residents miss their pick-up time, they have the option of taking it to a city-provided dumpster at the Wabash County Solid Waste District or take it back inside.
- The dumpster at the Wabash County Solid Waste District located at 1101 Manchester Ave will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The dumpster will be manned, and those wishing to leave items will be asked to provide proof of residence in the city.
- Items that will not be picked up are; batteries, paint, petroleum products, household chemicals, tires, appliances with freon (appliances with red tag to denote that the freon was professionally removed, will be accepted), loose shingles, drywall, plaster, televisions, computers, and other electronic devises.
- Residents can take; chemicals, tires, appliances, batteries, paint, petroleum products, televisions, computers, and all other electronic devises to the Wabash County Solid Waste Management District located at 1101 Manchester Ave. the District will take these problem items free of charge.
- The Street Department sometime runs behind schedule due to heavy amounts of trash or weather. We ask for residents to be patient, we will get to every city resident.
The City of Wabash is located in Northeast Indiana with a population of 10,112 constituents. The city strives to build and foster a great community while preserving, protecting, and enhancing the quality of life for the public. For more information about the City of Wabash, please visit www.cityofwabash.com or call us at 260.563-4171.