UPDATE REGARDING 2021 LEAF PICK-UP:
Since Leaf Pick-up is starting at a later date, The City of Gibson will be MAKING ONE PASS TO PICK UP LEAVES. They will not be making multiple passes, and will work efficiently to include everyone in one pass.
APPROXIMATE START DATE: December 1, 2021
START LOCATION: Beginning at the South-East side of town, working South to North. ( WILL BE MAKING ONE PASS ONLY!)
PLEASE REFER TO THE UPDATED LEAF POLICY BELOW:
1. Only leaves will be accepted for removal.
2. If leaf piles are contaminated with any material other than leaves, it will be passed over and left to homeowner/resident for removal. (We unload leaf material on farm ground therefore there cannot be materials other than leaves in the piles.) * IF LEAF PILES ARE BLOCKED BY PARKED CARS/VEHICLES/ECT, PILES WILL BE PASSED UP AND LEFT TO THE HOMEOWNERS RESPONSIBILTY.
3. LEAVES MUST BE IN PILES. Piles are to be in a straight line as close to the curb as possible, without being in the street.
4. Piles are to be no more than *FOUR feet wide.
5. Leaf piles in ditches will not be removed as this causes a safety issue. (Tripping, ankle turning, injuries to joints.)
6. Piles of mulched material will not be accepted. This type of material clogs the machine causing a safety concern, as well as elevated maintenance costs. (Leaving mulched material on your turf provides free organic material and nitrogen which is beneficial for turf.)
NOTE***Using Power Equipment to vac leaves is considered mulched***
7. Do not pile leaves over rocky areas or allow rocks to infiltrate the leaf piles. (The leaf vac machine creates a lot of force from a large impeller causing rocks and landscape material to become high speed projectile.)
8. Material from the homeowners/residents property (i.e. trimmings from shrubs and waste from flower gardens) dead rodents or pet waste should not be put in leaf piles.
9. THOSE WISHNG TO HAUL AWAY YOUR OWN LEAVES: CONTACT 217-784-4388 / leave a message.
Operating and maintaining the leaf vac equipment, coupled with labor costs, is very expensive. Please help and do your part to keep expenses down and safety a top priority.
Thank you for your cooperation!