UPDATE REGARDING 2022 LEAF PICK-UP:
The City of Gibson will be picking up as many leaves as they can in a single pass and will work efficiently to include everyone in one pass.
APPROXIMATE START DATE: Monday, November 7, 2022
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/resident’s property (i.e. trimmings from shrubs and waste from flower gardens) dead rodents or pet waste should not be put in leaf piles.
Operating and maintaining the leaf vac equipment, coupled with labor costs, is expensive. Please help and do your part to keep expenses down and safety a top priority.
Any updates regarding the Leaf-Pick-Up process will be shared on our Facebook when necessary: https://www.facebook.com/cityofgibson
Thank you for your cooperation!