City Services
City Offices Closed for the Christmas Holiday Dec. 24 & 25, 2018 and New Year’s Day Jan. 1, 2019 Have safe and Happy Holidays!
Many good things happened in our city this past year. Here are some highlights:
Do you have strings of holiday lights that don’t work, are hopelessly tangled, or are no longer wanted? Don’t throw them out where they’ll sit for years in a landfill—recycle them! America in Bloom - St. Charles, Elgin Recycling and the City of St. Charles have teamed up to offer a holiday lights recycling program to reduce the amount of lights that end up in landfills. Beginning November 1, St. Charles residents and businesses are welcome to drop off holiday lights (working or non-working) and electrical cords at convenient locations around town.
Kane County offers the CodeRED® Emergency Telephone Notification System. The system allows County officials to telephone targeted areas or the entire County if an emergency requires immediate action such as a boil water order, missing child alert or evacuation notice. CodeRED® is capable of dialing 50,000 phone numbers per hour and delivers a recorded message.
MetroNet, a fiber optic service provider, is installing their fiber network in St. Charles. We want to address some of the questions we received about the MetroNet project.
When preparing your leaves for collection, do not place the leaves on the street. This is a violation of a city code and residents may be subject to a fine up to $500! The public storm system plays a vital role in protecting our properties and roadways from flooding during rain events. The system’s ability to effectively convey storm water runoff during heavy rains can be compromised due to leaves and litter being washed down the street in a rain storm and plugging the grates and inlets.
The City of St. Charles Public Works Department began ‘rejuvenating’ streets at 30 locations across the City July 23. A map of the locations is at http://bit.ly/2018STCStreetWorkMap. The roads will remain open during the process.
The rejuvenation process involves applying asphalt sealing liquid that helps keep water from penetrating the asphalt. Less water means less freeze/thaw damage, preventing future cracks and potholes.
Clarke Environmental, the mosquito control vendor for the City of St. Charles, is conducting a citywide spray the evening of July 9, 2018. Clarke also will be spraying in surrounding communities.
Clarke recently identified a West Nile positive mosquito in one of their traps in St. Charles. This information, combined with additional trap data, and a review of recent weather patterns and forecasts prompted a communitywide spray.
The City of St. Charles again is offering trees for planting in the City parkways through its "50/50 Parkway Tree Planting Program." Please contact the Public Works office to request a review of your parkway if you are interested in qualifying for this program.
All requests must have an approved parkway review before a tree order will be placed. Please do not send payment at this time.
