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BRANCH CHIPPING BEGINS APRIL 4TH, 2011

Chipping Service for public owned residential streets begins at the east end of the village and continues west until all streets have been serviced. Residents of private streets must submit a request for service no later than the Wednesday before the chipping week. Private Unit Developments must submit a request for service through the Homeowners Association. The Homeowners Association must submit a list of addresses no later than one week before the chipping week and the home owner or association will be charged on their next utility bill for the addresses receiving the chipping service.

If branches are put out after the Chipper Crew has serviced a street the branches will not be removed until the next pick-up week. In order to make sure your branches are picked up in a timely manner please set out branches by 7:00 a.m. Monday of the following weeks: April 4, May 2, May 23, June 20, July 18, August 15, September 12, October 3, and October 24, 2011.
The final week for branch chipping will be the week of October 24, 2011

Preparing branches for pickup:

• Branches must measure between 3 feet in length and 8 feet in length and be no greater than 6 inches in diameter. Tie smaller branches together with string or twine. Branches shorter than 3 feet in length should be placed in yard waste containers or paper bags and placed out on garbage day. Yard waste will be collected by Allied Waste, telephone number (708) 385-8252.

• Stack branches neatly on the right of way with cut ends towards the street. Do not stack in the drainage swale. Piles of branches that are badly tangled will not be picked up.

• Piles are to be no larger than 4 feet high and 10 feet in length. Any branches stacked outside of these parameters will not be collected.

• All material must be set out no earlier than the weekend prior to the week of collection.

• All residents will be allowed a maximum of 20 minutes per property of wood chipping time. Any brush left that has not been collected due to excessive amounts or for any other reason marked on the tag left the day of chipping service must be moved back onto the private property within 24 hours after collection.

• Raked-up material, bark, and other small debris should not be included with branches. It will not be taken or cleaned up. Dispose of raked-up material, bark or small debris in yard waste containers or paper bags and place out with your regular garbage pick-up.

• Materials that will not be picked up include: any type of roots, root balls, lumber, old rotted or friable wood, fencing, railroad ties, rosebushes, vines, thorny material of any kind or poisonous materials of any kind such as poison ivy or poison oak. Badly tangled branches will not be picked up.

• Branches placed on right of way for removal must have originated from the parcel where located. Land clearing operations are to be removed by either a contractor or the use of a dumpster. Groundskeepers and Landscapers hired to trim branches or remove trees are responsible for removing branches from the property. Branches will not be picked up from vacant properties or properties under construction.

• Wood chips are available for residents by the 6 yard truck load during chipping season. Call the Public Works Office at 671-3721 and leave your name, address, and phone number where you can be reached during chipping hours, woodchips cannot be delivered if we are unable to contact you.