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Superintendent announces seasonal leaf pickup will begin Oct. 20; three passes planned
Summary
Superintendent Todd Duncan said seasonal leaf pickup begins Oct. 20 and will run through December, with crews making three passes per street. Residents should put only leaves at the curb; bagged leaves can be collected sooner by request. The department has two new single-operator leaf trucks.
Todd Duncan, superintendent, said seasonal leaf collection will begin Oct. 20 and run through December, though crews will continue working until all leaf piles are collected.
The schedule calls for crews to make three passes on each street. "After we come down your street, we will come back two more times. So it's a total of three pickups," Duncan said.
The program accepts only loose leaves placed at the curb or the edge of the yard. "Just leaves. No brush. No other debris," Duncan said, noting that other materials can damage equipment and slow collection.
Residents who bag leaves can request pickup by phone and may be served sooner than waiting for the crews' route. "If you bag your leaves, you can actually call and get them picked up probably quicker," Duncan said. He added that crews still collect bagged leaves during regular routes.
If leaves are missed on a scheduled pass, the department asked residents to call; staff said they will "probably be back within the day" to collect missed piles.
Duncan also described recent equipment upgrades, saying the department now has two "leaf-back" trucks that one operator can run. "The new leaf-back trucks, one man can operate the truck and safely pick up the piles," he said, adding the older trucks required at least three people and are used when crews fall behind.
The department emphasized crews will continue pickups until neighborhoods are cleared; no additional dates or contact details were provided during the announcement.
