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Mayor's weekly update: tree pickup, community center promotion and city apps underscored
Summary
The mayor's weekly update outlined city services including curbside pickup for live Christmas trees (schedule via 592-3343), a community-center membership promotion, and instructions to sign up for Nixle and the Athens City Source app to report city issues.
During the weekly mayoral update, the mayor and hosts highlighted several civic services and community programs for residents to use as the city prepares for winter weather.
The mayor said engineering and public works will pick up live Christmas trees if residents remove ornaments and lights and schedule pickup by calling 592-3343. "They will do so," the mayor said, adding the city will repurpose trees in part as fish habitat for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
The mayor also promoted a community-center membership offer posted Nov. 28, 2025, describing it as a three-month membership for $65 and encouraging residents to sign up as a New Year opportunity.
To stay informed and report problems, the mayor urged residents to enroll in Nixle alerts and download the Athens, Ohio City Source app. The hosts provided sign-up instructions: "Text 45701 to 888777" for Nixle and search the app store for the City Source app. The mayor described the app as a way to report potholes, missing manhole covers, water issues, foul smells or other infrastructure and service problems so the appropriate city department can respond.
The mayor closed the update with schedule notes: a Shade Tree Commission meeting was announced for that evening and council committees will meet Monday; the mayor said the council will not meet next week because he will be in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities events.
