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Trustee reports missed brown-bag pickups, drainage problems and calls for infrastructure review
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A Dolton trustee told the board that brown-bag yard-waste pickups that began April 1 were missed on some blocks, said a vacuum truck is clearing clogged drains, described basement flooding on her block, and said the mayor ordered an engineer to assess infrastructure needs.
A trustee at a Dolton village meeting reported that some brown-bag yard-waste pickups that began April 1 were missed in parts of town and urged patience as public works works to clear drains and finalize street-cleaning schedules.
The trustee said residents called to report that crews "came and got the garage garbage, but they didn't pick up the brown bags." She said the village put the brown-bag service into place beginning April 1 and that missed pickups have been a recurring complaint.
"The vac truck is out and about," the trustee said, describing crews using a vacuum truck to clear debris from storm drains. She added that crews worked for prolonged periods — described in the meeting as "over 156 for 3, 4 hours" — to remove blockages and help restore drainage.
The trustee said flooding has affected residents on her block, including repeated basement flooding at an address she gave during the report. "When it rains, it's a... lake right in the middle" of the block, she said, and described a drone flight she took that showed standing water stretching "from Cottage all the way to Dante, 142nd now about 144th."
She said a quarry project tied to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) "helps, but I don't know if it helps at all" when heavy rain overwhelms local systems.
According to the trustee, the mayor has asked an engineer to assess the causes of the flooding and recommend infrastructure improvements so the village can "start attacking it that way." The trustee said loader pickers will be deployed and that crews will cut grass and clean up as spring turns to summer, but she said there is not yet a published street-sweeper schedule for regular block-by-block service.
The trustee noted she has asked public works to add her alley to the service schedule because it is currently in poor condition. The report concluded with the presiding official thanking the trustee for the update; no formal motion or vote was recorded on the matter during this report.
Next steps described in the meeting: the mayor's requested engineering assessment and continued deployment of vacuum and cleanup crews. No timeline for the engineer's report or a published street-sweeper schedule was provided in the remarks.
