Brush Pickup Program Schedule

To assist residents and encourage good property maintenance, the Village of Montgomery offers brush removal service to residents each year from spring through early fall.

The service is intended to help residents of the Village in disposing of small amounts of branches, hedge trimmings and yard waste that are too large to fit in the yard waste bags accepted by their regular garbage hauling service.

The monthly service will be provided during the first full week of each month from April through October. This corresponds to the weeks of April 5, May 3, June 7, July 6*, August 2, September 7*, and October 4, 2010.   (*Indicates holiday week; service will begin on Tuesday.)

To help ensure that we continue to efficiently and effectively provide this service to Montgomeryresidents, the following rules have been established:

* Brush must be stacked neatly in the parkway by 7:00 a.m. the Monday of pick-up week.

• Brush pile size cannot be more than 5’ x 5’ x 10’, in one directional bundles with the larger trunk portions facing the street.

• Branches must be 4 inches or smaller in diameter and not more than 5 feet long.  We cannot accept bushes with roots and dirt attached, and no grape or other vines.

• Containers of twigs, leaves and smaller yard debris should be placed in yard waste bags for removal by the Village’s regular garbage hauling service, Allied Waste Services.  As part of your monthly garbage service, Allied Waste Services will pick up one 30 gallon yard waste bag each week at no extra cost to you. Please take advantage of this service.

• The Brush Removal Program is not intended to handle large branches, logs, or tree stumps from large-scale pruning or tree removal projects.  Public Works crews will not remove trees cut down through contracted work or brush from non-residential properties.

• This service is provided to residential properties only.  Public Works crews will not remove brush from commercial, industrial, or other non-residential properties.

Brush must be placed on the parkway in front of the property from which it originates (Village ofMontgomery Code, Sec.9-45), so do not place brush in the street or onto other lots.  Brush may be placed in the parkway for removal up to one week before the scheduled pick-up dates.

Village staff will make every effort to remove brush on the first Monday of each month throughout the entire Village.  Manpower constraints, equipment repairs, and emergencies may, however, limit our ability to accomplish this goal.  During these times, brush removal will continue throughout the week until complete.

If you have any questions in regard to the Brush Pick-Up program, or any other Public Works services, please call the Montgomery Public Works Department at 630-896-9241.