Great
American Disposal (GAD) provides a refuse drop off
site for City of Negaunee residential garbage customers
to dispose of spring clean up items. Currently
this service is provided on the second Thursday
of each month from 12:00pm to 6:00pm. The
regular drop off site is located at the end of Lincoln
Street. Acceptable items for this service are
the same as allowed during spring clean-up.
Customers
must present their City of Negaunee utility bill showing
payment of a City garbage collection fee and their
driver's license/photo identification to confirm City
of Negaunee residency. Quantities are limited
to one pick-up load per month, with a maximum of four
loads per household per calendar year.
PLEASE
DIRECT GARBAGE COMPLAINTS TO: 1-800-774-9006
COMPOST
DUMP
The
City of Negaunee's compost site is located on County
Road 480 across from the Wastewater Treatment Plant
and will be open daily. Scheduled hours are
from dawn to dusk. Please note that the site
may be inaccessible during inclement weather.
The
compost site will accept grass clippings, sod and
garden debris, brush, and tree limbs up to 6"
in diameter. Please empty any bags and place
in the trash cans provided.
Dumping
of compost materials by the entrance gate or along
the roadway is prohibited. Individuals caught
dumping in this area will be fined.
SNOW
REMOVAL & WINTER INFORMATION
Michigan
state statute prohibits plowing snow across any public
street. Furthermore, plowing of snow onto city
streets, alleys and/or parking lots is not allowed;
however, city ordinance does allow a person to remove
snow or ice from a driveway on property owned, occupied
or controlled by the person and pile the same in a
public street along, parallel with and as part of
a bank of snow formed by the City in its snow plowing
operations. This snow may be placed in the right-of-way
between the curb and the sidewalk on your side of
the street, adjacent to your property. Please
try to blend the snow into the existing snow banks
and do not place the snow in the street. Do
not pile snow within 25 feet of an intersection or
alley.
Please
refer to the City Ordinance
pertaining to this subject. You can also find
information in the Michigan
Vehicle Code about snow removal/placement.
If you still have questions, contact Dan Czarnecki
at 475-9991.
You
can find more information on our plowing activities
and suggestions on things you can do to get through
winter by clicking here:
Christmas
trees can be dropped off at the DPW warehouse.
The designated and signed location for Christmas trees
and/or decorations will be in the southwest corner
of the parking lot. No trees, wreaths or any
other decorations will be picked up from any other
locations in the city. Also, there will be NO
curbside collection service for Christmas trees.
ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLANS
The
Department of Public Works is in the process of evaluating
all utilities and public properties. This includes
water, sewer, electric and cable systems, streets,
alleys, parks, cemetery, and other city properties.
After evaluations we are creating plans for improvements
and continuous maintenance. This process is
called asset management. It is best defined
as: "An ongoing process of maintaining, upgrading
and operating physical assets cost-effectively based
on a continuous physical inventory and condition assessment."
We
have completed a draft of the streets asset management
plan. You can review this document by clicking
here:
Street
maintenance activities in the City of Negaunee are
funded largely through the State gas tax. This
tax on gasoline is 19 cents per gallon. The
money collected from this tax is distributed to MDOT,
county road commissions, cities and villages throughout
Michigan. With drivers cutting back on fuel
consumption, fewer dollars for the maintenance of
roads are being collected. At the same time,
the costs of asphalt, concrete, salt and other roadway
maintenance supplies are increasing at rates far greater
than what roadway revenues are changing. Funding
through this mechanism is not keeping up with the
costs to repair and maintain streets.
The
State is looking at ways to fix the funding situation.
They have created a Transportation Funding Task Force
called TF2. This group is looking at ways to
improve the funding situation in Michigan. The
TF2 has just recently completed a study on transportation
funding and their report can be found at:
