NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION ACTION TEAM HOSTS CLEAN SWEEP

The Neighborhood Revitalization Action Team will host a clean sweep on Wall
Street on Thursday, May 15 at 5:30 p.m.

The NR team and volunteers will meet in the parking lot of the Fort Scott
Area Chamber of Commerce, 231 E. Wall, at 5:30 p.m., organize, and proceed
east on Wall Street picking up trash and cleaning up curbs and sidewalks.
Other volunteer groups, organizations, businesses and individuals are
invited to participate.

The City of Fort Scott will provide shirts and trash bags. Volunteers are
asked to wear brightly colored clothing and bring brooms.

The clean sweep is one in a series of clean up service projects to be hosted
by the NR action team this summer.

For more information, contact Tabatha Goodwin, NR co-convener at (417)
667-3344 or tgoodwin@nevadadailymail.com.

Effective Monday, May 12th, 2008, the intersection of 15th Street and Crawford Street will be closed during daytime hours for repair of a water main. The street will reopen on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008.

We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience during this time.

For questions, call City Hall at 223-0550.

SPRING CLEAN-UP PROGRAM

The City of Fort Scott will be providing a “Spring Clean-up Program” during the month of May. The City will be conducting a one time only pick-up program. City crews will begin in the south end of Fort Scott and work their way north. Once they have gone through a certain section of Fort Scott they will not return for additional pick ups.

Residents south of 6th Street should put their discarded items at the curb beginning Wednesday, April 30th thru Sunday, May 4th. No items should be placed at the curb after May 4th. City crews will then begin pick up on May 5th.

Residents north of 6th Street should put their discarded items at the curb beginning Wednesday, May 7th thru Sunday, May 11th. No items should be placed at the curb after May 11th. City crews will then begin pick up on May 12th.

The following items will not be accepted: whole trees, tree trunks or limbs over 8-inches in diameter, household trash, tires, batteries, commercial construction materials, hazardous chemicals, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, and paint containers.

Only the following types of items will be collected: white goods (this includes washers, dryers, dishwashers, and hot water tanks), metal items, bulky household items such as furniture, TV’s, and brush and limbs if cut in 4-foot sections, properly bundled and stacked separately from the other items to be discarded. Leaves will also be accepted but must be bagged and also stacked separately from the other items to be discarded. City crews will be doing this pick up during the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday.

If anyone has any questions concerning this matter, please feel free to contact Public Works at (620) 223-4360.