·        Brush must be stacked neatly in the parkway by the Sunday evening prior to the scheduled pick-up week. Crews will begin Monday morning and will make only one pass through each neighborhood. Brush placed after Village crews have passed will not be collected.

·        Brush should be neatly piled in one direction, unbundled, with the larger trunk portions or cut ends facing the street. Brush piles should not be taller than three feet high and should not obstruct the sidewalk.

·        For safety reasons, branches must be no smaller than 1 inch—but no larger than 4 inches—in diameter and no shorter than 3 feet in length. Public works crews will not pick up piles that include bushes with roots and dirt attached, grape or other vines, lumber, plywood or construction materials (including but not limited to metal objects, concrete/stone chunks, etc.). Piles that are not neatly stacked or contain any of these items will not be picked up.

·        Twigs, leaves and smaller yard debris need to be placed in yard waste bags for removal by the Village’s regular garbage hauling service, DC Trash of Illinois.

·        The Brush Removal Program is not intended to handle branches, logs or tree stumps as a result of large scale tree trimming or removal.

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

·        If your brush pile is not picked up, a tag will be left behind explaining the reason it wasn’t collected.