City of Grimes November Newsletter

Winter Yard Waste Collection

If you have yard waste left, you’ll have one more chance to have it collected. Winter collection will occur December 26, 2022 – January 6, 2023, on your regular collection day. During winter collection, regular yard waste as well as live Christmas trees can be disposed of curbside. Christmas trees need a Compost It! sticker. The $1.50 stickers are available for purchase at City Hall, local retailers, and online. Wreaths and garlands are not accepted.

Holiday Light Recycling

This holiday season, we’ve partnered with Metro Waste Authority to offer a holiday lights drop-off for any old or broken strands of lights you find as you deck the halls. From November 7th to January 19th, residents can drop off lights in the collection box located at the Grimes Public Library. All lights will then be safely recycled at Metro Waste Authority’s Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off. LED, classic, plastic, and glass bulbs as well as net, icicle, and battery-powered lights are accepted. Just remember to keep them loose when you drop them in the collection box!

Preventing Frozen Pipes

As the temperature drops, the chances your pipes could freeze increases. Here are some tips from the Red Cross on how to prevent this costly issue.

- Open kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing. Make sure to remove any harmful cleaning and kitchen chemicals out of the reach of children.

- Keep your garage door closed.

- Let cold water drip from the faucet. You can collect this in a bucket to save to water your plants later.

- Keep the thermostat set to the same temperature both during the day and at night. By temporarily suspending the use of lower nighttime temperatures, you may have a higher heating bill, but you can prevent a much more costly repair job if pipes freeze and burst.

- If you will be going away during the cold weather, leave the heat on in your home set no lower that 55° F.

Snowplow Naming Contest

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Facebook snowplow naming contest! Meet the winner...Betty Whiteout! There were so many great names that it was tough to decide. A Santa hat will be attached to Betty Whiteout to help you spot it from the other plows.

Stay tuned for another naming contest in January and February!

Order Roads Are Plowed

Streets are plowed in a specific order during a snowstorm. This helps people get in and out of town and makes sure emergency vehicles can get where they need to go.

Here's the order streets are plowed:

Priority 1 – Major streets are cleared first to open routes for emergency vehicles

Priority 2 – City residential streets

Priority 3 – Circles and cul-de-sacs

Priority 4 – Parks and trails, parking lots, City buildings

View the map of the priority routes and learn more about snow and ice removal.

Check out this video from Public Works Director Kevin Hensley on why it's important to plow the roads in this order.

2022 Year in Review

2022 was a great year in Grimes! Check out some of the city projects that were completed and others on the horizon in this video.

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City Buildings Closed January 2nd & 16th

City of Grimes buildings with be closed on Monday, January 2nd in observance of New Year's Day and on Monday, January 16th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day. Trash/recycling collection will not be impacted by these holidays and will occur on your normal day.

Events and Reminders

January 2nd — City Buildings Closed Observing New Year's Day
January 3rd — Planning & Zoning Meeting
January 5th — Public Health & Safety Advisory Board Meeting
January 10th — No City Council Meeting
January 16th — City buildings Closed Observing MLK Day
January 18th — Tree Board Meeting
January 24th — City Council Meeting
January 25th — Parks and Recreation Board Meeting

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