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Job Opening: Parks and Grounds Foreman
The City of St. Joseph is seeking a Parks and Grounds Foreman to manage crews that maintain City parks and grounds.
Read more ...2021 Movies in the Park Lineup
The City of St. Joseph is please to announce another fun-filled summer with Movies in the Park every Saturay through the months of July and August. Click here for the full lineup.
Request for Proposal (RFP) 2021 Mechanical Projects
Proposals will be received until 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday July 27, 2021 by the City of St. Joseph, at the City Clerk’s Office; 700 Broad Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085.
Work includes: Varied Mechanical Projects
Read more ...Advertisement for Bids: FY 22 LSLR — Future Road Projects
Sealed bids will be received until 3:00 pm local time August 4, 2021 by the City of St. Joseph at the City Clerk's Office, 700 Broad Street, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085.
Read more ...City August 2021 Primary Election
The Clerk's Office has mailed out the applications for absentee ballots to vote in the upcoming Primary Election, which will be held on August 3.
Read more ...Job Opening: Seasonal Laborer
The City of St. Joseph is currently accepting applications for the position of Seasonal Laborer in the Public Works Department.
Read more ...Floodplain
To learn more about Floodplain or the Special Flood Hazard Areas in the City of St. Joseph or the 2019 Preliminary revised Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM)) out for 90-day appeal process through the Federal Emergency Mangement Agency (FEMA) beginning December 19, 2020.
New website lets tourists visit St. Joseph from the comfort of their couches
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (July 29, 2020) – The City of St. Joseph, in concert with The Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber and St. Joseph Today, recently announced the launch of a site that allows visitors to virtually stroll through downtown St. Joseph, facilitate shopping and check out what’s new along the bluff.
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Waste & Recycling
The City of St. Joseph provides weekly rubbish collection by contracting services with Best Way Disposal along with bi-weekly curbside recycling.
Best Way Disposal
Phone: 269-463-3232
Residential Rubbish is collected weekly under a City contract by Best Way Disposal. Best Way provides large gray two-wheeled carts for weekly collection. Place the cart at the curbside not earlier than 5pm the night before collection and please bring the cart in by 11am the morning following collection. If you need the removal of oversized items that cannot be collected with regular rubbish collection, please view our page about special pick-ups. All rubbish should be in a sealed bag or containter.
About Your Bin
To prepare materials to place in your bin, please follow the Curbside Recycling Guide, located below. Paper grocery sacks may be helpful and can be used if you wish. Please be sure tin cans are not hidden in between the newspapers. We recommend newspapers on the bottom and plastic, tin and glass on top to sheild the papers. Even if some of the papers get wet, they can still be recycled.
Collection Schedule
Your recycling day is every other week on the same day as your trash day. Place your bin by 7am at the curb on one side of your driveway. Place your garbage can on the other side of your driveway. This will ensure that recyclables are not confused with the garbage.
If a holiday falls on your collection day, your items will be picked up on the following day. The following holidays will be observed:
- New Year's Day
- Memorial Day
- 4th of July
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
Curbside Recycling Guide
| NEWSPAPER | ||
| YES | NO | HOW |
| Newspapers including inserts -Phone Books -Food Boxes -Paper Bags -Magazines -Catalogs -Copy Paper -Corrugated Cardboard -Junk Mail |
Lay on bottom of recycling bin, or place in grocery sack in recycling bin. -Cardboard must be no larger than 2'x2' and broken down -Keep newspaper separate from other paper | |
| GLASS | ||
| YES | NO | HOW |
| - Clear, Green and Brown Jars & Bottles | - Dishes - Windows - Light Bulbs |
- Rinse - Remove lid or ring - Labels may stay - Place in bin |
| PLASTIC & FOAM POLYSTYRENE | ||
| YES | NO | HOW |
| - Plastic Containers with 1-5 & 7 inside recycle symbol - Commingled Containers such as Aseptic Packaging & Gable Top Containers (milk and juice cartons) | - Plastic without recycle symbol - Plastic Grocery Bags - Packing Pellets -Foam Polystyrene |
- Rinse - Remove Cap - Labels may stay - Crush - Place in bin |
| METAL & ALUMINUM | ||
| YES | NO | HOW |
| - Food Cans - Foil - Pie Tins - Lids from jars |
- Paint Cans - Aerosol Cans |
- Rinse - Remove Labels - Flatten (if possible) - Place in bin |
| NOTE: Any items not listed above or not properly prepared will be left in your recycling bin. | ||
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