Vouchers needed for fall citywide cleanup
By Steve Dunn/Gate City Managing Editor
Rather than having residents bring their refuse to the Keokuk municipal pool parking lot and loading the material into dumpsters, the city is asking residents to obtain two free vouchers at City Hall and to bring unwanted items to the Transfer Station at 111 Carbide Lane, Keokuk. The municipal pool parking lot is unavailable due to the construction of the new aquatic center.
The Transfer Station is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Residents must provide a voucher, a valid form of identification and a city water bill to put refuse in the Transfer Station. All loads must be secured and tarped.
The following items will be accepted: household and patio furniture, carpeting, flooring, mattresses, televisions, VCRs, bath and kitchen fixtures, small amounts of dimensional lumber, doors, frames, windows, fencing, wire, piping, swing sets, bicycles, lawn mowers with the gas and oil removed, brush and yard waste.
A maximum of four clean tires without rims will be accepted per household at no charge. No forklift or off-road tires will be accepted.
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Items that won't be accepted include batteries and other vehicle parts except tires, concrete, bricks, rubble, drywall, asphalt, shingles, asbestos material, siding, construction metals, antifreeze, paint, oil, gas, herbicides, pesticides and household chemicals.
Contact Code Enforcer Kathie Mahoney at 524-2050 for more information.
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Reader Comments
CRAZINESS wrote on Oct 13, 2008 11:39 AM:
not the JSR baby factory, of which is a fact I am experienced with as a past "mark".
CRAZINESS
I have long since moved from K-Town,
and where I live now, trash clean up week is just that. Trash clean-up week.
Everyone takes their un-wanteds to the curve and then the people who believe "one man's trash is another man's treasure" create a frenzy that is at times out of control, however, 30-40% of them items thrown away are retrieved by these "treasure hunters". I actually have had my whole curve picked clean before the city collector even gets there.
No vouchers, no drop off site, no fees.
CRAZINESS
Keokuk used to clean up like this but complaints have changed the system drastically. That's right, COMPLAINERS cause things to be changed, in my opinion most times for the worse. And at the exspense of those hard working individuals paying for it.
CRAZINESS
Do you have to take your trash to the transfer station every week yourselves, or does the city provide you w/ cans that the city empties on a regular basis?? I KNOW ! Then WHY should you have to get vouchers and take it yourselves now?
CRAZINESS
Today, trash collecting is an art. They call it recycling.
One can bank some good cash by sorting and selling the metals in your trash.
Check with Bob at Central Iron & Metals on South 96 (south 14th) in Hamilton.
You will be amazed at the price of copper and brass, aluminum, car radiators, ACRs (air conditioners). etc...
Let alone the appliances you can sell there.
These trips would be paid trips not just free. Gotta haul it off anyways.
Crazy? I don't think so. "
Used to live in Johnson Street wrote on Oct 10, 2008 7:20 PM:
to quit whining. wrote on Oct 9, 2008 9:49 AM:
In these economic times, is the water park really a good option? Maybe we could cancel it? "
Quit Whining wrote on Oct 8, 2008 4:46 PM:
Why are you whining about something that hasn't happened yet? There are alot of people like you in Keokuk that don't want to pay for anything. You are so short-sited that you can't see the benefits that a water park will bring to Keokuk. Even if it doesn't bring people from all over the country (which isn't a bad thing), it will be something that will increase the quality of life to the citizens of Keokuk. As others have said, if you don't want to pay for things that are beneficial to the majority of the citizens, move.
As for the vouchers, you should just be able to show an electric or water bill at the landfill to prove your residency. "
to water company wrote on Oct 8, 2008 2:45 PM:
Hey Okay wrote on Oct 8, 2008 2:33 PM:
Okay wrote on Oct 7, 2008 2:48 PM:
" So some girl comes on here and tells the story of how she doesn't believe in abusing the welfare system and you slam her for it?? That is NOT OKAY in my book. Seems to me that the only person going blah-blah-blah would be you. Anti-Welfare, you should be proud of yourself & so should your kids. Don't let idiots like this discourage you. "
If people would actually pay attention they might just figure out which two comments I was referring too. And NO anti-walfare was not one of them. So stop assuming and actually read the TWO outrageous comments I was referring too. Sorry I shouldn't have to point them out for you to understand. "
Cant afford to take off work wrote on Oct 7, 2008 1:33 PM:
Just wondering wrote on Oct 7, 2008 1:28 PM:
pay 15 or make 15 wrote on Oct 7, 2008 1:11 PM:
Or you can take your appliances to Tri city metal in hamilton, and they will PAY you for them. "
wOOt wrote on Oct 7, 2008 11:45 AM:
To breeder wrote on Oct 7, 2008 2:22 AM:
"Your just jealous that I don't have to work in those dirty factories". Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think anyone is suggesting where you work, just that you work and pay your way like everyone else.
Whatever happened to the courts making fathers pay for their "15 minutes of fame"?
Get a job and quit making babies the community has to support and get your trash voucher like everyone else. "
To Okay wrote on Oct 6, 2008 4:58 PM:
Water company wrote on Oct 6, 2008 3:38 PM:
A breeder wrote on Oct 6, 2008 3:28 PM:
Okay wrote on Oct 6, 2008 3:07 PM:
anti-welfare wrote on Oct 6, 2008 2:41 PM:
Agree with wOOt wrote on Oct 5, 2008 4:27 AM:
Former pizza delivery guy who escaped Keokuk "
wOOt wrote on Oct 2, 2008 3:58 PM:
To Voucher wrote on Oct 2, 2008 1:22 PM:
Bang Bang wrote on Oct 1, 2008 9:51 PM:
Rofl I mean Pedro "
Please wrote on Oct 1, 2008 4:00 PM:
My point being, is anybody can throw out outrageous, controversial comments (see above) that show that persons lack of intelligence, we should all just sit back and let that person embarrass themselves, with out comment or taking the bait. "
Come on people wrote on Oct 1, 2008 3:02 PM:
bluff park neighbor wrote on Oct 1, 2008 2:20 PM:
Churchgoers are all saints wrote on Oct 1, 2008 8:26 AM:
Go move out to Montana and leave the rest of us alone if you hate paying taxes for services you don't need. It's called being part of a community and being a citizen. Unless you make more than around $150k/year or have a house asses at more than $150k, you're not paying your equal share anyway. Taxes are set up to help apease the masses. The wealthy pay a greater share so the ignorrant masses don't chop off their heads.
I think some people are so blinded by "faith" and their own personal crusades that they forget theat we're all humans just trying to live our lives and deserve a little more sympathy and less condemnation. I thought they tought that in church? I thought God did the judging and we're supposed to try and help those in need? I'm glad I don't go to church too often. "
In Poor Taste wrote on Sep 30, 2008 8:15 PM:
Holy Narrow-Mindedness Batman wrote on Sep 30, 2008 7:58 PM:
I think you might want to invest in some Prozac. Take it down a notch and breathe.
But FYI, City Hall... you're making this supposedly good citywide clean-up thing a complete pain in the arse! Just let us take our stuff and quit being so strict and anal about it! "
They didnt need a voucher... wrote on Sep 30, 2008 3:29 PM:
What about those WELFARE QUEENS on Johnson St. Rd? Taxes pay for their subsidized housing and they turn them into bang-bang houses. We learned at a recent church meeting that those wayward women aren't even required to bring their kids to a church??? Well I guess we'll have another generation of loose women who abuse drugs and alcohol and listen to devil-music. They probably go to that filthy L-Tryens bar. And shame on the men who sleep with these women...I see your fancy cars parked out there every morning as I drive to work. SOMEONE should take down license plates to find out who is impregnating these women who then pass off the costs of their pregancy and STD treatments onto the taxpaying citizen
Well congrats to the politicians who took our tax money and then made a bunch of rules to discourage taxpayers from using the services we provided. Someday a conservative man is going to be elected and give us back our money. There'll be NO MORE FREE RIDES and NO MORE PUNITIVE TAXES! I'm tired of paying for welfare kids to go to school and fancy landfills I can't use more than twice. I PAID FOR IT WITH MY TAXES! I'll bet those welfare queens get just as much access to the landfill as I do. GOD BLESS AMERICA! "
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Why is this blog about... wrote on Oct 13, 2008 5:10 PM:
Listen, I don't know any of those women of "low repute" on Johnson St rd. Maybe some of them actually need some help and I hope they get it. But what about those dead-beat dads who manage to drive out there every weekend night for a few hours of std-infested whoopee yet never get around to making a child-support payment? Garnishee their car! Jail them if they can pay but don't. Restrict the vistor's to the "bang bang" houses by registering license plates. MAKE THOSE WAYWARD WOMEN GO TO CHURCH TO GET A WELFARE PAYMENT!
As for the landfill---SHAME ON THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES who took our cash and then limited our access to the facility it paid for. I hear that "certain" city employees and any "other higher-up" gets all the vouchers he/she wants. We all know how the city works....it works GREAT if you are a rich FAT CAT or a city employee. It only works so-so for the average tax payer. I\ "