Trash pickup, city services in Mid-Missouri impacted by Independence Day
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Independence Day is on Friday this year and residential trash pickup will be impacted in a number of Mid-Missouri cities.
Trash pickup normally scheduled for Fridays in Jefferson City, Fulton and Boonville will occur on Monday. However, trash will be picked up like normal on Friday in Columbia, the city wrote in a June 27 press release. Columbia’s landfill, though, will not be open on Friday.
Columbia’s Solid Waste Utility canceled Saturday’s household hazardous waste drop-off, the release says.
Go COMO and JEFFTRAN will not operate on the holiday, though Go COMO will provide a shuttle service from the city’s six downtown parking garages and Stephens Lake Park for the annual Fire In The Sky event. Those shuttles will run from 5-11 p.m.
Regular parking enforcement is suspended in Columbia and Jefferson City. City offices are also closed around the state.
The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services will be closed Friday and the city’s Activity and Recreation Center will be open 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center, Douglass Family Aquatic Center and Lake of the Woods Pool will be open from noon-5 p.m., the release says. The Armory Sports and Recreation Center and Hillcrest Community Center will be closed for the day.
The Jefferson City Council meeting on Monday, July 7 is canceled and its next meeting will be Monday, July 21.