The City of Arkansas City will shift to a four-day sanitation schedule next week due to the closure of all City offices on Monday, Feb. 21 in observance of Presidents Day. (This will be the first time this day has been observed as an official City holiday.)
The Cowley County Landfill and the F Street Limb Disposal and Compost Site in Arkansas City also both will be closed Monday, Feb. 21.
The Arkansas City/Winfield Recycling Operations Center in Strother Field will be closed Saturday, Feb. 19 to observe the holiday. Thus, recycling services only will be offered this week on Friday, Feb. 18.
(The joint recycling center will reopen for drop-offs from 8 a.m. to noon on Feb. 25 and Feb. 26.)
All of Monday’s and part of Tuesday’s routes will be collected Tuesday, Feb. 22. The part of Tuesday’s route to be collected is from Madison Avenue south to the Mill Canal, and from Summit Street east to E Street and southeast through Sleeth Addition.
The rest of Tuesday’s route and Wednesday’s entire route will be collected Wednesday, Feb. 23.
Thursday’s and Friday’s routes will be unaffected by this holiday disruption.
All refuse should be placed at normal pickup locations by 6 a.m. on the scheduled day of pickup.There will be no return pickups.