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Trustee Uku DPW Report for October 2025
Nov 17, 2025
## **Highway Department:**
## Materials Management
Here are this month’s costs and expenses. Please refer to the attached Resource Recovery Data Report.
## Trash & Recycling Pickup
Trash & recycling must be out before 5am on Monday mornings. Cardboard bundles should be bound together with string or tape. Paper recycling should be placed loose within a lidded tub or bin.
Recycling pickup alternates between Yellow (paper & cardboard) & Blue (metal, plastic & glass). The Dual-Stream Recycling calendar and guide is available at Village Hall, and at redhookvillage.org/recycle
Bulk Item tags are available for purchase at the Clerk's office.
## Food Waste Dropoff
**Residents are welcome to join the Village’s Food Waste Collection Program** , made possible in part by a composting grant from Dutchess County. Sign up in person at Village Hall, by phone, or online.
## Brush / Yard Waste Pickup
Pickups are scheduled for the first full week of every month, pending weather conditions and scheduling. Residents are reminded of the following:
- Avoid creating long-term piles, place piles out just prior to pick-up week.
- Lawn clippings and brush should be set out in separate piles.
- Place piles on the edge of your lawn (not on the sidewalk or in the street).
- Piles should not include construction debris, garbage, stumps, and/or branches over 6” in diameter
- Yard waste piles should never cover water or sewer shut offs or on top of fiberoptic ground vaults.
## **Snow Removal & Seasonal Parking Rules:**
No all-night street parking is permitted in the Village from **November 1st - March 31st.** Vehicles parked on the streets between 11 PM - 6 AM may be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense.
Property owners are reminded to remove athletic equipment, garbage receptacles and/or any other temporary
obstacles from the side of streets to prevent their damage during snow removal operations.
The owner and/or occupant of every building/lot in the village with an adjoining sidewalk, is required to remove snow and ice within 24 hrs of the end of a snowstorm. The Village Highway Department may remove uncleared snow/ice , at the cost of $2.00 per linear foot to the property owner. Charges will be assessed and collected with the next tax levy.
Trustee Uku DPW Report for October 2025
Nov 17, 2025
## **Scrap Metal Program:**
|**Scrap Metal Program:**||
|---|---|
|Revenue received (10/31/25) since the last report was|**$492.00**|
|Total revenue for this Fiscal Year (Jun 2025- May 2026) to date is|**$2914.20**|
|Since the Program’s inception, in Sep 2007, donations have yielded a total of|**$58431.44**|
|Proceeds from the program go towards the purchase of tools & equipment for the Public Works Dept.<br>Residents & businesses interested in donating metal may contact the Village Clerk’s ofce to schedule a pickup.<br>(845) 758-1081||
## **Street Light Complaints:**
If you notice a street light out in the Village: You may notify Central Hudson directly by going to: cenhud.com/en/outages, selecting ‘ _Report a Street Light_ ’ and filling out their online form.
## **Potholes:**
You can notify the village of potholes on Village roads by calling the Village Clerk’s office or filling out the “Report a Concern” form at: redhookvillage.org/concern. Please note that the Village is not allowed to conduct repairs on State Highways. If you would like to report a pothole on a State Highway, The Village can forward your concern - or you can submit your complaint directly to the NYS DOT by calling 1.800.POTHOLE (1.800.768.4653).
## **Foreman Appreciation, or,** _**“Giving Jake his Flowers”**_ **:**
Thank you Jake for receiving the Village Green tree order at Highway Garage on Wed 11/5, and for making the time to confirm for the committee that the 7488 N. Broadway planting location was suitable for digging. And a big thank you to **everyone** for the most successful Village Halloween Night since records have been kept.
## **francesuku@redhookvillage.gov**