City Departments

Where the Mountains Begin

Streets and Sanitation

Superintendent – Michael Tate

864-884-4094

Department Hours – 7:00 am – 3:30 pm Monday - Friday

Residential Sanitation Collection:
Household Trash – Must be in bags and placed curbside the night before scheduled collection day.

Brush/Tree Trimmings – Must be five inches in diameter and four feet in length.

Appliances – Must be empty and doors removed.

Scrap metal – Most any metal accepted.
Scrap Lumber – Most all scrap lumber accepted.

Leaf Collection – Leaves are collected by vacuum and must be curbside also.

Paint Cans – Must be empty and dry.

Items Not Accepted:

Tires

Lead acid batteries

Landscape timbers

Cross ties, telephone poles

Hazardous waste

Chemical Containers

Paint cans containing wet paint

Construction materials from demolition or remodeling

Commercial Sanitation Collection:

Sanitation collection is collected three ways.
Two (2) days per week. Cost is $25.00 per month.
Three (3) days per week. Cost is $50.00 per month.

Five (5) days per week. Cost is $75.00 per month

Business owners have the option of buying dumpsters. Dumpsters are collected once per week. Cost is $60.00 per month.

The sanitation department must approve collections sites and bins.

Dumpsters:

$75 per dumpster, per month, for once (1) a week pick up

For pick-ups more than once a week:

$125 per month, two (2) collections per week, per dumpster for customers

$225 per month, three (3) collections per week, per dumpster, for schools

Roll Carts:

One collection per week with one roll cart: $25 per month

One collection per week with two roll carts: $35 per month

One collection per week with three roll carts: $45 per month

Additional collections: two per week with number of roll carts listed above —double the fee

(example: One cart: $25. Two pick-ups a week for one cart: $50)

The city will furnish the first roll cart/carts to a commercial business. Any lost or damaged carts will require the business owner to pay $65.00 per cart/carts.

Sanitation Ordinance

Outside City Limits Collection Route

Outside City Limits Proposed Route

Refuse Route

Trash Pickup and Asphalt Resurface Dates

Application for Trash Pickup Outside City

City and Water Sanitation Brochure with Rates 2011

Recreation

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Grounds Maintenance Department

The City of Pickens Grounds Maintenance Dept. was established in 2007. In order to increase productivity for new and future expansion of park and recreation facilities, existing staff was transferred to new Superintendent, Lee Beacham.

Lee and staff members Danny Adams and Ervin Whitmire are responsible for all landscaping care and implementation including City Hall, the Main Street Streetscape, City welcome signs, and the Senior Center. As opportunities to increase the beauty and appeal of The City of Pickens become available, we are prepared to help.

An important role for this department is maintaining and improving our City Parks and Recreation facilities. Thirty acres for family recreation and sports include:

•Seven lighted sports fields

•Recreation Center

•Picnic shelters

•Walking trails

•Tennis courts

The Grounds Maintenance Department is committed in making sure all of our parks and grounds are prepared for safe and enjoyable public use every day.

Water Department

Drinking Water Quality Report

Water Service Application

City Lake Policies

Water Department Policies

Water-Sewer Plan 5 Year