Toledo News

Registration is now open for youth and adult baseball and softball teams through the City of Toledo Division of Recreation. Teams may register through the Division of Recreation’s athletics office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Registration periods and playing seasons vary by division, so please consult schedule details below. 

The Lucas County Commissioners, Pete Gerken, Tina Skeldon Wozniak and Carol Contrada, Toledo Mayor Mike Bell and Council President Joe McNamara came together today to announce the next initiative in City/County cooperation. The City of Toledo and the Lucas County Board of Commissioners have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to seek proposals for a Joint Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in the City of Toledo.  The objective of the MRF is to receive and process single stream recyclables from the City of Toledo and recyclables from the dual stream as collected by the Solid Waste Management District. 

Even if you’ve been a good recycler all year long, what to do with holiday decorations and gift wrap may present a challenge. Is wrapping paper recyclable? What about Christmas tree ornaments? Tinsel? To answers those questions, Republic Services has its own “naughty and nice” list of recyclable holiday materials.

The city of Toledo will again accept Christmas trees at select city park sites beginning December 26, 2011 and continuing through January 27, 2012.  Collected trees will be chipped into mulch for use in city parks.

The City of Toledo will continue its 2011 leaf collection program through the Veterans’ Day holiday. City offices are closed Friday, but crews will be in neighborhoods throughout west Toledo working to clear away the last signs of autumn.

As Toledo residents get to work with rakes and leaf blowers preparing for the city’s annual leaf collection program, the department of Public Service is offering citizens an inside look at their operations through the new “Come Roll With Us” program.

The City of Toledo leaf collection will begin Monday, November 7 in both curbed and uncurbed streets of zip code 43613 and uncurbed streets in zip code 43623.  Green and white signs will be posted in affected neighborhoods to make residents aware that crews from the Division of Streets, Bridges and Harbor will soon be working in their area. 

Toledo Mayor Michael P. Bell and Lucas County Commission President Pete Gerken today signed a regional service sharing agreement to provide refuse and recycling services to the city of Toledo through the Lucas County Solid Waste Management District. The County will contract with Republic Services, formerly Allied Waste, to provide collection services.

Following Sunday’s ice and snow storm, the city of Toledo has been working to clear downed trees, limbs and branches from city streets to ensure roads are passable and to allow Toledo Edison crews access to areas where electric service must be restored. This has been the priority in cleaning up after the weather event.

The City of Toledo will begin its 2010 Leaf Collection Program on Monday, November 1, and conclude early December, weather permitting.

City of Toledo officials joined with volunteers from Toledo Free Ride for a ribbon cutting at the new Jermain Park Mountain Bike Trail on Saturday, October 2^nd to mark the trails ceremonial grand opening to the public. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was part of an all day event for biking enthusiasts and included cyclocross demonstrations, races, and displays from local bike shops. 

The City of Toledo’s Division of Solid Waste will begin operating under formal rules for refuse and recycling collection on Tuesday, August 24. 

Councilwoman Lindsay Webb and the City of Toledo Department of Public Service will host a meeting for Point Place residents affected by the Flood Control Dike on the Ottawa River, Mudjaw Creek and Maumee Bay. The meeting will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 26, 2010 at the Friendship Park Senior Center.

In response, the Department of Public Service has developed an action plan to ensure that the dike is again certified. Councilwoman Webb will be on hand with Department of Public Service staff. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA are also expected to attend as the City presents the proposed action plan and answer questions. Residents in the affected area have been notified of the meeting by letters to their home and are encouraged to attend.

A copy of the needs assessment survey is available on the City of Toledo's FTP server.  Instructions and a link are provided below.

FTP Instructions (in PDF) | City of Toledo FTP Server
 

The City of Toledo will once again offer the Garden Partners program in an effort to maintain urban beautification projects in neighborhoods throughout the city despite the recent budget challenges.