If you experience a water emergency are unable to reach the Water Office at (618) 259-6521 or the Water Plant at (618) 259-4646, please contact the East Alton Police Department at (618) 259-6212.
Experiencing possible frozen pipes? Click HERE for information on preventing or thawing water pipes.
Was your trash out by 6:00am on your trash pick-up day? Check out the schedule HERE.
Is there a holiday this week that could change the date of your normally scheduled pickup? A holiday would cause trash pickup to be pushed back a day and for recycle pickup to be skipped for that week.
Garbage service observes these holidays:
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
Are you following all of the garbage regulations?
- Garbage shall be in plastic garbage bags, tied, and placed in a garbage can with a tight-fitting lid.
- Garbage and recycles shall be at the alley/street curb by 6:00 A.M. (may be set out the night before).
- Garbage cans and recycle totes shall be removed from the public right-of-way (alley or street curb) within 24 hours after collection.
- Garbage cans shall not be over 96-gallon capacity and contents shall not exceed 75 lbs.
- Open-end barrels of any size are not approved and will not be picked up.
- Do not set out any liquid waste. All paint cans must be totally dry.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP: LOOSE TRASH, APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, ELECTRONICS, CARPET, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, TIRES, CAR PARTS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, ETC.
IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO PICK-UP DATES/TIMES AND GARBAGE REGULATIONS, AND IT IS NOT AN OBSERVED HOLIDAY, PLEASE CONTACT THE GARBAGE LINE AT (618) 259-8101.
Mistakes can happen and we will try to correct our error!
Business licenses are issued by the Village Clerk’s office.
Business licensing is required for, but not limited to: arcade amusements, circuses, carnivals, billboards/outdoor sign advertisers, itinerant merchants (foodstuffs), dairies, some retail delivery trucks, coffee & tea solicitors, jukeboxes, coin-operated amusement devices, cigarette machines, peddlers of general merchandise, skating rinks & gum/candy machines.
If you think you may need a business license, please contact the Village Clerk at (618) 259-7522.
Yes, all roadways are public and can be used as parking, as long as the car is following all roadway rules.
Tornado sirens are tested every first Tuesday of the month on or around 10:00am. If additional testing is necessary, we will post the information on our Facebook page.
Flags are moved to half-staff on direct orders from either the President of the United States or the Governor of Illinois. The flags at the Vital Services Building (police/fire/museum) and the Municipal Building (Mayor/Clerk/Treasurer/water) are moved from full-staff to half-staff and back by the East Alton Fire Department when notified of a flag honor ordered down by an official Gubernatorial or Presidential half-staff proclamation. Flag honors are handed down when a member of the armed forces, police forces, fire services (and other groups covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act) are killed in the line of duty. The President may order flags to be flown at half-staff to mark the death of other officials, former officials, or foreign dignitaries, or after tragic events. If you’re interested in being informed of any half-staff proclamations, you can sign up to receive free email alerts for the country and your state (or all states) by visiting https://flagsexpress.com/signup/