Oswego Update Nov. 10: Veterans Day ceremony, Fall Clean-up and new financial report available

Thank you, Veterans

On Friday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. there will be a short ceremony to honor our veterans at the Oswego Veterans Memorial Plaza in downtown Oswego. Oswego American Legion Post 675, Oswego Fire Protection District and Oswego Police Department will post the colors, play bagpipe music and conduct a firing party.

Village Hall offices will be closed on Friday, Nov. 11 in observance of Veterans Day.

Learn about Oswego's finances

The Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for fiscal year 2022 is now available online. This concise, easy-to-read explanation of the Village?s financial standing includes information on taxes, expenditures and funding for megaprojects.

View the fiscal year 2022 report at www.oswegoil.org/financial-reporting.

Free Fall Clean-up next week

Oswego's free Fall Clean-up Collection takes place the week of Nov. 14 on your regularly scheduled garbage day. Now is your chance to dispose of extra household garbage, yard waste and bulk items. If you'd like to clean off your parkway this weekend, you may also use this opportunity to put out leaves in Kraft bags.?

Place all items on the curb by 6 a.m. on your collection day. Use additional containers and plastic bags for household waste.?Fill 30-lbs Kraft paper bags with leaves and yard waste; stickers are not needed. Large items such as furniture, exercise equipment, and rugs will be collected.?Hazardous waste, appliances, TVs, or other electronics will not be collected.?Visit the Village's?Garbage/Recycling page?for more information.

Learn more about Groot's?electronics recycling?and?white goods disposal (e.g. fridges, washers, and other appliances.)?

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Christmas Walk festivities?

Mark your calendar for Friday, Dec. 2 to make family memories at the Oswego Christmas Walk presented by Allied First Bank!?

The free event features performances by local choirs, rides on the Toyland train, Santa?s reindeer, live ice sculpting, an inflatable sled hill, the Village?s annual tree lighting performance and an emergency vehicle light parade.

Visit?www.oswegochristmaswalk.com?for the most current information and parking tips.?

Christmas Walk parade volunteers needed

The Village of Oswego and the Oswego Fire Protection District are looking for 80 volunteers at the Dec. 2 Christmas Walk to assist with keeping patrons safe during the emergency vehicle parade.

It?s a short, but very important time commitment from 7:45 to 8:30 p.m. Sign up here and then meet in front of the Oswego Public Library on Dec. 2 at 7:45 p.m. with your gloves on!

Questions? Contact Events Manager Julie Hoffman at [email protected] or 630-551-2344.

Illuminated Silent Emergency Vehicle Parade

Village leaf collection

Collection continues as scheduled based on the Village's three?leaf collection zones.?

Zone A: November 21, until completion
Zone B: November 21, until completion
Zone C: November 14 and?November 21, until completion

Place leaves on the parkway as close as possible to the curb, not in the street.?

As winter weather approaches and the schedule is altered, leaf collection?updates will be provided in this bulletin and on social media.

Upcoming dates

? ? ? ? ?? November 11 -- Veterans Day, Village offices closed
? ? ? ? ?? November 14 -- Leaf Collection Zone C
? ? ? ? ?? November 14 --?Fall Clean-Up
? ? ? ? ?? November 15?-- Committee of the Whole & Village Board Meetings
? ? ? ? ?? November 21 -- Leaf Collection, Zones A, B & C
? ? ? ? ?? November 24?-- Thanksgiving, Village offices closed?
? ? ? ? ?? November 25?-- Day after?Thanksgiving, Village offices closed?
? ? ? ? ?? November 26?-- Shop Small Business Day
? ? ? ? ?? December 2?-- Christmas Walk presented by Allied First Bank
? ? ? ? ?? December 3?-- Christmas Cookie Walk, Oswego Area Chamber
? ? ? ? ?? December 13?-- Committee of the Whole & Village Board Meetings
? ? ? ? ?? December 14?- Holiday Caravan

News digest from the Village of Oswego