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City Wide Spring Clean-Up will be on Saturday, May 6th from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Residents are encouraged to bring unwanted items to the Water Street parking lot, (at the Village Green).

There is a $10 charge for household appliances which includes; washing machines, dryers refridgerators, etc.  Note: per May 5th, TVs and Monitors will also cost $10.

Not accepted: businesses bringing items, commercial appliances, construction debris, household garbage, large metal items, paint or toxic waste, tires and yard waste.

For more information, call the city office at 319-643-5888 or Johnson County Refuse at 877-423-9877.

The City of West Branch will begin Phase 4 of the downtown sidewalk improvements on Monday, April 10th.  This project will involve repairs to water services, sidewalks, storm water infrastructure and road surfaces on the north side of East Main Street from North Downey Street to Parkside Drive.  Parking on the north side of East Main Street in this this area will be closed for the duration of the project.

There may be traffic delays, temporary road closures or one lane traffic.  Detour routes will be in place and the City urges vehicle traffic to make use of alternate routes during this project when possible.

For questions or concerns, please contact Public Works Director Matt Goodale at 319-325-8213 or call the City Office at 643-5888.

The City of West Branch will be flushing fire hydrants beginning April 17th through April 28th during normal working hours.  The City annually flushes hydrants to clean the City Water Supply System and to help the West Branch Fire Department with determining if all hydrants are working properly.

The City does not recommend doing laundry during the hours of the flushing program to help minimize any potential problems that could arise with the water system being disrupted.  If you see discolored water coming from your faucet, let the water run until clear, this could take a couple of minutes.

Please contact Public Works Director Matt Goodale at 319-325-8213 or the City Office at 643-5888 with any questions or concerns.

Public Works provides curbside yard waste collection starting on the 1st Monday in April and continues weekly through the last Monday in November. 

Yard waste includes waste produced during gardening, grass clippings, leaves, flowers, branches and tree limbs.

Yard waste must be placed in bio-degradable bags only.  Tree limbs and branches do not need to be in bags as long as they are cut no longer than 4 ft in length, bundled, tied.  Bio-degradable bags can be purchased at the City Office for $1.00 each or they can be purchased at local retailers such as:  Menards, Wal-Mart, Lowes, etc.

**The brush pile is CLOSED indefinitely until the new location has been established**

 Reminder:   Public Works will not accept any yard waste containing debris that would be picked up during normal trash collection (plastic bottles, cans, bottles, etc.) or yard waste that is placed in plastic bags, plastic totes, wheel barrows, trash cans, etc.

Please contact Public Works Director Matt Goodale at 319-325-8213 or the City Office at 319-643-5888 with any questions or concerns.

The West Branch Municipal Cemetery clean-up will begin Monday, April 3, 2017.  Public Works will remove all unsightly and faded decorations during the clean-up.  If you would like something saved, please remove it before this date.  Graves may have new decorations placed after April 15, 2017.  For a complete list of cemetery rules, please click here.

There will be a meeting in the West Branch City Office from 7-9 PM Thursday, February 23, to discuss historic preservation and seek input for plan updating. Members of the Preservation Commission will take part, as will representatives of the West Branch Heritage Foundation, and it is hoped others interested in local history will come to share their thoughts as well. There’s no need to RSVP—just come and enjoy a lively discussion!

West Branch is updating its 2009 Historic Preservation Plan, and is asking for public input to suggest changes or additions to that earlier plan. (That earlier plan can be found in the Historic Preservation Commission’s meeting packet for 2/9/17 at http://www.westbranchiowa.org/sites/default/files/Packet_17_02_09_num.pdf.)

Public Works Director Matt Goodale has completed another successful application for the Alliant Energy “Branching Out” Grant. Alliant Energy works in cooperation with Trees Forever to provide communities with grants up to $10,000 for public tree replacements or new installation. The City applied for this grant last November and was recently notified that we will be the recipient of a $4,500 grant for the spring planting season. This project will be set for completion during this year’s Earth Day Celebration and will involve planting Red Oaks, Sweet Gum, Tulip Tree and Autumn Blaze Maples along East and West Main Street. These trees will be planted in the right-of-way to be cared for by the City. The planting will be a volunteer event and we hope to include City Staff, high school students and any community members who are interested in attending. For more information or if you would like to attend please contact Public Works Director Matt Goodale (319) 325-8213 for details.

View the West Branch hometown experience through this aerial tour. Thanks to resident Curt Livesay and Dynamite AG for this wonderful look at our community. West Branch is a growing community in southeast Iowa with many places to shop, live, dine and visit. An inviting town for all ages, the community takes pride in its architectural and cultural heritage and historic downtown, where 14 buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Residents of West Branch can now sign up to receive emergency notifications from the city of West Branch and the national weather service. Please CLICK HERE to sign up. The registration form is also available through the city website under Residents —-> Emergency Notifications or by direct link at https://westbranchiowa.org/residents/wens. The city office has used the service already to notify those residents affected by boil orders as well as a number of weather notifications for thunderstorm warnings, tornado watches, and tornado warnings. Please note that who is sent a notification is determined by geolocation and exact NOAA warning areas. As such, while television and radio may broadcast that Cedar County is under a watch or warning, a notification will not be sent out if the address of the account is not physically located within the actual NOAA area.