The mission of the Street Department is to provide the City of Idabel with a maintained and safe transportation system. Major functions of the department include: minor street resurfacing, brush pick-up, recycling, street sweeping, mowing public right-of-ways, and overall street maintenance.
The Street Department also takes care of public drainage maintenance. Public drainage maintenance includes inspection and cleaning of all city canals, channels, ditches, storm drains, catch basins, curbs, and gutters.
If you find problems with City streets in Idabel, such as pot holes, down or damaged street signs, or drainage problems, please contact us. If you call the Main Office and no one is available to take your call, please leave us a message on our voice mail.
Limb/Yard Waste Policy
Yard waste, per policy and properly staged, will be collected by the City. The City has three Quadrants that are used for scheduling of Bulk Trash pick-up.
This is for Residence of Idabel only, the City will not be picking up Commercial customer locations.
Items That The City Will Not Accept
- NO TREE STUMPS will be accepted
- NO Commercially Cut (or cut by contracted labor) limbs or trees
- NO Commercial or Manufactured Lumber or Landscaping timbers will be accepted
- NO Bags with Dirt or Garbage will be accepted
- LIMBS or BAGS cannot be placed in a DITCH, on a WATER METER, SEWER MANHOLE, GAS METER, or ON THE ROADWAY
- LEAVES, GRASS CLIPPINGS and HEDGE TRIMMINGS must be BAGGED
Dimensions
Limbs or brush must be NO LONGER THAN 8FT IN LENGTH and NO LARGER THAN 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER
Yard waste should be stacked for easy loading on a truck. Larger waste may be collected with a backhoe.
The limbs may be bundled and tied with a string or cord. The bundled limbs/brush CANNOT be bigger than 24 in in diameter.
Once properly prepared, yard waste should be placed at the curb or no more than 10 feet from the road.