Kettering extends leaf collection because of storm, late fall

The after effects of November’s ice storm and late falling leaves are still being felt in Kettering. The city’s annual residential leaf collection service was due to be complete the first week of December, but has been extended through December 21. Power crews are working around the clock, according to DP&L officials, to restore power to those remaining without electricity. Repair in the widespread area affected by the ice storm is expected to take several days. These trees were bent and broken along East Schantz Avenue from the weight of the ice. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

The after effects of November’s ice storm and late falling leaves are still being felt in Kettering. The city’s annual residential leaf collection service was due to be complete the first week of December, but has been extended through December 21. Power crews are working around the clock, according to DP&L officials, to restore power to those remaining without electricity. Repair in the widespread area affected by the ice storm is expected to take several days. These trees were bent and broken along East Schantz Avenue from the weight of the ice. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF
Kettering
By Wayne Baker
Dec 13, 2018
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Since many trees held their leaves into December, and because of the recent ice storm and inclement weather, Kettering is still trying to finish its annual leaf pickup operation.

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The city’s annual residential leaf collection service was due to be complete the first week of December but has been extended through Dec. 21 because of late leaf fall resulting in high end-of-season volume. The recent ice storm complicated the issue because the city offered storm-related debris collection at no charge to residents.

Kettering Public Service Director Dave Duritsch said the city is divided in to 11 districts for leaf collection, which allows the city to communicate to residents which district crews are currently collecting so they can better anticipate when collection will take place in their neighborhood.

Work in Districts 5 and 6 should be complete by today, according to Kettering Public Service Director Dave Duritsch.

“We will then proceed in numerical order to Districts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, then Districts 1, 2 and 3,” Duritsch said. “We completed collection in District 4 on Monday, and we will not be coming back through completed districts until our one-time sweep of the city next spring.”

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If the city has completed collection in a particular district, but there is still need to dispose of leaves, a resident of that district can either place their Waste Management toter for collection on their normal pick up day or take leaves to the city’s Yard Debris Center on Woodman Center Drive through Dec. 22.

Yard Debris Center hours are Monday through Friday 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Duritsch has an important reminder for Kettering residents.

“Please place leaves at the edge of your yard near the curb, but not in the street. This protects our storm sewers and prevents the leaves from being scattered by passing cars,” he said. “It is also very important to keep ice storm debris and any tree branches or limbs out of leaf piles. Leaf trucks cannot collect leaves if there are branches in the piles.”

Residents can locate their leaf district on the city's website at https://www.ketteringoh.org/residential-leaf-collection-program/.

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