City of Woodson Terrace Public Works Department

Services

Vector Control - The Public Works Department treats for mosquitoes with adulticide and larvicide during peak mosquito season. The department also works in conjunction with St. Louis County to control the rodent population.

Chipping Service - The City provides tree limb chipping services on a set schedule Thursdays, from October 1 – June 30. We have rules to make the chipping process as safe, smooth, and as cost efficient as possible. The entire City is chipped on Thursdays and if needed Friday as well. If you are missed contact City Hall and we will take care of it. The crew will tag any pile that in their judgment does not meet the requirements listed below.  It is not acceptable to have a tree service cut your trees and have the City chip the debris. A responsible tree service should have the proper equipment to do a complete job. It is also unacceptable to allow a non resident to dump limbs from another location at your property to be chipped. 

Limbs should be placed at the curb with the cut ends toward the street; limbs should lay next to and on top of each other in a neat pile, not crisscrossed. This facilitates Public Works being able to pull out one limb at a time to feed the chipper. The only thing that can be inserted into the chipper are tree limbs and plant matter, any foreign body mixed in with the limbs can be dangerous to the workers, the and can cause damage to the equipment. Pieces of fence wire, metal stakes, lumber, railroad ties, and landscaping timbers are a few examples of foreign objects. Certain soft vines and thorned plants might be rejected due to safety and fouling of the equipment.

If the City experiences a storm event any time during the nonscheduled portion of the year we will chip the resulting debris until the entire City is cleared.

During the normal nonscheduled portion of the year Allied Waste will pick up your limbs on yard waste day. The plant matter must be bundled and tied. The bundles must be no more than 4 feet long, no more than 24 inches in diameter, and weigh no more than 50 pounds each. No limit on number of bundles you can put out.

Snow and Ice Removal - The Public Works Department is equipped to remove snow and ice from our city's streets. City Ordinance requires that no vehicles be parked on city streets if one inch or more of snow or ice is forecasted. During these times, the city allows temporary parking in your yard. Tickets will be issued to those vehicles in violation of this ordinance.