Streets Department

Personnel

The City of Barnwell has a two-man crew of full-time employees that take care of the City public areas such as sidewalk lanes and other grassy areas along roadways. They help to keep our roadways clean from dead animals and other debris.

The City of Barnwell contracts with an outside agency for garbage and general trash pickup. They collect roll carts, residential and business. Businesses needing large dumpster pick up may contact a local provider for that service.
CURRENT GARBAGE RATES (PDF, 323.3 KB)

August 1, 2024

To: City of Barnwell Roll Cart Customers

In September of 2024, the City of Barnwell will begin a new contract with Good Ole Boys Sanitation for roll cart garbage and yard debris pick up. Some changes will take place with this new contract, mainly for scheduled pick-up: IF your garbage has been picked up on Thursday, it will move to Wednesday. Yard debris will be picked up on Thursdays. Rates will be STAYING THE SAME for Garbage.

Roll Carts: The City's garbage cans are designed to hold a normal week's worth of household trash. If cans are continuously overstuffed with garbage, it requires more force by the truck not only to pick up the can but to unload it, potentially causing damage. The monthly fee that customers pay for the can is for one pick up a week. If it becomes apparent that one cart is not enough to satisfy a household garbage each week, we will require the customer to rent an additional cart for household garbage. This will be an additional $18 a month for garbage service.

Yard Debris: Good Ole Boys Sanitation will continue picking up yard debris as it has been picked up with other contractors. This is expected to be normal weekly yard debris (small limbs and leaves, etc). We ask our residents to understand what a normal amount of weekly yard debris to be: less than 1/2 a small pick-up load of debris (approx. 5-6 bags of leaves or a 5x5x5 sized load of limbs. If you have a yard contractor taking care of your yard, they are required to take that off to the landfill. They are NOT TO LEAVE IT for the truck to come pick it up at your house. Good Ole Boys will be picking up yard debris each week but will be looking for it on the day that you have your cart out for trash pick-up. They plan to pick up yard debris on Thursdays.

Furniture: Furniture is NOT picked up at all in the city limits by the disposal company. Any chairs, mattresses, sofas, tables, etc. should be hauled away by residents/businesses.

White goods (refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves) can be scheduled for pick up on the last Wednesday/Thursday of the month. Please call City Hall to schedule this type of pick up. Toilets, sinks and tubs are not considered white goods and must be hauled away by other means.

Weekly scheduled trash pickup:

Place cart out at the road or designated location the night before scheduled pickup day. If the cart is not out, they will not go back and pick it up later. That causes delays in all other trash being removed. DO NOT place extra bags of trash out beside or on top of the cart. The disposal company will NOT remove bags off of or from around a cart to be able to get to it to dump it.

Yard Debris (Thursdays):

Large amounts of debris may be picked up in small sections, but it can take weeks for all of it to be removed, depending on how large the amount is. Limbs should be trimmed to the stem, no longer than five (5') feet in length, five (5") inches in diameter, and reasonable in weight. Lawn/Yard companies that are doing business in the city should know that they are responsible for removing the debris from residences and businesses, and not to leave it for the disposal company to pick up. Yard debris should be placed in piles (bags for leaves no heavier than 35 pounds) in the general location where your cart is usually placed. It should not be placed in the city trash cart or other types of bins or carts.

HOLIDAY SCHEDULES:

Good Ole Boys will work most Holidays and will not change pick-up schedules. If there are any changes, The City will send out alerts through Barnwell Buzz or general news on the website.

Cemeteries

The City owns and maintains one cemetery, Barnwell cemetery, just above Fuller Park.

Streets

Any street or street light issues should be reported to City Hall, 803-259-3266.