St. Clair, City (St. Clair, MI)

Department of Public Works

About the Department

Duties & Responsibilities

The public works department (DPW) is responsible for the maintenance and construction of infrastructure and services. These include, but are not limited to, roads, drinking water protection, storm and sanitary sewers, building maintenance and parks. They work diligently to provide a safe and high quality of life for our community.

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Brush Collection

City service of SMALL brush collection occurs April-November or as long as weather permits. Your service day is Monday and the week of service is based on your address. See map to view your collection week.

*Please place small brush/twigs curbside (not in bags or containers).

Waste Management’s seasonal service of collecting Yard Waste always runs on or following April 1st to the last service day on or prior to November 30 of each year.

Yard Waste must be in marked containers or yard waste bags for Waste Management to collect.

Leaf Collection

City service of FALL leaf pick up will begin as determined by DPW and will continue as long as weather permits. Your service date is based on your address. See the map to view your leaf collection day.

*Please rake leaves to the curb and remove from designated paper yard waste bags .

For other concerns,  please call 810-329-5277 and leave a voice mail. Your call will be promptly returned.

Streetlight out?

DTE Energy’s Community Lighting program has an online reporting tool to make it easy to get your streetlights shining bright again. The following website leads directly to the DTE online street light reporting tool. It’s that easy!  https://outage.dteenergy.com/outdoor-lights

If online communication is not preferred, call the St. Clair Police Department non-emergency line  at 329-5710 with the cross streets of the outage. The police department has access to the exact pole number that needs repair and will provide that information to DTE.

**The repair of streetlights is completed entirely by DTE.

DTEEnergy.com

Use this link to DTE to report an outage, report downed power line, check outage status and view outage map: https://outage.dteenergy.com/

Snow Emergencies

The St. Clair Police Department uses cable local Channel 6 and local radio stations to broadcast snow or other public emergencies.  In the event of a snow emergency, all vehicles need to be moved off the road to allow for the snow plow. 

Sidewalk maintenance is the responsibility of the property owner. Weather permitting, withing 24 hours of accumulation, property owner or occupant shall remove and clear away and keep removed and cleared away from the entire width of the sidewalk, all snow, ice, dirt, mud and other objectionable substances.

Contact Information

Lead Foreman, Kevin Markel
Email: kmarkel@cityofstclair.com

For emergencies or after hours please call the St. Clair Police Department 810-329-5710.

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