City of Shawnee Oklahoma News

City Update - Spring 2008

Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

View a full update on the current projects within the City of Shawnee from May 1st, 2008. View the Video Here

Shawnee Police Foundation First Annual Golf Tournament

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Shawnee Police Foundation First Annual Golf Tournament. All proceeds go to the Shawnee Police Foundation. Your entry fee is tax deductible.

When: Friday, May 30th
Where: Elks Golf Course
What: Four Man Scramble
Check in at 11:00
Lunch at 11:30
Tee Time at 1:00 shotgun start
Cost: $300.00 for team registration
Cost: $75.00 for individual registration

* Lunch and beverages provided
* Door Prizes
* Awards for top three teams

Contact: 878-1711
or
Chris Thomas 878-1638
Penny Kesler 878-1680

Cops N Kids 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This years Cops N Kids event will be held on May 17th 10:00am to 2:00pm at the Gordon Cooper Technology Center located at 1 John C Bruton Blvd Shawnee, Oklahoma. There will be lots of fun for all the children. We will also have free drinks, hotdogs, games, and prizes. We hope everyone will come and have a good time. Cops N Kids

Shawnee street evaluations and repair information.

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On the Engineering webpage there is new information on the subjects of Asphalt Street Evaluations, Concrete Street Evaluations, Street repairs in the last 15 years, and Information on the current and upcoming projects.

Household Hazardous Waste Disposal

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

City of Shawnee Offers Household Hazardous Waste Services
(Jan 14, 2008) � Beginning Tuesday, January 22, 2008, safely disposing of paint, pesticides, motor oil and other household products that can harm the environment will be a whole lot easier for Shawnee residents. For a fee, Shawnee residents may bring their household hazardous waste along with their water bill and matching drivers� license to the Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Center at SW 15 and Portland in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City shall assess a rate (based on national surveys) per equivalent rate unit (ERU) of fifteen (15) gallons per household. The fee structure per each resident per arrival or entry shall be evaluated by the following scale:
< 7.5 gallons .5 ERU $ 39.50
> 7.5 gallons to 15 gallons 1.0 ERU $ 79.00
> 15 gallons to 22.5 gallons 1.5 ERU $118.50
> 22.5 gallons 2.0 ERU $158.00
Minimum charge per vehicle per arrival = .5 ERU
Individual City of Shawnee residents will be charged on their water bill for their fees incurred for Household Hazardous Waste when they utilize the site.
Before, City of Shawnee residents who wanted to be responsible in getting rid of household hazardous waste items had no place to dispose of many of these items. Now, items that don�t belong in the regular trash can be dropped off at this state-of-the-art HHW Disposal Center. This was made possible by the City of Shawnee entering into an inter-governmental agreement with the City of Oklahoma City.
The Center, staffed with seven experts in hazardous material disposal, is open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
City officials think making it easier to do the right thing and increasing awareness of the reasons for separating household hazardous waste, will reduce the amount of household hazardous waste that ends up at landfills and the storm sewer system.
Tires, appliances and commercial waste are not accepted.
Antifreeze, batteries, compact fluorescent bulbs and household cleaning products are among the many products the City wants citizens to bring to the Center for proper disposal. For more information call 405-682-7038 or go to the website at http://www.okc.gov/services/hh_waste/index.html A water bill and drivers license is required and the Shawnee resident will be charged on a future water bill for items dropped at the disposal site.
For a list of places to recycle at no cost in Shawnee please go to http://www.sustainableshawnee.org/page5.html or see the list on Allegiance Channel 30.
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Chloramine information

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Chloramine information can also be found on the Water/Waste Water webpage.

Between now and the first of the year the City of Shawnee will change the disinfection process used in drinking water. This change is being made to improve water quality and meet new federal and state drinking water regulations.

We will switch from chlorine disinfection to chloramines disinfection for the distribution system. While chloramines are recognized as a safe form of drinking water disinfection, like chlorine, chloramines must be removed from water used in kidney dialysis machines.

Questions and Answers were added to the Water/Waste Water webpage.

Fall Winter and Spring Land Fill Days and Hours

Tue, 5 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Shawnee Landfill located at HWY 9A near Earlsboro is open for local residents every other Saturday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The following are the scheduled days that the landfill will be open:

September 15 and 29, 2007
October 13 and 27, 2007
November 10 and 24, 2007
December 8 and 22, 2007
January 5 and 19, 2008
February 2 and 16, 2008
March 1, 15 and 29, 2008
April 12 and 26, 2008
May 10 and 24, 2008

Landfill Phone Numbers: 275-9499 and 275-9061