Public Works

Departments

Administration

Traces water and sewer lines, makes departmental purchases, dispatches workers, keeps records, and performs other clerical duties.

Service Department

Maintains and repairs city vehicles, police vehicles, and city equipment (excluding fire department vehicles).

Streets Department

Repairs and maintains city streets; removes weather-related debris ditch lines that may cause hazard; and constructs some city streets. This department also mows and maintains rights of way, installs and maintains street signage and pavement markings, maintains city owned areas and parks, and sweeps city streets.

Weekly Bulk Trash Drop-Off

Bulk trash (see list below) may be dropped off every Saturday at 815 Goliad (City Yard) from 8 am to 12 noon.

A recent water bill and ID are required to establish proof of residency. Closed on holidays. Please contact City Hall at (830) 393-3105 if you have any questions.

Brush Drop-Off

Brush may be dropped off at 206 FM 536 (Material Yard), Monday through Friday, from 9 am to 12 noon, and from 1 to 3 pm.

A recent water bill and ID are required to establish proof of residency. Please contact City Hall at (830) 393-3105 to schedule your drop-off.

Bulk Trash & Brush Pickups

The biannual bulk trash and brush pickup is scheduled for the week of April 21-25, 2025. There is a 3 cubic-yard limit: any amount over 3 cubic yards will not be picked up. Please be sure to have your brush/bulky items out before 7:00 a.m. on Monday, April 21. Items placed on the curb after this time will not be picked up if your street has already been serviced. If you have any questions, please contact City Hall at (830) 393-3105.

Guidelines

• Limit your pile to 3 cubic yards. (To determine the size in cubic yards, take the length x width x height of the pile and divide by 27. This will equal the cubic yards. For example, 5 feet long by 5 feet wide by 4 feet high = 100, divided by 27 equals 3.70 cubic yards.)
• Must be placed within eight feet of the curb.
• Do not place piles in front of parked cars, near fences, trees, mailboxes, beneath overhead wires, low-hanging tree limbs, or on top of gas/water meters.
• Set out no later than 7:00 a.m. on the first day of your scheduled collection week.
• Do not place material at the curb after crews have passed by your house.

Brush Pickup

Brush Pickup occurs twice a year. Brush collection months are designated by the day of your regular trash service route.

Monday Trash = Brush Pickup in January and June
Tuesday Trash = Brush Pickup in February and July
Wednesday Trash = Brush Pickup in March and August
Thursday Trash = Brush Pickup in April and September
Friday Trash  = Brush Pickup in May and November

Brush collection will begin on the third Monday of the month. Place brush on curbside no earlier than the second Monday of the month. Residents should stack all large piles of brush as close to the street as possible. Do not exceed three cubic yards (6 feet long, 4 feet wide, 4 feet high). Pickup of brush piles larger than three cubic yards may be requested separately. Limbs should be cut into sections, not to exceed six feet in length, with the butt ends together. Tree trunks should be cut into sections, not to exceed four feet in length, with butt ends together and as close to the street as possible. Any loose branches or yard debris should be tied into bundles, using string or twine. No bags will be picked up by city crews. Residents must call City Hall at (830) 393-3105 to be placed on the brush list for pick up.