Please respond to the 2020 Census if you have not done so already.

Respond to the 2020 Census online here: https://my2020census.gov/

The 2020 Census can also be completed by phone:

English: 844-330-2020
Spanish: 844-468-2020

With many parents with school-age children learning from home, Waste Management – Illinois Missouri Valley Area is delighted to present an educational webinar to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

We hope you and your family join us for our LIVESTREAM 2020 WM EARTH DAY WEBINAR as we present Recycle U – information on the history of Earth Day along with how your curbside recyclables are sorted and made into new products.

To join this webinar, click here: https://video.ibm.com/channel/DGpcSSjPybZ

To view the flyer, click here. 

Waste Management has provided these guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

For the safety of City employees and our residents and based on recommendations from local, state, and federal health officials, the Municipal Center lobbies will remain closed. As of right now, the City Hall and Police Department lobbies are scheduled to reopen on May 1, 2020. The City will remain operational but services that are normally handled in-person will be handled via telephone, email, or mail.

Please join members of the DeKalb small business community (via zoom) to learn more about the recent grants and loans available to business owners impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Jock Sommese, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) expert, will share information and answer questions. Registration is required.

Click here for the flyer. 

Java with Jeff Rescheduled

State Representative Jeff Keicher will be rescheduling Java with Jeff (originally scheduled for April 17). When a new date is determined, we will update residents via our website and social media.

For the safety of City employees and our residents and based on recommendations from local, state, and federal health officials, the Municipal Center lobbies will remain closed. As of right now, the City Hall and Police Department lobbies are scheduled to reopen on April 8, 2020. The City will remain operational but services that are normally handled in-person will be handled via telephone, email, or mail. 

The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce is coordinating a feedback effort to gather information on how ALL DeKalb County small businesses are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The intent of this survey is to gather feedback from small businesses throughout the county during this difficult time by sharing challenges, ideas for help, and ways to support others. If you are a small business owner, please take a few minutes to complete this survey to help direct the efforts of this new group- DeKalb County UNITES.

Click here to take the survey. 

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). For more information, please click here.

As our community works to sanitize our homes and businesses due to Covid-19, the Public Works Department wants to remind residents that disinfecting wipes and paper towels need to be disposed of along with household garbage and are not to be flushed down the toilet.

Wipes, paper towels, and similar products do not break down like toilet paper and are not designed for the public sanitary sewer system. They can cause clogging, backups, and overflows. Even wipes labeled flushable will interfere with sewage collection and treatment.

Unfortunately, the City’s sewer system is already being negatively effected by wipes and similar products that are being flushed. Please be wise and throw away not flush away.