Utility Services

Residential garbage & recycling service is provided under contract by Eagle Enterprises Recycling through the City. Garbage & Recycling services will be set up or switched over when water service is set up. Garbage & Recycling containers are provided by Eagle Enterprises Recycling, please let City Hall now what size and how many you would like. The garbage & recycling billing is included on your water bill and appears as a line item called “refuse”.

Garbage pick-up is every Monday for those on the North side of the railroad tracks and pick-up is every Wednesday for those on the South side of the railroad tracks.

The following holidays may delay garbage pick-up by one (1) day:

• New Years 
• Memorial Day 
• Independence Day 
• Labor Day 
• Christmas

By ordinance, you cannot place your garbage & recycling on the terrace earlier than 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the regular and customary collection schedule, nor any later than 6:00 a.m. on the day of pickup.

Garbage & recycling receptacles must be removed from the terrace no later than midnight on the day that they are emptied.

Large Item Pick-up

Eagle Enterprises Recycling offers large item pick-up on the first Wednesday of every month. Item’s must have a pick-up sticker attached to them in order to be picked up. Stickers are $10 per item and can be purchased at City Hall or at Eagle Enterprises Recycling.

Brush & Yard Waste

The City of Galva provides brush & yard waste pick up services for its residents. Services are provided on a bi-monthly basis, and it is the responsibility of the Street Department to handle the pick-up. For more information, guidelines and regulations regarding brush & yard waste pick up visit the Brush, Yard Waste & Burning page.