If you experience a water emergency are unable to reach the Water Office at (618) 259-6521 or the Water Plant at (618) 259-4646, please contact the East Alton Police Department at (618) 259-6212.
Experiencing possible frozen pipes? Click HERE for information on preventing or thawing water pipes.

Please make sure you are following all Service Day & Cart Placement guidance. Check out the schedule here.
Republic Services: 618-656-6883

Trash days are weekly on FRIDAY.

Recycle days are bi-weekly on MONDAYS.

CART PLACEMENT:

  • Place your cart curbside by 6 a.m. on your collection day, 1 foot from the curb or edge of the street.
  • Place your cart at least 3 feet from other objects, like trees, poles, fire hydrants, mailboxes, electrical boxes, cable boxes, etc., and at least 5 feet away from other objects.
  • Please leave 3 feet between your recycling and trash carts.
  • Don’t lean anything against the cart or place your cart under trees or near utility lines.
  • Please don’t put any bags of trash on the ground next to the trash cart, and please don’t lay any cardboard boxes next to recycling carts. The service is cart-only service. These additional items must be scheduled through customer service as a bulk item pickup by calling 618.656.6883.
  • The cart should face with the arrows on the cart lid towards the street and the handle toward your house, with the lid closed.
  • For safety reasons, please do not allow children to play in or around your cart.

Business licenses are issued by the Village Clerk’s office.

Business licensing is required for, but not limited to: arcade amusements, circuses, carnivals, billboards/outdoor sign advertisers, itinerant merchants (foodstuffs), dairies, some retail delivery trucks, coffee & tea solicitors, jukeboxes, coin-operated amusement devices, cigarette machines, peddlers of general merchandise, skating rinks & gum/candy machines.

If you think you may need a business license, please contact the Village Clerk at (618) 259-7522.

Yes, all roadways are public and can be used as parking, as long as the car is following all roadway rules.

Tornado sirens are tested every first Tuesday of the month on or around 10:00am. If additional testing is necessary, we will post the information on our Facebook page.

Flags are moved to half-staff on direct orders from either the President of the United States or the Governor of Illinois, except for in very rare cases where the Mayor may move Village flags half-staff. The flags at the Vital Services Building (police/fire/museum) and the Municipal Building (Mayor/Clerk/Treasurer/water) are moved from full-staff to half-staff and back by the East Alton Fire Department when notified of a flag honor ordered down by an official Gubernatorial or Presidential half-staff proclamation. Flag honors are handed down when a member of the armed forces, police forces, fire services (and other groups covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act) are killed in the line of duty. The President may order flags to be flown at half-staff to mark the death of other officials, former officials, or foreign dignitaries, or after tragic events. If you’re interested in being informed of any half-staff proclamations, you can sign up to receive free email alerts for the country and your state (or all states) by visiting https://flagsexpress.com/signup/

Leaf burning regulations are as follows: Residents can burn leaves on their property, but the Village requests residents not rake leaves onto the streets or burn them there. The Street Department also requests that residents not rake leaves into the gutters as it causes blockage in the storm drains when it rains.
Leaves can be burned from October 1 through March 31 from 8 AM-5 PM.
Bagged leaves and brush will be picked up on Mondays. Please remember this day could change based on manpower, weather, and scheduling. Leaves must be in “biodegradable bags” only. The bags are available at Ace Hardware, Wal-Mart, and other department stores.
Trash is never allowed to be burned.

The Village Clerk is the keeper of all records for the Village of East Alton. You can stop by their office to view ordinances, or you can view ordinances on our website. Click here for online ordinances and codes. You can also use the search feature at the top of our website to search for a specific topic or ordinance to find information pertaining to your search parameters.

Yes! You can view that information HERE.

No, unfortunately we do not offer any reduction on rates.