The City of Locust and Waste Management will be conducting our Annual White Goods Collection on Saturday May 11th.

All items must be placed at the curb for easy collection access, prior to 8am Saturday morning to guarantee pickup.

Items that WILL BE picked up include:

-Refrigerators, ranges, stoves, water heaters, freezers, scrap metal, and all other similar domestic and commercial large appliances

Items that WON’T be picked up include:

-BBQ Grills

-Propane Tanks

-Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D)

If you have any questions please contact City Hall or email me, Tim Flieger, @ tflieger@locustnc.com .

The City of Locust and Waste Management will be conducting our Annual Bulk Goods Collection on Saturday March 16th.

Items must be @ the curb by 8am Saturday morning to guarantee pickup.
Items that WILL BE picked up include:
-Household Furniture
-Large Toys (kiddie pools, playhouses, riding toys, disassembled swing sets)
-Mattresses/Box Springs (MUST be wrapped in plastic) and Bed Frames
-Rugs

Items that WON’T be picked up include:
-Construction and Demolition Debris
-Hazardous and/or Liquid Waste
-Industrial Waste
-Medical Waste
-Tires
-Computer/TV’s/Electronics of ANY kind
-Major Appliances
-Recycling
-Yard Waste (leaves, brush, or stumps)
-Household Trash/Garbage

If you have any questions please contact City Hall or email me, Tim Flieger, @ tflieger@locustnc.com

Locust will celebrate its 150th anniversary this year! (1869-2019)

We’re inviting local residents and business owners to participate on the planning committee. Whether you’re volunteering, organizing, creating, or providing resources, we know our residents have a lot to offer!

Join us for the first public meeting on Monday, February 25th, at 6:00 PM in the Joel Huneycutt Community Room, next to City Hall.

50 years ago, for the 100th anniversary celebration, Locust residents, civic groups, schools, and churches were all hands on deck, creating a whole week of celebratory events that included 2 parades, a beauty pageant, beard contest, live music events, community dinners, and even a “slab city” storefront which featured a bank, saloon, and jail! You can find pictures on the Locust Historical Society website.

We hope to create a similar weekend of events this September. Please join us for the first meeting on Monday, February 21st.

Mark your calendars!
Our first Locust Family Movie Night will feature Disney’s Christopher Robin on Saturday, April 6th, sponsored by the Kerri D. Efird Memorial Scholarship! Join us in the backyard of Locust City Hall for pre-show food and fun starting at 6:30pm, with 🎬movie🎬 showing at sunset.

Locust Family Movie Nights are FREE events, open to the public. We hope to see you there!

For more information regarding this movie night, and others, please visit www.locustnc.com/newsandevents and visit our Facebook page for up-to-date posts about event activities and vendors

For more information, call City Hall at 704-888-5260

On November 9, 2017 and pursuant to House Bill 436 “An Act to provide for uniform authority to implement system development fees for public water and sewer systems in North Carolina,” The City of Locust contracted Raftelis Financial Consultants to complete a System Development Fee Study. House Bill 436 was signed into law on July 20, 2017 and it amended Chapter 162A, Article 8 of the General Statutes “System Development Fees” This legislation sets forth the process for establishing development fees, which requires a written analysis prepared by a “financial professional or licensed professional engineer. House Bill 436 requires compliance by July 1, 2018.

Raftelis Financial Consultants calculated the system development fee for the City of Locust using the “Buy-In Approach” method. This method focuses on existing facilities with available capacity to serve new customers, and the analysis is based on fixed asset records.

On Thursday, March 8, 2018 the Locust City Council heard a presentation from Raftelis Financial Consultants regarding the findings of the system development fee study. As required, the complete report and written analysis can be found here. Following the presentation, the City Council scheduled a 45 day waiting period to solicit written comments from the public. The public comment period closed on Monday, April 23, 2018. The City of Locust did not received public comment. A public hearing is scheduled for May 10, 2018 to adopt system development fees. The City is required to publish the adopted system development fees in the annual budget ordinance, and to update the written analysis at least every 5 years.

To view the study click here.

To ensure all comments are considered by Raftelis Financial Consultants, the City respectfully requests for all public comments to be submitted via certified mail to the following address:

Public Comment: System Development Fees
Attn: Cesar Correa, City Administrator
City of Locust
P.O. Box 190
Locust, NC 28097

For any questions regarding System Development Fees, please contact Cesar Correa, City Administrator at 704-888-5260.

JOB OPENINGS:

Employment Forms:

Application for Employment

Background Authorization Form

 

Remember:
-Pick up is for the entire City on Tuesdays.
-Have your cart at the roadside early in the morning and keep it there until the end of the day to ensure pick up.
-Please take your empty carts back to your house after pick up, at the end of the day on Tuesdays.
-For more information please call City Hall at 704-888-5260.

Please click here for our newly adopted noise ordinance.

Click to view the 2016-2017 Annual Wastewater Report and a letter from Public Works Director, Tim Flieger.

To view the Wastewater page for more information, click here.