April 9, 2025
This information is from the Chamber of Commerce website, originally posted March 19th, 2025.
Notices regarding utilities, road work, legal notices, and other items of public interest.
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This information is from the Chamber of Commerce website, originally posted March 19th, 2025.
An ordinance was passed at the January 21st City Council Meeting raising electric rates 10% with the January 1st usage.
Ottawa Sanitation will pick up Wednesday trash and bulk pickup on Thursday, February 13th.
All City offices are closed on Monday, January 20th, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Our Public Works crew has been working all weekend to keep the roads as clear as possible.
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The winter weather has caused delays in trash pickup for the week of January 6th. Here's the adjusted schedule.
City offices are closed and trash pick up will not occur on Monday, January 6.
All City offices are closed December 23rd at noon; December 24 & 25 all day; and January 1.
UPDATE: This water work has been cancelled until after Christmas. A contractor will be making the water line connection for the Trail View Subdivision installation.
Road closures for Festival of Lights Parade on Saturday, December 7th
A vacancy has occurred on the Council for the City of Baldwin City, and the governing body is seeking applicants to fill the vacancy.
3rd Street is closed at High Street for asphalt repair, after the sewer line installation earlier this summer. Public Works expects to have the road reopened by approximately 2pm today
TRUCK ROUTE CLOSURE ALERT: High Street will be closed from 6th Street to 9th Street, and 8th Street will be closed from Grove Street to Indiana Street for Smoke on the Bricks.
A localized electric outage occurred this morning, August 8, near Highway 56 and Wesley Street.
All electric usage per kilowatt hour rate categories are increased by 5% for usage beginning July 1, 2024, and again 5% on October 1, 2024 per City Council Ordinance.
US-56 from US-59 to Baldwin City chip and seal work started today and should finish by early next week.
This includes City Hall, Public Works, and the Police Department.
Baldwin City is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States, about 12 miles south of Lawrence and 15 miles west of Gardner. As of the 2020 census, the city population is 4,700. The city is home to Baker University, the state's oldest four-year university.
