Residents,

If you are 65 or older, you are eligible for a 15% discount on all City of O’Fallon services.  That is right, you get a 15% discount on Trash, Recycle, Water and Sewer services.  Just go to the Cashier’s Office at City Hall and show them your drivers license and your next bill will be 15% less.  It is that simple.

Trustee:  The Manors at Deer Creek HOA

Ron Connell

Residents,

This winter has been one for the record books…this is just a reminder that the City of O’Fallon has an ordnance that prohibits cars from being parked on city streets during a snow event.  Please make it easy for our City Employees to properly plow our subdivision and prevent it from looking like this picture.

Thanks….Ron Connell

If you are experiencing issues with your water pressure, the best way to address it is to call the water department directly at 636-379-5488, or go to the O’Fallon web site at https://ofallonmo.mycusthelp.com/webapp/_rs/(S(wp1dtzc305dkx1bec3pzqhwq))/RequestOpen.aspx?sSessionID=17486175THMPSFUF[[MVIGHCKBWNJWEEQZWCWIEK&rqst=77

They will come to your home at no charge and check your pressure.    You can also find a PDF on the O’Fallon web site with tips on how to improve your water pressure.

Go to https://www.ofallon.mo.us/images/pubs/water/Water_tips.pdf and open the file.

Ron Connell

Residents,

We are now one week into the new recycling rules and hopefully everyone got a blue tag on their recycle bins last Thursday….if you did not, that means you did not follow the new rules.  For more information, follow the link below.

Happy Recycling

https://www.ofallon.mo.us/environmental-services

Just an FYI to all of our residents. Next week the detention basin at the end of Shady Timber will be cleaned. This is a annual requirement by the City of O’Fallon storm water division. Our contractor will remove all built up sludge form the basin to prevent it from entering the storm water system.

Along those line, We would like to remind all residents that boarder the lakes not to use the lakes as dumping grounds for grass clippings and yard waste. This is also against storm water regulations as well as HOA rules. Dumping grass clippings is detrimental to the eco system of the lakes. Please use the yard waste service that O’Fallon provides.

To learn more about storm water rules and regulations, go to https://www.ofallon.mo.us/stormwater-management

Residents,

Over the past several years many residents have asked about the feasibility of dredging the retention lakes to prevent flooding and while there are differing opinions out there as to whether this would prevent flooding or not, it is clear to me after doing some research that it would increase the retention potential of the lakes, which we believe have silted over and become shallower during the last 15 years. What is also clear to me is that is is extremely expensive to dredge lakes.

I was successful finding a company that can do the work but the quote I have received estimates that cost to remove approximately 5 feet of soil from the two northern most lakes would be at least $250,000. The HOA does not have funds to even consider this and as a Trustee, I would not recommend pursuing this at this time.

Just wanted to let everyone know what I have learned.

Later this week our fall mums will be planted  in the entrance berms.  Happy Fall!

FYI, the Common Grounds at the end of Shady Timber have been put on a weekly mowing schedule during the grass mowing season and was sprayed for weeds the week of 9/17/18  The area around the lakes will remain on a bi-weekly mowing schedule (Weather Permitting).  Also, Brushogging of the trail between the lakes is currently scheduled for Saturday 9/22/18.