The 20th Annual Riding to Remember Police, Firefighters and Veterans Charity Ride will be held Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. The event is a 72-mile police-escorted ride with an estimated 1000 participants in attendance.

At about 3:30 p.m. participants of the ride will enter Goshen along SR 15 from the southern city limits to Lincoln Avenue downtown. They will hold a memorial ceremony in front of the Goshen Police station, 111 E. Jefferson St., and they will leave riding west on Lincoln Avenue and turning north onto 3rd St./SR 15 exiting city limits around 4:30 p.m.

The 100 block of E. Jefferson St. will be closed to traffic from 2 to 5 p.m.

Please be aware and mindful of the motorcyclists passing through Goshen for this event.

The annual summer sewer billing for Goshen residents will end Sept. 15, 2018. Any water consumption used after Sept. 15 will not reflect the discounted sewer rate.

A summer sewer discount is calculated based on the lower of the actual volume or the average monthly volume of sewage discharged into the sanitary sewer system for the sewer bills issued in the immediately preceding months of November through April. The Goshen office is one of fewer and fewer utilities departments statewide that continue to offer this cost-saving benefit to its customers.

Summer sewer billing ends when fewer people work on their yard and go back to using water
mostly indoors. It is important at this time of the year that residents check their home for any
leaks from their toilets, faucets or showerheads to avoid a higher-than-usual bill over the winter.

A seemingly minor leak can waste thousands of gallons of water over the course of months or even years. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average household’s
leaks can account for more than 10,000 gallons of water wasted every year, and 10% of homes have leaks that waste 90 gallons or more per day. Fixing easily corrected household water leaks can save homeowners about 10% on their water bills.

Do you think you may have a leak in your home or business? You can find a checklist City staff
uses to investigate concerns about high water and sewer bills by going to goshenindiana.org/
water-&-sewer-billing and clicking on “High Utility Bill Investigation.”

You also may contact the Utilities Office at 533.9399 or at utilities@goshencity.com.

All City of Goshen offices will be closed Monday, September 3, in observance of Labor Day.

Trash collection services will be delayed by one day the week of September 3.

Brush pickup for the month of August begins August 27, 2018.

REMINDER: September will be the last month for brush pickup. Please DO NOT place brush out on the curb after the last full week of September.

During scheduled brush collections, the Street Department will make only one pass through the city to pick up brush. Please have your brush by the front curb, but not in the street, by 7 a.m. Monday. Brush will not be picked up in alleys and the piles should be trash-free. Crews cannot access the piles if blocked by vehicles.

Remember, the Street Department does not pick up grass clippings. Residents may:

• Leave their grass clippings on the lawn, which will quickly decompose, adding nutrients to back to the soil.
• Make a compost pile from grass clippings, leaves, twigs and other vegetative waste to turn it into a fertilizer.
• Dispose of them at the Goshen Environmental Center, located just west of the intersection of N. Indiana Avenue and CR 19. Free drop off of brush and leaves is available to residents of Goshen (proof of residency required) and other items like grass, yard waste, garden waste, and root balls can be dropped off for a price (ranging from $1 to $40 depending on the amount of material being dropped off).

For any questions about brush pickup, please contact the Street Department at 534-9711.