Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: Holiday Crackdown 

From Friday, Dec. 20 – Wednesday, Jan. 1, Lombard Police Officers will be out in full force, seeking out alcohol and drug-impaired drivers. Law enforcement will show zero tolerance for drunk or drugged driving.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that from 2013 – 2017, there were 4,110 drunk-driving related deaths in the month of December.

Efforts to reduce impaired driving on our roads include an increased number of state and national messages about the dangers of impaired driving, combined with more officers enforcing live-saving seat belt, speeding and distracted driving laws.

Winter & Holiday Reminders from Public Works

• The Village's free leaf collection program ends this week, as does all yard waste collection for 2019. Yard waste collection will begin again in April 2020.
  
  
• A bin to recycle broken or unwanted strands of lights is available in front of Public Works through January 17th.
  
  
• Waste Management will be conducting a free holiday tree collection from January 6 - 17. Place trees at your curbs for collection on your regular collection date during this time. 

Village Offices: Holiday Hours

Village of Lombard Offices will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday, Dec. 25 in honor of the Christmas holiday, and on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 for New Year’s Day. Additionally, Waste Management will be running on a one-day delayed schedule for both holidays.

Water Billing Changes January 1

As a reminder, water customers will experience changes to water bills effective January 1, 2020. 

• Bills will be visually redesigned to improve readability.
• Bills will be sent monthly on the 3rd and will be due on the 24th. 
• A new $5 capital fee will be implemented on each monthly bill. This revenue will help pay for Lombard’s aging infrastructure that needs to be replaced in order to continue to provide clean and safe drinking water into the future. 

Video Gaming Update

On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Village Board of Trustees discussed previous requests from local businesses to amend the date for the existing trial period for video gaming and the date on which a non-binding advisory question regarding video gaming would appear as a ballot question. The date amendments were requested by business as a result of delays in the issuance of operator gaming licenses by the State of Illinois.

For an FAQ and more info, visit www.villageoflombard.org/videogaming. 

Upcoming Village Events and Reminders  

• Fire Department Toy Parade
  Saturday, December 14 
  St Charles and Main Street, heading south on Main Street to Glenbard East, 10:30 a.m. 
  
  
• Upcoming Meetings
  See a full list of Village Board and Committee Meetings