News Flash

The City of Black Jack is accepting sealed bids for grass-cutting resulting from code violations. 

Bid specifications are available here.

Sealed bids marked “Grass Cutting Violation” due by 10:00 am Thursday, April 16, 2026, at Black Jack City Hall, 12500 Old Jamestown Rd, at which time all bids will be publicly opened and announced.

Violation Grass Cutting Ad 2026

Bid Specifications - Violation Grass Cutting (2026)

Tree Limb Pickup Schedule for Spring 2026: 

Monday, April 6: Old Halls Ferry Rd, Old Jamestown Rd, Parker Rd

Monday, April 13: West of Old Halls Ferry Rd (Ward 2)

Monday, April 20: East of Old Halls Ferry Rd (Ward 3, Trailwoods)

Monday, April 27: South of Parker Rd and Whitney Chase Area

A detailed schedule can be viewed here or on the Tree Limb Pickup page.

Only ONE pickup will be made per street. Please have your limbs out by 7:00 AM on the day your limbs are scheduled to be picked up. The Public Works Department will not double back and pick up limbs on the same street.

Spring limb-chipping program will follow these guidelines:

• Limbs must be 4 inches in diameter or less
• Length of limbs must be 6 feet or less
• Limbs must be placed at the curb (at the edge of your yard next to the street). City employees are not permitted to go onto private property.
• Limbs should be neatly piled with the cut edge next to the street

THE FOLLOWING WILL NOT BE PICKED UP:

• Whole trees will not be picked up (only limbs will be picked up)
• Limbs not from the property being picked up
• Any commercially cut limbs or tree branches
• Yard waste bags
• Trash, thorny materials, plants, leaves and grass
• Wood with nails or wire/metal fence mixed in pile
• Unorganized piles of limbs
• Root balls and/or stumps
• Shrubs
• Limbs that are too large or cumbersome to be handled by one person
• Limbs that are too large to go through the chipper
• Old railroad ties (with creosote oil) or landscaped timber
• Limbs too small

More detailed guidelines can be viewed here or at the Tree Limb Pickup page.

Please call (314) 355-0400 if you have any questions.