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Village of Ashton IL
PO Box 186
810 Main Street
Ashton IL 61006
Ashton Illinois is in Lee County,
IL
815-453-2241
Monday-Friday 8am-12:30pm & 1-4:30pm
Village clerk email: ashtonclerk21@gmail.com
Village president email: thenert@ashtonil.com
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Kid's Advent Service
Friday, Dec 1
3:30 to 5 pm
St. John's Lutheran Ashton, IL
Kids age preschool- 6th grade
They will have lessons on advent, crafts, music and a
take home snack!
Please call church at 453-7314 or Amy Wilcox at 716-6247
to register
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Hey kids! Drop your letter to
Santa in the special mailbox in front of
Ashton Village Offices (810 Main Street) by
December 17th
Include your full name and address, and Santa will send
you a response!
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Christmas Walk
in Ashton, IL
December 2nd, 2023
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Hey kids! Drop
your letter to Santa in the special mailbox
in front of
Ashton Village Offices (810 Main Street)
by
December 17th
Include your full name and address, and
Santa will send you a response!
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Cookie
Walk
St.
John's Preschool cookie walk
Mills
& Petrie building in Ashton
4
to 7 pm, or until the cookies run out!
Only
$8 per pound
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Hot
Chocolate!
Ashton Fire Station
December 2, 4 - 7 pm
During Ashton Christmas Walk
Courtesy of AFC Aggies 4-H Club
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Holiday
Hope Clothing Drive
To Benefit Miss Carly's in Rockford
Help
make someone's holidays a little merrier
By donating blankets, coats, gloves/mittens,
scarves, socks, etc
Adult
and children's sizes are welcome!
Drop
off at
Ashton Lions Center
Mills & Petrie
During
Ashton Christmas Walk
December 2, from 4 to 7 pm
Monetary
donations are welcome - call Rhonda Cardot
@ 815-508-6389
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Craft
& Vendor Show
Mills & Petrie
Building from 4-7 pm
Cindy Knight (Beaded
Plant Stakes, Faux Succulents, earrings)
Two Hens in a Barn Allie Pittman (Dog Bandanas,
ornaments, kids activity packs, cup cozies)
Emalie Vogeler (stuffed animals, painted
rocks, cards, buttons etc)
Malinda Wagner (Tastefully Simple)
Lynn Kowalczyk (Pampered Chef)
Sally Butler (Scentsy)
Wyatt Farms (Essential oil candles, wax
melts, earrings, decorations)
Brijittes Gourmet Cupboard (Mixes, jewelry,
ornaments)
(Color Street)
Grammy Studio (Janine Lemar)
John & Cindy Koke (Koke County Wood
Creations)
A & A Designs (Earrings, bracelets,
necklaces & anklets. Geared to young
kids - have some adult items)
Simply Sweet Creations (custom tumblers,
shirts, pens, badge reels, pop sockets and
more)
Wendy Schafer (Mary Kay)
Julie Kruse (Bumble Bites Freeze Dried Delights)
Creative Creations with Geri Hand - glass
etching
The Crafty Byrd - Baby & Childrens clothes,
embroidered tops to match the bottoms, hooded
towels
Diane Masco (Country Barnyard Creations)
Loretta Felix
Fireside Bakery - Michelle McCandless
Lynnette Lawrence - Christmas florals, wreaths
& swags
Boots, Bows & Mudpies - Children's clothing
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Ashton's
Lighted Parade
Through downtown
Ashton
December
2 at 4:45
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Santa
Meet & Greet
Meet
Santa in Ashton IL
During
Ashton Christmas Walk
Ashton Fire Station, Main Street Ashton
December
2, 2023
Santa
Meet & Greet starts after the parade
@ 5pm
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House
Decorating Contest
Sponsored by Ashton Business Boosters Association
(ABBA)
Categories include festive, traditional,
and religious
1st
place in each category wins a $25 gift certificate
Redeemable at any Ashton business or
Toward your water bill
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Christmas
Scavenger Hunt
December 2, 4 - 7 pm
Ashton Library at Mills & Petrie
Varying
levels of skill for all hunters!
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December
2
4 - 7 pm
Ashton Lions Center
Ashton IL
Presented
by AFC Student Council
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You are invited!
Monthly fellowship dinners
2nd Wednesday of every month
Meal @ noon
St.
John's Lutheran Church
803 Paddock Ave, Ashton, IL
All are welcome
If you are able, bring a dish to pass and your own table
service
The meat will be provided by St. John's, along with coffee
and water
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Ashton Post Office Hours
Front desk hours
Monday- Friday 10:00am-5:00pm (closed 1:00pm-2:00pm for
lunch)
Saturday: 9:30am-12:30pm
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The Ashton Care Pantry
810 Main St.
Ashton, IL
Open on the first and third Thursday of each month
from 9-11am (with additional holiday hours)
and 5 - 6 pm
The 2023 schedule is as follows:
Thursday, January 5th,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, January 19th,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, February 2nd,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, February 16th,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, March 2nd,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, March
16th, 9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, April 6th,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, April 20th, 9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, May 4th, 9-11am
and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, May 18th, 9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, June 1st,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, June 15th,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, July 6th,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, July 20th, 9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, August 3rd,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, August 24th, 9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, September
7th, 9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, September 21st, 9-11am and 5 - 6
pm
Thursday, October 5th,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, October 19th, 9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, November 2nd,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, November 16th, 9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, December 7th,
9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
Thursday, December 21st, 9-11am and 5 - 6 pm
For more information,
please contact the
Village Office at (815) 453-2241
Please donate to Ashton
Care Pantry!
Donations of unexpired, unopened, shelf stable
food is appreciated.
The pantry also appreciates monetary donations
and donations of personal care items, toiletries
and cleaning supplies
Give back to your community and help fight food
insecurity by volunteering!
Call the Village Office at 815-453-2241 to get
on the schedule to volunteer some time at the
pantry. Help is appreciated on pantry days to
assist residents and tidy up before and after,
and also on non-pantry days to re-organized and
re-stock shelves and take inventory of supplies.
The Ashton Care Pantry
is collecting used/empty egg cartons to re-distribute
to the local farmers that generously bring farm-fresh
eggs to each pantry day.
If you have
extra egg cartons, please consider recycling them
at the pantry.
Drop off is
any time during Village Office Hours: Monday -
Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm.
The Ashton Care Pantry is open to all Ashton,
Franklin Grove, and Lee Center residents.
Pantry days are the first and third Thursday of
the month, from 9am-11am.
The pantry sometimes offers frozen pork products
(ground pork, bacon, roasts, chops and brats),
farm fresh eggs, and fresh vegetables from local
gardens.
Thank you to everyone
who has donated to the pantry!
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The bathroom facilities at Griffith
Park and also at the Ashton Pavilion Shelter by the High
School in Ashton, IL, have been winterized for the season.
Please contact Steve at (815) 453-2195 with questions.
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The Village of Ashton Board
of Trustees passed and approved the 2022-2023 Budget and
Annual Appropriation Ordinance on July 11, 2022 and has
been published in pamphlet form.
Anyone wishing to view the Ordinance may do so at the
clerk's office located at 810 Main Street.
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There are many ways residents
can pay water bills in Ashton, IL!
1) In person at Village Hall
2) At the Ashton branch of Central Bank
3) Via drop box (it’s a black metal box marked Water
Bills) on the west side of Village Hall
4) Online at Login - Illinois: Village of Ashton (collectorsolutions.com)
–please note there is a processing fee when you pay
online:
CLICK HERE to pay online now
5) Mail back the stub and payment at the post office
Billing Dates for 2023
January 1, 2023 – Due date
of Friday, January 20, 2023
April 1, 2023 – Due date of Friday, April 21, 2023
July 1, 2023 – Due date of Friday, July 21, 2023
October 1, 2023 – Due date of Friday, October 20,
2023
Read
the ordinance here
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Ashton IL Water Bills
go out on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1
The due date, printed
in bold on the bill, will be anywhere between the
20th-22nd of that same month depending on the week and
where those business days fall.
Please make sure your
water meter is easily accessible for the Village Street
staff to read.
If you have an outstanding
bill or if you have questions/concerns, please contact
Village Hall at (815) 453-2241
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Village Ordinance for
Parking after a Snow Fall in Ashton IL
1. Sec. 70-63. Parking
following snowfall is
hereby repealed and replaced as follows:
It is unlawful to park any vehicle on any public street
or alley in the Village at any time within twelve hours
after a snowfall of two inches or more has occurred until
such snowfall has been removed.
CLICK
HERE TO READ THE ORDINANCE IN A WORD DOCUMENT
CLICK
HERE TO READ THE ORDINANCE IN A PDF DOCUMENT
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The seasons are changing
and the Ashton, IL, Village Street Department would like
to remind residents that brush and yard waste pickup is
done on Monday each week.
Residents should bundle large sticks and bag other yard
waste, like leaves and grass clippings, to put at the
curb for pick up.
Piles of un-bagged grass or leaves will NOT be picked
up.
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The Village of Ashton
has partnered with Tri-County Opportunities Council to
help qualified residents with water bill payment.
The Community Action Agency helps reduce poverty, revitalize
communities, and empower individuals and families to be
self-sufficient.
If you would like to learn more about this program, please
contact Alicia O'Rorke at the Dixon office 815-718-2387
or 815-562-5838 or stop by the Ashton Village Office to
pick up a pamphlet outlining the different programs offered
by Tri-County.
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Emergency Alert Messaging
System
The Village
of Ashton has set up an alert system to notify residents
in case of an emergency.
We would like all
residents to sign up for the alerts to be informed in
case of an emergency.
How do you sign up,
you ask? You can fill out a form at the Village Office
(810 Main St) or call the office (453-2241).
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Yard Waste
Pickup Resumes March 1, 2023
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Have your lawn waste
at the curb by
7:00 am on Monday
to ensure that is picked up
**BROWN PAPER LAWN
WASTE BAGS ARE ACCEPTABLE**
ORDINANCE
NO. 110810B
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF ASHTON, ILLINOIS
Chapter 54 - solid waste
LANDSCAPE WASTE COLLECTION
ORDINANCE
Article II
GARBAGE AND REFUSE
SECTION 54 - 34
WHEREAS, the Village
Board of Trustees of the Village of Ashton, Lee County,
Illinois, have deemed it appropriate to establish a Landscape
Debris Collection Policy and to create Article II, Garbage
and Refuse, Section 54 - 34.
NOW THEREFORE, BE
IT ORDAINED, by the Village of Ashton Code of Ordinance
be amended as follows:
Chapter 54
Solid Waste
A. Article II Garbage and Refuse. Section 54-34
a) The Village of
Ashton shall collect landscape debris on Monday and Friday
of each week which schedule from time to time may be amended
without ordinance by Village Resolution; provided that
the material is properly placed for collection as hereafter
set forth.
b) Landscape debris
is defined as: leaves, grass clippings, small branches
and brush tied in bundles of five feet (5') in length
or less and not exceeding fifty pounds, plants and other
organic materials which would normally be associated with
residential gardens together with shrub and bushes from
a typical parcel of residential property.
**BROWN PAPER LAWN
WASTE BAGS ARE ACCEPTABLE**
c) Landscape debris
shall be placed in clear bags, if not bundled as described
hereinabove. Except that small branches may be placed
in cans of 30 gallons or less. All bags, cans, and/or
bundles must be placed at the front curb for pick up.
In no event shall any landscape debris be placed for collection
if mixed with other solid waste. In no event shall any
landscape debris be placed for collection in any single
bag, can and/or bundle weighs in excess of 50 lbs. Any
landscape waste which is mixed with solid waste or is
in excess of 50 lbs will not be disposed of by the City
and in addition, any violator will be subject to fines
and penalties as provided in the general penalty of description
in the Municipal Code.
d) Any accumulation
of landscape debris on any particular pick up day in excess
of one Village truck (one ton truck) will be assessed
an additional $25.00 charge per load. Arrangements for
such pick up must be made in advance together with payment
therefore. In the alternative, the Village of Ashton will
provide for a truck to be dropped off to be loaded by
the Village resident and thereafter dumped by a Village
employee at no charge. Any such request must be made to
the Village Clerk at least 7 days before the requested
drop off. Delivery of the truck and scheduling thereof
are subject to availability; Village obligations' and
other requests. Village reserves the right and may reasonably
deny any such request.
**BROWN PAPER LAWN
WASTE BAGS ARE ACCEPTABLE**
CLICK
HERE TO READ THE OFFICIAL LANDSCAPE WASTE COLLECTION ORDINANCE
IN A WORD (.doc) FORMAT
CLICK
HERE TO READ THE OFFICIAL LANDSCAPE WASTE COLLECTION ORDINANCE
IN AN ADOBE READER (.pdf) FORMAT
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Garbage
Pickup in Ashton IL
Garbage
pickup is normally on Mondays
*Please
limit your cans to no more than 50lbs
No
Garbage Pickup in Ashton on the following holidays:
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New
Year's Day
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Memorial
Day
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Independence
Day
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Labor
Day
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Thanksgiving
Day
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Christmas
Day
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For
more information, go to Northern
Illinois Disposal Service
Appliances and
large electronics are NOT picked up in regular garbage
pickup for Ashton, IL
For pickup, please
call:
Rick’s Scrapping – Batteries and Appliances:
779-861-2418
Chisamore Electronics Recycling – Computers/laptops,
cell phones, TVs, etc: 815-600-3741
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ORDINANCE
NUMBER 110909B
AN ORDINANCE
CREATING CHAPTER 34
HEALTH AND SANITATION
ARTICLE
IV
OPEN FIRES
WHEREAS,
the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of
Ashton, Lee County, Illinois, have determined that
it is in the best interest of the Village to create
Article IV, OPEN FIRES to Chapter 34 HEALTH AND
SANITATION;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Village of Ashton, as follows:
Chapter
34
HEALTH
AND SANITATION
A. Article
IV. OPEN FIRES.
a) Section
34-62. Prohibited. It is unlawful for any person
to burn paper or other combustible refuse, waste,
rubbish, garbage, yard waste, or any other material
except wood in any open fire or burn barrel.
b) Section
34-63. Exception. Leaves may be burned under the
following rules and regulations:
1. Leaves
may be burned only between March 1 and April 30
and between September 15 and December 15, and only
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
2. Leaves
may not be burned on the hard surface or asphalt
portion of any street, curb, sidewalk, gutter, or
alley.
3. Leaf
fires authorized herein shall be supervised by an
adult (18 years of age or older) at all times until
completely extinguished including any embers.
4. Leaf
fires shall not be such by size, location or otherwise
that creates or poses a threat to the safety of
persons or property.
c) Section
34-65. Abatement. The Village Police Department
is authorized to prohibit, stop, cause or order
any fire be extinguished if unlawful under this
Article and if lawful under this Article (leaf fires
or recreational fires) if it determines that due
to the size, location, wind or atmospheric conditions,
it poses a threat to the safety of persons or property.
d) Section
34-64. Recreational fires.
1) Recreational
fires utilizing wood are not prohibited so long
as they are supervised by an adult (18 years of
age or older) and contained in a fire safe vessel
or pit, not exceeding thirty-six (36") inches
in diameter.
e) Nuisances.
Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize a
fire which would create an emission in violation
of Article II Nuisances, Section 34 - 31 (5).
EXCEPTION.
Nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit Village
employees from open fires for Village purposes.
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