County Closings and Waste Collection for Veterans Day
Tuesday, Nov. 05, 2024
Other than emergency services, all Alachua County offices will be closed on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in observance of Veterans Day.
The Veterans Day holiday will not affect residential curbside collection service for solid waste, recycling, and yard trash. The regular schedule for these services will occur on Monday. The transfer station at the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and the Hazardous Waste Collection Center will be open during their regularly scheduled hours.
The Office of Waste Collection and the five rural collection centers will be closed on Monday and will resume regularly scheduled hours on Tuesday, Nov. 12. For more information, contact Alachua County Solid Waste and Resources Recovery Director Gus Olmos at 352-338-3233.
The Alachua County Animal Shelter will remain unchanged for Veterans Day. The shelter is closed on Monday and will reopen on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Animal Resource Officers respond 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays, to matters affecting public safety and animals in immediate danger. Citizens should dial 911 to report such emergencies on Sundays, holidays, and nightly between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. During regular hours (Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., excluding holidays). For more information, contact Alachua County Animal Resources at 352-264-6870.
For more information, contact Alachua County Communications Director Mark Sexton at 352-264-6979 or msexton@alachuacounty.us.
If you have a disability and need an accommodation in order to participate in a County program, service or public meeting, please contact the Alachua County Equal Opportunity Office at 352-374-5275 at least 2 business days prior to the event. TTY users please call 711 (Florida Relay Service).
