Engineering and Public Works 2025 Annual Report

PARTNERSHIPS/EVENT/COMMUNITY OUTREACH

TREE SALE

The City celebrates Arbor Day each year with a tree sale open to all Shakopee residents. Pre-ordering is offered in March with pickup occurring the fourth Saturday in April each year. Trees are offered to residents at a significant discount, typically between $30 and $40. The tree sale program is designed to help reforest the community due to ash tree removal from Emerald Ash Bore infestation and generally improve the City’s natural amenities.

CLEAN-UP DAY

The Public Works Department hosts a biannual Clean Up Day to help residents dispose of unwanted items at a convenient drop-off location behind the Public Works Building. A four-hour window is provided on a Saturday in both the spring and fall and is available for residents of Shakopee, Jackson Township, and Louisville Township. This program is funded in part through grants received from Scott County.

Accepted items include electronics, batteries, tires, appliances, metal recycling, yard waste, broken household items among many others. In between clean-up day events, residents can recycle cardboard boxes at the Public Works building using a free drop-off dumpster.

Spring Clean Up Day 2025

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