Welcome to the City of Mattoon, Illinois
Whether you live here, work here, or are just passing through, we hope you enjoy the City of Mattoon and all it has to offer. We cherish our parks, lakes, shopping centers, restaurants, schools, businesses, and many other assets. We enjoy recreation and festivities like Bagelfest and Lightworks. If you are here every day or just one, we have plenty to offer in this community.
News
City of Mattoon Fire Hydrant Flushing – Beginning April 7th
City of Mattoon Fire Hydrant Flushing The City of Mattoon Public Works Department, will begin flushing fire hydrants Monday, April 7th, 2024 and continue until all lines are flushed. Flushing will be conducted weekdays between 6:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Hydrant flushing is done to ensure all City hydrants and water lines are operating properly and will be usable during a fire emergency. Hydrant flushing may cause discoloration of your household water in or near the areas being tested which is a result of iron deposits being disturbed during the flushing process. Iron deposits can build up inside pressure tanks, [...]
Early Spring Clean Up – April 1st-11th
CITY OF MATTOON APRIL 1st - 11th, 2025 EARLY SPRING CLEAN UP MATTOON YARD WASTE FACILITY The City of Mattoon is providing roll-off dumpsters for residents at the Mattoon Yard Waste Facility at Shelby Avenue and Logan Street beginning April 1st – 11th, 2025. The dumpsters are available for Mattoon residents only. The roll-off dumpsters are not for commercial contractors. Residents may dispose of following materials ONLY at the City Yard Waste location: General Waste – Rumpke Waste & Recycling will have dumpsters available at the Yard Waste Facility for all waste. No Car Parts, Tires, Batteries, Fluorescent [...]
City Clean Up Day – April 12th
MATTOON CITY-WIDE CLEANUP SATURDAY, APRIL 12th, 2025 MATTOON YARD WASTE FACILITY The City of Mattoon will be conducting a Cleanup Day from 8 A.M. to 11 A.M. on Saturday, April 12th, 2025. Roll-off dumpsters will be available at the Mattoon Yard Waste Facility at Shelby Avenue and Logan Street. The dumpsters are available for Mattoon residents only. A Driver’s License, or other proof of residency, is required in order to dispose of material at the site. The site is open for residential clean-up. The site will not be open to commercial contractors. The load size will be limited to 1-ton [...]
Public Works Citizen Engagement
The iWorq reporting system is now live. Please click here to report a problem. The City of Mattoon Public Works Department will be instituting a new method of reporting issues and requesting information. We will soon have an online internet-based reporting system that you can use to report issues and request information that will give real-time updates of the status of your inquiry. It will go into full effect on March 14, 2025. The really nice part of this new online system is that it will keep you informed of the status of your inquiry and will make sure [...]
Dodge Grove Cemetery Spring Cleanup
The City of Mattoon announces the annual Dodge Grove Cemetery spring clean up begins March 24, 2025. Please have all items on Shepard hooks, ground items and in vases removed. Shepard hooks and vases on stones do not need to be removed. Clean up will begin March 24 and go through to March 28, 2025. The spring clean up is expected to be completed by March 28th.
