The City of Mattoon is dedicated to ensuring the safety of its residents and has developed a Safety Action Plan. The plan details the measures to enhance street safety through improved roadway design, appropriate speed limits, and a shared commitment to safety. Every Roadway Death is Preventable View the MSAP by clicking here, and follow the City of Mattoon to learn more about how you can help make the City Roadways Safer.      

CITY OF MATTOON Water Quality Update – December 10, 2025 Current Sample Sample collected on December 8th showed non-detectable levels of harmful algal bloom neurological toxin in the drinking water at 0.071 ppb which is considered non-detect under the EPA recommended advisory levels of .30 ppb. We will continue to sample per-EPA guidelines. Results will continue to be posted on the City’s website PAST SAMPLES Sample collected on December 1st showed non-detectable levels of harmful algal bloom neurological toxin in the drinking water at 0.092 ppb which is considered non-detect under the EPA recommended advisory levels of .30 ppb. Sample [...]

The city has scheduled curbside collection of live Christmas trees to begin Monday, January 5th, 2026. All live trees needing picked up must be placed on the city boulevard by 7 a.m. Monday, January 5th, 2026. Public Works Dept. will do a tour of the city to collect the live trees beginning on January 5th and finishing on January 6th. Trees must be free of ornaments, lights, stands, and plastic bags as the trees will be taken to the city's yard waste facility and ground into mulch. The city's yard waste facility, located on Logan Street, is also open daily [...]

UPDATE: All trees have now been planted.  Thanks to the Lumpkin Family Foundation we were able to plant 84 trees all over the City of Matton this fall.  Also, a big thank you goes out to all that participated this. Monday, November 17, 2025, Bloomfield Garden Center will begin auguring holes for trees.  Holes will be approximately three (3) feet in diameter.  They will augur approximately 50% of the locations the first day or two and then start planting the trees.  Once the first batch of trees are planted, they will start auguring for the remaining locations and following with [...]

First, a huge thank you to the Lumpkin Family Foundation for funding the tree planting program.  All tree orders have now been placed, and we are awaiting the suppliers to start digging the trees.  Due to the very dry conditions we have been experiencing they are waiting for more moisture to get into the ground so the tree balls will hold together.  The digging of holes for the trees will come first and the actual planting will follow very soon after.  The operation is expected to begin around mid-November and for most of them to be planted by Thanksgiving.  Right [...]

Starting October 10, 2025, the City of Mattoon Yard Waste Facility on North Logan Street will close at dark and reopen every day at 7:00 am.   David Clark, PE Public Works Director City of Mattoon 208 N 19th Street Mattoon, IL 61938 217.235.5460

Oil and chip operations on city streets has ended for this year.  Due to a shortage of materials, streets we were unable to get to this year will be placed on the schedule for next year. If you have any questions, please contact: David Clark, PE Public Works Director City of Mattoon 208 N 19th Street Mattoon, IL 61938 217.235.5460 Office 309.253.4807 Cell  

All trees for this year are now taken, and we will not be taking any further orders.  Please try again next year.