America’s 250th Birthday Celebration

Oswego Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a bike parade downtown to celebrate America’s 250th Birthday . All children 13 and under are invited to participate. Kids are encouraged to dress up and deck out their trike, bike, wagon, buggy, stroller, non-electric scooter, and battery pedal car/truck.

Those interested in participating can sign up at Oswego City Office, Black Crow, Oswego Library, Oswego Public Pool, or can show up the evening of July 3rd.
The parade will begin at 6 p.m. The line will start at forming at 5:30 p.m. at The Artpark, 4th and Merchant. After the parade the festivities will continue at the fair-grounds. See back of newsletter for details.
Read the full newsletter for June here.

City Wide Clean Up Begins May 4th

It is almost Spring Cleaning Time! Following the City Wide Garage sale on Saturday, May 2nd, the annual Spring Clean up Week will begin. The City will pick up items for free!
1. All items MUST be at the street by 7:00 am on MONDAY (May 4th) or they will not be picked up. NO EXCEPTIONS. Trucks will begin picking up on one side of town and go up and down streets until they have covered the entire town one complete time.
2. This service is available to all Oswego Residential Refuse Customers.
3. All items must be separated as grouped below or they will not be picked up. Different trucks and crews pick up different items and they do not have the time to sort them.
Items the City will be picking up during clean up week must be sorted according to these groups:
• Metal, including car parts
• Appliances– Freon does NOT have to be removed.
• Carpet, Furniture and Misc. Junk – (All loose items should be bagged or boxed)
• Brush, Limbs & Leaves (Leaves must be bagged)
• Construction materials for home projects (Not done by a contractor)
Read the full April Newsletter here.

Introducing WIPP! PLEASE READ!!

The City of Oswego has launched a new online billing and payment service called WIPP. This will offer you greater flexibility to view and pay your utility bills online. In addition, you will have options to enroll in AutoPay with using either your checking account or a debit/credit card.
With WIPP, you can look forward to being able to:
• Pay your utility bills any time with this easy-to-use online portal
• 24/7 access to your account including utility usage, tracking multiple accounts, view usage, and payment history
• The fee only occurs if you set up autopay yourself through the Portal: credit/debit card (2.95% fee) or ACH ($1.95 fee)
• NO FEE IF YOU ENROLL IN AUTOPAY BY CALLING THE CITY OF-FICE OR COMPLETING THE AUTOPAY FORM AVAILABLE AT THE CITY OFFICE OR AT OSWEGOKANSAS.COM.

Read the full February newsletter here