Jamestown city offices close July 3, collection routes stay unchanged

Jamestown residents planning for the Fourth of July weekend will not see any change in collection routes, even as city offices close Friday, July 3. Regular hours resume Monday, July 6, but the city’s Baling Facility and Recycling Center will be off limits for two days, forcing anyone with drop-off plans to adjust.

The city’s holiday alert, posted June 30 at 9 a.m., says city offices will be closed Friday and that there are no changes in collection routes. That is the key detail for households trying to keep trash and recycling pickup on track during the holiday weekend. The Baling Facility and Recycling Center will be closed Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4.

For garbage questions, the city directs residents to the Baling Facility at 701-252-5223. Recycling questions go to 701-320-9218. The Sanitation and Solid Waste Department’s Baling Facility is at 3020 18th Street SE in Jamestown, while Recycle North Dakota is at 1016 10th Street SE. Recycle North Dakota’s regular hours are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Stutsman County’s holiday policy lines up with the same calendar. The county says non-essential county offices are closed on Independence Day, and when July 4 falls on a Tuesday, July 3 is also observed as a holiday. That makes the Friday closure part of a broader government shutdown pattern across the county.

Jamestown has handled past July 4 holidays differently depending on the day of the week. In 2024, the city said there would be no garbage or recycling collection on Thursday, July 4, and Thursday’s route was collected Friday, July 5. In 2022, the city delayed all garbage and recycling routes by one day for the holiday. This year’s notice is simpler for residents: city offices are closed July 3, the drop-off sites are closed July 3 and July 4, and collection routes stay unchanged.