The Village of Oak Park | 123 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302 | village@oak-park.us
Oak Park offers a variety of services that can be accessed online from a computer, tablet or smart phone. Some of the services are managed directly by the Village, while others are third-party vendors authorized by the Village to conduct transactions.
The Village of Oak Park provides a wide range of services, from public safety programs like fire and police protection to support for housing, historic preservation and neighborhood relations. Don't see what you are looking for? Use the search feature at the top of the page.
Oak Park operates under the village manager form of government. A part-time, elected legislative body of a president and six trustees hires a professional manager to oversee the day-to-day administration of government programs and services.
Oak Park boasts excellent schools, world class architecture, shopping, dining and an extensive public transportation network. But Oak Park is more than a place – it also is a way of life. Use the links in this menu to learn more about our community and the many services available to residents and visitors alike.
Oak Park offers a variety of services that can be accessed online from a computer, tablet or smart phone. Some of the services are managed directly by the Village, while others are third-party vendors authorized by the Village to conduct transactions.
The Village of Oak Park provides a wide range of services, from public safety programs like fire and police protection to support for housing, historic preservation and neighborhood relations. Don't see what you are looking for? Use the search feature at the top of the page.
Oak Park operates under the village manager form of government. A part-time, elected legislative body of a president and six trustees hires a professional manager to oversee the day-to-day administration of government programs and services.
Oak Park boasts excellent schools, world class architecture, shopping, dining and an extensive public transportation network. But Oak Park is more than a place – it also is a way of life. Use the links in this menu to learn more about our community and the many services available to residents and visitors alike.
Here are links to some of the most popular items on the Village web site.
Here are links to some of the most popular items on the Village web site.
The Village offers a food scrap composting program to residents who wish to reduce the amount of organic refuse sent to landfills.
Currently, 1,063 households participate in the Village program that provides a special 96-gallon mobile cart for organics, an under-sink collection bucket and a box of compostable bags for food scraps.
The cost is $14 per month, which is about the same as recycling one bag of yard waste per week under the current Village-wide yard program that does not accept food scraps and requires a $2.45 green sticker be attached to each bag or barrel. Subscribers who use the organics cart for their yard waste as well as food scraps do not need yard waste stickers for grass clippings and other gardening waste since it can go right into the organics cart.
Residents who maintain backyard compost piles or mulch grass clippings are urged to investigate sharing organics carts and costs with neighbors.
Food scraps and food-soiled paper make up about 35 percent of what residents throw away, which is the largest unrecycled portion of the residential waste stream.
Residents can sign up for the Village's composting program online. For more information on the program, call 708.358.5700 or email compostable@oak-park.us.
