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Meetings

The regularly scheduled council meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21, in council chambers.

The regularly scheduled Planning Board Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, in council chambers.

Events

During the month of February, the Village of Clemmons will have its monthlong campaign of Neighbors Helping Neighbors — a monthlong educational and collection campaign for the Clemmons Food Pantry. Weekly themes include Capture My Heart (Top 12 Wanted Items), Soup’er Bowl Food Drive, Let’s Celebrate and Feed a Family. At the end the month will be a celebration at the Clemmons Food Pantry on Feb. 26 with tours, a kid’s train and more.

Clemmons Spring Medicine Drop event will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, March 21, at the Clemmons Fire Department, 5931 James Street. This will be a drive-thru event to dispose of expired, unwanted or unused pills safely.

E-Recycle has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Public Works Facility.

Public works

Leaf collection is complete for the 2021-2022 season. Leaf pickup will resume Oct. 1.

Limb pick-up will resume in March. Last year was the final year for collection of grass clippings in Clemmons. This year will have leaf and limb pickup only.

The 2022 spring bulk item pickup will begin on Monday, March 14 for residents on the west side of Lewisville-Clemmons Road. Bulk item pickup for residents on the east side of Lewisville-Clemmons Road will begin the week of Monday, March 21.

Clemmons Farmers Market

Several Farmers Market vendors are offering a winter preorder and pick-up service on Fridays and/or Sundays. Visit Clemmons.org/farmersmarket for more details.

Clemmons Farmers Market is currently accepting applications for full time, part time, and daily, farm-prepared foods/baked goods and craft vendors for the 2022 season.

Stormwater

Staff will be completing drainage outfall inspections throughout the Village of Clemmons as part of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s NPDES Phase II permit throughout the months of January, February and March from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Activities may include visual observations, photography, creek walking and water quality sampling, primarily at drainage pipe outlets into ditches and water bodies. All stormwater personnel will be wearing reflective vests, driving marked vehicles and carrying identification.

Staff will be soliciting bids for Tanglebrook Trail and Springside Drive CIP projects through the use of ARPA funds, with a bid opening on March 4.

Staff will be soliciting RFQs for qualified private engineering firms to provide engineering inspection services per ARPA contract requirements.

The “live stakes” free giveaway registration will open in March (exact date TBD). This will allow residents of Clemmons to sign-up to receive free saplings in the form of “live stakes” to plant on stream banks on their properties. These “live stakes” will provide additional stream bank stabilization, and will assist with ecological enhancements.

Property Tax Relief

North Carolina offers three targeted tax relief programs: Elderly/Disabled Exclusion, Disabled Veteran’s Exclusion, and Circuit Breaker. The deadline for submitting applications is June 1. More details are available at forsyth.cc