The City of Perry will not allow people to open burn this fall. 

The Perry City Council voted in a unanimous decision to not set a date for the 2023 fall waste open burn dates. City Administrator Sven Peterson says that burning will not be allowed inside of city limits. Peterson explains that the Council felt like there are enough resources in place that opening burning is not necessary. He tells Raccoon Valley Radio that they are encouraging residents to utilize their yard waste dropoff site or their curbside waste pickup. 

“That yard waste drop off site has been really great. They just hauled off about 94 truckloads of debris to get ready for that fall yard waste dumping out there. So that’s been very well used. Our curbside pickup is still available. So what we really want to do is in.”

Peterson says that they have also received complaints that the air is filled with smoke and people can’t open their windows and can cause some health risks. 

“Realizing that that can have some health effects and health issues. And again, it’s, you know, hate to bring it up. It’s a lot like the fireworks conversation of, you know, this is something to keep in mind to help out your friends and neighbors that might have medical issues or struggle with other other types of conditions that, you know, smoke could be harmful to.”

Peterson says that recreational fires are still legal in city limits as long as that fire is not burning waste.