Each property in the Village is assessed a special assessment to pay for solid waste services that include trash, recycling, limited bulky item pickup and yard waste.

The current contract with the details of the solid waste contract with GFL Environmental.  They acquired Waste Corporation of Missouri, LLC (WCA). The contract details are located in the  Ordinances section. 

The contact number for GFL is 816-380-5595. For weather-related service disruptions, updates can be obtained by following them on Facebook @GFLenvKC. 

Pickup Day is Thursday morning starting at 7:00 AM. Trash and recycle bins along with lawn/leaf bags are all picked up on the same day.

Service that falls on a holidays will be completed the following day, and service for subsequent days in the same week will also be completed one day later.  For example, there will be no pickup on Thanksgiving Day.  It will be picked up on Friday.

The link for GFL's Holiday Pickup Schedule is https://gflenv.com/kansas-city/.

Bag Tags

Each residence in the Village has two roll-away bins – one for normal trash and one for recyclables. If additional trash bags are needed, the resident can purchase “bag tags” from the Village Clerk.  They cost $2 each and are sold in a sheet of five – total of $10.

Disability/Handicap Roll Out Service

Eligible dwellings can be deemed as a disability stop.  The driver shall roll the cart from the front of home to curb for service and return the bins following service, at no additional charge. Verification of disability is initially required.  Resident must call GFL to get this setup at 816-380-5595

Yard Waste – Lawn and Leaf

Each property is permitted to put out up to 10 lawn/ leaf bags or stick bundles per week March through December.  Yard waste must be placed is biodegradable paper bags and/or placed in bundles that are no larger than four feet long by two feet wide and less than 50 pounds.

Bulk Item Pick-up

WCA/GFL will collect two large items per quarter for free, each additional item will be $50.00. Residents will be responsible to call 816-380-5595 to be placed on the pickup schedule. On the scheduled day, all items must be placed at the curb. Bulk items include residentially generated household items as that can be readily moved by two people, including mattresses, couches, box springs, chairs, dressers, desks, doors, windows, and other household furniture. Bulk items DO NOT INCLUDE appliances, computers, monitors and other electronics waste, hazardous waste (paint, solvents, lawn chemicals, etc.), tires, automotive parts, and construction materials. Excluded items will not be collected.

Roll-Off Rates

Rental of 20 yd. box - $275.00 per fill

Rental of 30 yd. box- $290.00 per fill

Rental of 40 yd. box - $310.00 per fill

All Roll Off’s have a $75 Delivery Fee

The Village has a Nuisance Ordinance that regulates excessive vegetation growth and other situations deemed a nuisance. The details are found in the Ordinance section under ORDINANCE 2020-1 - NUISANCES AFFECTING HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, AND LAND USE.

Items Considered Nuisance:

• Noxious weeds, rank vegetation or grasses over twelve (12) inches in height.
• Junked, abandoned or inoperable motor vehicles
• Accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, junk and other abandoned materials, metals, lumber or other things.
• Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes and other vermin.
• Any building or other structure which is in such a dilapidated condition that it is unfit for human habitation, or kept in such an unsanitary condition that it is a menace to the health of people in the vicinity or presents a more than ordinarily dangerous fire hazard.
• All unnecessary or unauthorized noises and annoying vibrations, including animal noises.
• All disagreeable or obnoxious odors and stenches.
• Any accumulation of stagnant water. 
• Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot, dust or cinders, in unreasonable quantities.
• Dead trees and dead limbs of trees so located that falling would endanger the safety of persons using any public roads or sidewalks in the Village.
• Tree limbs and branches which overhang any public sidewalk or public street that impede and interfere with the use of the sidewalk or street.
• Trucks larger than three-quarter ton, recreational vehicles, or motor homes (both commonly referred to as RVs), trailers, and boats regularly parked on any premises that are not parked within an approved enclosure or shielded from public view. Regularly parked is defined as more than seven consecutive days.
• Parking of over five (5) motor vehicles on any one residence lot for a period of more than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours.

Property Owners are responsible for vegetation growth all the way to the road edge on all sides of their property boarded by a Village road or North Oak.  

It is preferred that there are no non-ornamental or scrub bushes at the property edges. This option provides an open view not blocked by bushes or other growth.  An advantage is that neighbors can look out for one another and can view for activity that is not normal in a neighbor’s yard.  It also provides a clean and open look that is preferred by those interested in living in the Village.  

Since there is not a storm water system in the village, rain water needs a path where it can run or be absorbed.  Having well maintained swales, culverts and ditches are key to rainwater management and road stability.  A swale-like design that absorbs and slows down rain water flow is preferred.  Ditches with no low vegitation are effected by erosion and get deeper and wider over time. 

The Village of Oaks Board of Trustees is not a Homeowner’s Association (HOA).  It is the governing body for the Village of Oaks which is a municipality - like Kansas City or Gladstone. 

Municipalities are categorized by size but are all governed by ordinances and laws created by the Village, County, State and Federal government.

See the GARAGE SALE ordinanance for all the details.  Some main points of the ordinance:

Free Permit is required - No sale shall be conducted unless and until the person desiring to conduct such sale shall obtain a permit from the Clerk of the Village of Oaks.

No person shall advertise, conduct, carry on or permit more than three (3) sales upon the grounds of or within any dwelling within the village within any calendar year. 

No person shall conduct, carry on or permit a sale to last more than three (3) days. 

No person shall conduct, permit or carry on a sale between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am.