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Village of Hampton

PO Box 77
Hampton, IL 61256
Tele: (309)755-7165

Hours:
Clerk's Office: 901 4th Street Monday thru Friday 8:00a - 11:30a & 1:00p - 5:00p Closed all State Holidays.

Heritage Center: 251 S. State Avenue; Tuesday – Friday 9:00a -11:30a & 12:00p – 3:00p

Both locations accept utility billing

Info for Residents

FLOOD INFORMATION
Village of Hampton Flood Flyer
Permit Flood Plain Development

NEED ASSISTANCE PAYING FOR UTILITIES
Visit https://findenergy.com/utility-bill-assistance/

2023 Consumer Confidence Report: The Annual Water Quality Report is now available at www.ilrwa.org/CCR/Hampton.pdf To speak with someone about this report or to request a copy, call 309-755-7165.

Yard waste pick up is available the first Monday in April and will continue every Monday through October unless there is a holiday and weather permitting! Check with Village Hall to find out if yard waste pickup will continue after October. You can purchase your yard waste stickers at Clerk’s Office, Heritage Center and Porter’s Shell for $2.50.
Please note: each bag or bundle must be tagged with a sticker; ONLY craft bags are accepted; no cans or plastic bags! Brush must be bundled in 4' lengths with a maximum weight of a bundle or bag of 40 lbs.

You can use this link to pay your bills online! You may also pay your bill by calling 833-733-6289.

All bills are due on the 5th day of each month!

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Conrad Disposal
PO Box 83, Geneseo, IL 61254
(309) 944-2544

Have trash out on Wednesday's by 5:00 AM. Unless one of the following holidays falls on or before your service day - New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day - then trash will be a day late. If you miss your service day you will have to wait.
Any trash sitting outside the can will NOT be taken. This includes cardboard boxes, they are not trash cans, put your extra garbage in a plastic bag if need be and please tie the bag. Thank you.
PLEASE do NOT use the 30 / 40 / 50 gallon plastic barrels they will NOT be emptied. You can have bags or cans 4-30 gallon cans or bags a week, not exceeding 30# pounds. Toters are not dumpsters - please do not treat them like they are. No piles at all, large or small.
NO construction debris will be picked up, NO burn pile, NO hot tubs, NO large sectional couches and NO hid-a-beds.
Carpet must be in 4x4 squares or 4 ft. rolls, tied, taped or bundled somehow for easy pick up. Sorry for the inconvenience.
You are allowed one large item on the last service day of each month at NO CHARGE! Large items can be bedding or 1 piece of furniture, a table or 4 chairs. NO appliances, NO tires, NO e-waste, if it plugs into the wall it is electronic waste.
PAINT- take off the lid, let it sit and dry out or add sand/cat litter/floor dry, then we can take it. If it is still liquid form we cannot.
ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED: dirt, rock, brick, sand, concrete, burn pile or any kind of livestock manure. We do NOT take construction debris with regular household garbage, Call for a dumpster.
Hazardous waste can NOT be accepted under any circumstance.

Preparing Your Recyclables
In general, recyclables do not have to be sorted. Sorting is done at the landfill. PLEASE DO NOT put your recyclables in a plastic bag!

Newspaper - Including the inserts, magazines, hardback and paperback books, telephone books, office paper and 3rd class or junk mail including plastic window envelopes.
Plastics #1 - #7 except Styrofoam (PS) #6 -. Acceptable plastics are designated by a number inside the recycling triangle. Rinse containers and throw the lids away. Crush plastic containers the best you can to reduce their volume in your bin.
Glass Bottles and Jars - Only clear, brown or green glass that contained a food or beverage can be recycled. You may leave the labels on glass containers, but rinse them thoroughly and throw away the lids. No Pyrex, ceramic or drinking glasses. Also for the safety of the collection crews and sorters, broken glass will not be accepted.
Tin and Aluminum Cans - To recycle aluminum and steel cans, clean them thoroughly. Aluminum foil and pie pans are also acceptable. Make sure all are clean and free of food before you put them in your bin.
Cardboard - including cereal and Kleenex boxes. Corrugated cardboard must be flattened and bundled in 2' X 2' bundles.
NOT ACCEPTED: Batteries of any kind, Children's plastic toys, Garden hose, Diapers, Food Waste, Small propane tanks, CD's, Christmas lights and electrical cords, Paper plates, toilet tissue, paper towels, Kleenex tissues, wax cartons, Keurig coffee filters, wrapping paper and bows, Styrofoam and plastic bags. Items with food residue, Grass and wood is not recyclable, neither is vinyl siding, or furnace filters, cigarette butts. Metal building supplies or metal scrap, broken glass. Motor oil, antifreeze, oil filter or paint contact hazardous waste facility.

Appliances / White Goods:

Appliances and white goods cannot be taken to the landfill. They are picked up free by calling 1 (877) 934-5378
This is MidAmerican's appliance recycling program: Appliance Recycling

Electronic or E Goods:

Certain electronic devices cannot be placed in the landfill and will not be picked up with residential waste. Rock Island County residents can drop off their electronics waste at the Waste Commission of Scott County Electronic Demanufacturing Facility at no cost. The facility, located at 1048 E. 59th Street, Davenport, is open from 7:30 am to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Items that will be accepted are those with a circuit board or a cathode ray tube, which is found in older computer monitors and older televisions. Computers, stereos, fax and copy machines, cell phones and scanners are also acceptable items. For more information, call (563) 386-9575.

IMRF Pension Funds

The Village provides retirement and/or disability benefits, through the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Pension Funds. In compliance with 40 ILCS 5/7-135.5, information on the Village's participation, contributions and rates is available here.

Hampton Fire and Rescue

The Village of Hampton operates with a trained staff of 20 volunteer firefighters and one in the reserves. Seventeen of the Firefighters are also trained "First Responders". The First Responders report to the scene of auto or home accidents as well fires. Being first on the scene, they are trained to assist police and emergency personnel with life sustaining, basic aid until transportation to a medical facility has arrived.

The training for firefighters and first responders continues throughout the year each Monday night at 6:30 p.m. at the Firehouse on 6th Street and 3rd Avenue. Volunteers are continually training on any new fire or first responder techniques and most recently, Home Security Directives that need to be implemented.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer firefighter, contact the Fire Department at 755-6182.

Burning Rules

Burning Rules PDF

FOIA

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS form

METHOD FOR REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM VILLAGE EMPLOYEES
Many of the records for the Village of Hampton may be found on our website: www.hamptonil.org. The Village will honor requests for non-exempt information as prescribed by this Freedom of Information Act. All requests must be in writing and should contain the name, address, and contact information for the requestor, as well as a description of the records being requested. Request forms may be used and are available at all Village offices, on our website or may be mailed to the requestor, if desired. Address requests for information to the following departments, according to subject matter of the request.

FOIA Officer, Clerk Michelle Reyes, PO Box 77, Hampton, IL 61256; (309)755-7165
•        General Village Matters
•        Financial
•        Utility Billing
•        Engineering
•        Information Technology
•        Public Works
•        Parks & Recreation

Public Safety FOIA Officer, Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department (309)794-1230
• Police
• Emergency Medical Activities

Fire Admin. Chief David Johnson email djohnson@hamptonil.org
• Fire Department

Any questions, complaints, or appeals concerning this procedure should be addressed to FOIA Officer, Michelle Reyes, PO Box 77, Hampton, IL 61256. The first fifty (50) pages will be provided free of charge. A $0.15 charge will be made for each additional page of copied material requested. Certification is $1.00 per document.
Any request for information must be in writing and as specific as possible. Under Illinois Code 140, Illinois’ Freedom of Information Act, the Village Freedom of Information Officer must comply with or deny the request within 5 working days. Denial must be in writing.

An additional 10 working days are allowed to complete the request if certain circumstances exist. The requestor must be notified of the reason for the delay, in writing, within the initial 5-day response time.

The Illinois Freedom of Information Act 5 ILCS 140/7 exempts the following types of information from the provisions of the law: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=85&ChapterID=2.

For a complete listing of exemptions, the entire Act is detailed on the website of, Attorney General, Kwame Raoul, State of Illinois, http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/ .

The Village

The Village of Hampton is a municipality incorporated and organized under the laws of the State of Illinois for the purpose of providing its residents with the following services:

Police protection
Fire protection
Sewer and water service
Garbage collection service
Street Maintenance
Parks & Recreation
Heritage Interpretive Center

Offices: The Village of Hampton has certain functional subdivisions which are shown on Table 1 attached hereto. The approximate amount of the operating budget of the Village of Hampton is $1,218,141. The Village offices are located at:

Clerk's Office
901 4 th Street
Hampton, IL 61256
309-755-7165

Rock Island County Sheriff
Substation:
901 4th Street
Hampton, IL 61256
Non-Emergency: 309-794-9111

Fire Rescue Department
609 3rd Avenue
Hampton, IL 61256
309-755-6182

Maintenance Building
903 4th Street
Hampton, IL 61256

Heritage Center & Utility Billing office
251 South State Avenue
Hampton, IL 61256
309-755-8398

Municipal Records Directory:

Village of Hampton

Any person requesting records of the Village of Hampton may make such a request either in person, orally or in writing at the Village Clerk's office. Such request should be made to Ms. Michelle Reyes, FOIA Officer at such address. Another method would be by mailing, faxing or emailing a written request to Ms. Michelle Reyes specifying in particular the records requested to be disclosed and copied. All written requests should be addressed to the FOIA Officer at the address of the Clerk's office. If you desire that any records be certified, you must indicate that in your request and specify which records must be certified.

The fees for any such records, if the person requesting the records wishes them to be copied, are as follows:

First 50 pages, black and white, letter or legal size copies, no cost
Additional pages, black and white, letter or legal, actual cost to $0.15
Electronic records will be formatted subject to reimbursement for costs of recording medium. Color copies or copies in a size other than letter or legal shall be reimbursed to actual costs.
Costs of certifying a record will be $1.00
Records may be furnished without charge or at a reduced charge, as determined by the Village, if the person requesting the documents states the specific purpose for the request and indicates that a waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public interest. Waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public interest if the principal purpose of the request is to access and disseminate information regarding the health, safety and welfare or the legal rights of the general public and is not for the principal purpose of personal or commercial benefit.

Flood Plan

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Written Notes

History

Several histories and numerous articles have been published on our Historical Society's website detailing the arrival of the founders in 1828 through the centennial celebrations in 1938. The Village, first named McNeal's Landing, then Milan and finally, Hampton, was founded by two young men who arrived by river to harvest the dense forests of hardwood trees. Hampton became a regular steamboat stop. The sawmills that sprang up provided fuel, raw material for household items and building materials for the pioneers heading west using the Hampton ferry to get across the river to new territories.

Enormous growth took place in the mid-1800's as settlers passed through after shopping for their basic needs. Some settled to open stores, build grist and lumber mills, farm the rich soil and fish the river.

Hampton boasted many firsts: A ferry that would take wagons, livestock and families to the Iowa side after stopping at the first large, mercantile store (now the Brettun & Black Museum). The Brettun & Black store had the first elevator in the Midwest. By 1852, the first doctor and pharmacy had located near the waterfront.

West-bound pioneers had no place to purchase provisions or replace household items after leaving DeKalb or between Galena and Hampton. In Hampton, pioneers could visit a barber (who probably also did duty as the Village Dentist), saloon, blacksmith and wagon repair shops, pottery and barrel makers before continuing on their journey. The only place to shop was, the Brettun & Black store, where travelers, steamboat crews, miners and their families could find seeds, provisions, plows, fabric, tools, dishes, barrels of salt pork and whiskey were offered. After harvesting their crops, farmers would return via ferry and have their grains ground to flour or corn meal at one of Hampton's grist mills. Many of the grinding stones are yet to be found here.

Congregational, Methodist and Catholic churches served early visitors and the community. A hotel accommodated land or steamboat passengers plus the specialty riverboat pilots who were hired to navigate the 11 mile stretch of rapids that ran from Campbell's Island to Rapids City, Illinois.

The railroad arrived in the late 1850's. A legal settlement of a dispute with the railroad provided the funds for the classic Village Hall, currently in use on First Avenue. The riverboat traffic tapered off as the railroad began to flourish as coal mines began operations above the town on the bluffs. For a short time, the river road was on the route of the stage coaches running between Rock Island and Galena.

Hampton was a prime location for "clammers" to camp on the beach and harvest millions of the native mussels in the hope of finding Mississippi Pearls. The clam meat was sold to area farmers to fatten their hogs. Westward bound pioneers also purchased barrels of salted pork to supplement their food supplies until harvest. Boats stopping at the Brettun & Black store took supplies down river to union soldiers.

Hampton's Civil War ratio of soldiers to citizens was the highest in the country. Hampton volunteers served in every branch of the service in subsequent conflicts. Patriotism is still a prominent characteristic of the Hampton community, which built and maintains two veteran's memorials.

The soldier's monument next to Village Hall was built on the site of the first log cabin and birthplace of the first non-native child born in Rock Island County. The GAR memorial, located in Hampton Cemetery, was refurbished and a list of veteran's names was encased in a podium there.

Steamboats, railroads, stagecoaches and "hard roads" brought pioneers and settlers to the Hampton area. The scenic beauty, convenient location and small community friendliness have made Hampton a very desirable place to stay.

Hampton's Historical Society is very active and always welcomes inquiries and new members. The Society also runs the only museum on the QCA Bike Path at Brettun & Black's Mercantile Store Museum.