St. Charles Parish is prepping for a short break in routine services as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. In a move that aligns with the tradition of allowing employees to spend time with their families, the parish has announced that all government buildings will be closed this Thursday and Friday. According to an announcement on the St. Charles Parish website, offices are set to resume operations when Monday rolls around, on December 2.
Residents looking to discard their leftovers and the usual refuse will need to adjust their calendars too. River Birch Renewable Energy, the company overlooking garbage collection in the parish, will not be running their routes on Thanksgiving Day. So if your bins are usually emptied on the day of turkey trots and thankfulness, expect instead a pickup at the start of the following week. "Customers who were supposed to have their trash picked up on Thanksgiving will be served on Monday, Dec. 2," goes the word from the parish's official news release.
The closures extend beyond the run-of-the-mill government operations. Even the folks at the River Birch Renewable Energy Office are taking time away from the desk, keys, and customer service calls. They're set to reopen their lines of communication with the public at the onset of the workweek following the holiday, resistant to the calls and queries that might pile up alongside the uncollected waste. The office will light up its "open" sign promptly at 8 a.m., Monday, December 2.
