Welcome to the City of Alliance Activity Report
The City of Alliance will be accepting applications for the position of Part Time Customer Service Clerk I until Monday, October 22nd. For a complete job description, please contact Workforce Development or access the City of Alliance website at www.cityofalliance.net.
To regulate traffic flow and make snow removal more efficient, the parking or storing of any bus, semi, truck, tractor cab unit, trailer, utility trailer, recreational vehicle, camper, travel trailer, boat, personal water craft, trailered barbeques and all other similar items intended for attachment to a vehicle is prohibited between November 1st of each year through May 1st of the following year. If not removed from City streets, these items may be towed at the owner’s expense and a citation may be issued.
Don’t miss the second annual Follow the Rails Art Trail today through Sunday, October 21st at 18 sites in 11 host communities from Grand Island to Alliance! The self-guided art tour will feature over 100 artists who will display their work along the 272 mile route known as the Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway. Special events will take place at several of the venues and a Palette Program will be available as an incentive to visit all of the sites. If your card is signed at every location, you will be eligible for a grand prize drawing. In Alliance, you may visit the Knight Museum and Sandhills Center as well as the Carnegie Arts Center. For more information, please visit www.sandhillsjourney.com.
The Alliance Public Library is having a spooky book reading contest for Preschool to 4th grade children! Kids need to read a spooky, creepy or scary book and fill out a pumpkin entry form! Winners of the contest will be drawn on Monday, October 29th at 5:30 p.m.
Make plans to attend the next presentation sponsored by the Knight Museum and Sandhills Center Heritage Seekers group. Ken Messersmith and Becky Herian will present a program on the Potash Ghost Town known as “Hoffland” on Thursday, October 25th at 6:30 p.m. at the Knight Museum and Sandhills Center.
The Alliance Public Library is sponsoring a Pumpkin Decorating Contest! Pumpkins will be accepted and displayed Friday, October 26th through Halloween. Winners will be selected October 31st in four age groups: Kindergarten through 3rd grade; 4th through 6th grade; 7th through 12th grade and adults!
The City of Alliance will continue collecting yard waste through Wednesday, November 21st. If your yard waste container is full prior to regular refuse collection days, you may take your yard waste to the landfill at no charge. Leaves should be placed in the yard waste containers and not raked into the street. Please contact the Streets and Sanitation Department at 762-1907 for more information.
The City of Alliance would like to invite you to serve your community by serving on one of our many boards. There are currently vacancies on the Board of Adjustment, A-1 and A-2 Downtown Improvement Boards, the Economic Development Plan Citizen Advisory Board, Golf Course Advisory Board, Housing Authority, Park and Tree Board and school representative on the Police Advisory Board. Anyone interested in serving on these Boards should contact the City Clerk’s Office. Information on all of the City Boards is also available on our web site at www.cityofalliance.net.