Briefs: Property tax clinics

Learn how property taxes work, including recent changes in law, and get questions about revised assessment notices answered, at two meetings with Sugar Grove Township Assessor Laura Ross and Kane County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Armstrong. They are at 1 p.m. today at Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, 176 Main St., and at 6 p.m. Thursday at Sugar Grove Fire Protection District, 25 S. Municipal Drive. For details, call Ross at (630) 466-5255 or Armstrong at (630) 208-3818.

Wreath sale continues

The Geneva Music Boosters are selling Christmas wreaths, door and mailbox swags, mantelpiece decorations, 25-foot roping and centerpieces. Deadline is Friday. Pickup is Nov. 22 at Geneva High School. Delivery is $10 extra, but free to senior citizens. To place an order, call Debbie and Steve Hanson at (630) 208-9862.

Sugar Grove sewer testing

The Village of Sugar Grove is conducting inflow and infiltration testing of the sanitary sewers in the Black Walnut Trails and Windstone subdivisions through Friday. The testing uses smoke to identify potential sources of stormwater inflow and infiltration into the sewer system. Testing will be done in sections and residents will be notified two days before testing through notices hung on door knobs. During the testing, residents might see smoke coming from vent stacks on buildings and from holes in the ground. The smoke is nontoxic and does not create a fire hazard. On the testing date, water should be poured down all drains in the home to ensure that traps are full and to prevent smoke from entering the home through the drains. If an invalid or elderly person will be home alone during testing, or if any resident has respiratory problems, call the public works department at (630) 466-7508.

Campton brush pickup

Brush pickup concludes this week throughout the Campton Township Highway District. Collections will take place through Friday south of Route 64. Limbs must be no more than 18 inches in diameter and 8 feet in length. Brush should be piled neatly with cut ends facing the road and should not be tied. Yard waste will not be collected. Call (630) 365-9300 or visit camptontownship.com.

Township brush pickup

The final St. Charles Township brush pickup date is Nov. 3. Unincorporated St. Charles residents should call the township road district office at (630) 584-3496 by Friday and leave their address if they have brush to be picked up.