News Flash

Staff has completed their initial assessments and will begin the cleanup process. Cleanup efforts will take place over the next several weeks. We will start these efforts with a yard debris hauler on Monday.  Any resident or business that has trees, limbs, or other yard debris needs to put their debris out by the road and Monday haulers will start to clear the debris out. The hauler will come through the city twice as to give those who were unable to get their yard debris out this weekend a second chance for the city to pickup.  We are expecting the second round of pickup will begin the following week. The city will be working with waste haulers early next week to get rid of other types of debris residents may have from the storm and will provide additional information once arrangements have been finalized with the waste hauler. 

The majority of the city should have already had power restored. If you are without power crews are working as fast as they can to get residents restored as quickly as possible. Please be patient with them. Of the 80% of Lake County utility customers that were without power crews are still working to restore power to 34% of those residents.   

If you see county officials out and about, The Lake County Appraisers office will have staff out today and over the next several days to assess damage to buildings in the area. 

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For any questions regarding shelters, road closures, power outages and more, call the Lake County Emergency Management Citizen Information Line at 352-253-9999.  The call center will be staffed till 7:00 PM tonight and will reopen tomorrow morning. 

The City of Mascotte administrative offices will reopen for normal business on Monday. Due to the storm the utilities department will not be imposing late fees till October 21, 2024, and shutoffs will not occur until 7:00 AM on October 22, 2024. If residents call city Hall and leave a message we will do our best to get back with you promptly. If you have an emergency with regards to water or sewer please contact the city's after-hours emergency hotline at 352-638-0416. 

Governor Ron DeSantis has issued a State of Emergency for counties including Lake County.  Monday the City of Mascotte also signed an Emergency Order.

Lake County has consolidated the 15 shelters they had open down to one (1). If you are in need of a shelter, please contact the citizen hotline at 352-253-9999 for up-to-date shelter information.  

Lake County schools and district offices will be closed through Friday, October 11, 2024 and will reopen on Monday.  

Lake County Offices will be closed Wednesday, October 9, 2024, through Friday October 11, 2024 and will reopen on Monday.  

For residents who typically have trash picked up on Thursday, GFL will be picking your trash up Saturday (10/12/24). Today's (Friday, 10/11/24) collection is being picked up as normally scheduled. For those with trees, limbs, and other yard debris, the city will will have a yard debris pickup for downed trees and limbs this Monday and then will have them provide a second pickup date seven to ten days later for those who could not get their yard debris out right away.

The County's Citizens Information Line (CIL) is now open for 24-hour operations. There number is 352-253-9999. 9-1-1 should only be used to request emergency aid.

Stay prepared by signing up for real-time weather alerts via phone, email, or text through the city's notification system which can be found on our website at www.cityofmascotte.com . Resident's are strongly encouraged to sign up for alerts through their municipality and Lake County.  https://alertlake.com/

Next scheduled update from the Lake County EOC will be at approximately 2:00 PM this afternoon. Unless their is significant information to provide this will be the final update as we continue to prepare for post Milton cleanup work.   

Please continue to take care and be safe and we will work as quickly as possible to get the city restored.