Your village office, open every hour on this page.
Follow a wooden arrow to payments, meetings, pickup rules and village services.
Dates figured from the village's posted schedule. Holidays or weather can move them, call (269) 729-5515 to be sure.
Four bills a year. Find your due date, check the online fee or talk to the Water Department.
Bills mail Jan 1, Apr 1, Jul 1 and Oct 1.
Your payment is due on the last day of the month your bill arrives. Partial payments are allowed throughout the billing period.
FrontDesk Payments by gWorks accepts cards or bank payments and supports autopay. You can find your utility account or make a guest payment for a permit or one-time fee.
Online adds $3.65 per $100. This is an estimate from the posted rule: every $100.00 increment.
A notice letter adds a 5% late fee and gives you a 30-day extension. Payment must arrive by the last day of February, May, August or November, as applicable. The village doesn't offer a second extension.
Pay the bill in full before service can restart. A $25.00 turn-on fee is added. Payment is due by 10:00 AM on the shutoff date in your notice.
Water Department: Kacie Brunner, officer in charge.
(269) 317-7591
Read the annual Consumer Confidence Report.
Past public meeting: May 12, 2026
The DWSRF plan covers PFAS treatment, Filter Plant reliability, lead service line replacement, water main improvements and service extension to Athens Township residents.
Estimated project cost: $14,875,000.
Read the project planning PDFCouncil and Planning Commission meet at Village Hall, 129 East Burr Oak Street.
Second Tuesday, every month.
7:00 pm at Village Hall.
Check the next second Tuesday on your calendar.
First Wednesday, every month.
7:00 pm at Village Hall.
Check the next first Wednesday on your calendar.
Marty Preston, President
Bonnie Conant, Clerk
Anita Shoup, Treasurer
Trustees
Don Crapoff · Jerry Qualls · JR Brunner
Matt Harvey · Lucy Lamson · Robin Shoup
Parker Minier, President
Michelle Brubaker, Secretary
Council representatives
Matt Harvey · Keith Dara · Norman Conant
Open a year. Find the meeting.
September and October have no posted files.
Yard waste and brush: Mondays, by season.
Every Monday, April through September. The first Monday of the month, October through March.
Leaf vacuum season is October and November.
The digital sign carries the village's actual start and stop dates.
Questions about a pile or pickup? Call the DPW Superintendent at (269) 729-4940.
Reserve one or both pavilions at John Wilson Park through the village office.
Two pavilions. Make room for your next get-together.
Tell the village which pavilion you'd like to reserve, or ask about reserving both. Use the existing request form or call the office.
The fountain, photographed on the village's parks page.
The village's veterans memorial.
Fridays, 2 to 6 pm, June to October, per the market sign. The photo is undated; confirm the current schedule.
Find the inspection contact and the village's ordinance and zoning documents.
Commercial and residential inspections for the Village of Athens.
Village ordinance and zoning documents
No matching chapter. Try another word, or call the office.
Rules, burial spaces and fees in the village's published documents.
Cemetery Rules and Regulations ↗Cemetery Burial Space and Fees ↗CVTRS reports collect the published financial dashboards, debt service and projected budgets. Choose a year to read the files.
Pick the right office for your question. For general village business, start with Village Hall.
Fax (269) 729-5690
Find Village Hall on a map ↗DPW Superintendent
Fax (269) 729-5620
For a water question, call Kacie.
Village Hall address for office directions:
A separate government, not the village. Call the township for township business.
Fax (269) 729-5612
Township office on a map ↗