Hillsborough County Offices To Close For Memorial Day

TAMPA, FL -- Most Hillsborough County offices and facilities will be closed on Monday, May 28, in observance of Memorial Day.

There will be no solid waste collection (including garbage, recyclables and yard waste) in the unincorporated Hillsborough County Service Area, which also includes Tampa Palms, Hunter’s Green and New Tampa. For customers whose collection day falls on Monday, normal service will resume on the next scheduled day for pickup of those items.

Hillsborough County facilities that will be closed on Memorial Day include:

• The administrative offices of county government
• The Southeast County Landfill, Northwest and South County transfer stations, Resource Recovery Facility, community collection centers and yard waste processing facilities
• All county recreation centers and skate parks
• The Pet Resource Center is closed on Mondays. A limited number of Animal Safety and Enforcement officers will be on call for emergencies only.
• Hillsborough County’s Customer Service Center
• The Center for Development Services
• The Sunshine Line transportation service
• The Public Utilities Department customer service centers in Northdale and Brandon. Emergency calls regarding county water and wastewater service may be made to (813) 744-5600.

The following Hillsborough County facilities will be open on Memorial Day:

• All conservation parks

Additional information:

• Hillsborough County Consumer & Veterans Services and the Veterans Council of Hillsborough County will conduct the county’s 21st annual Memorial Day weekend observance on Sunday, May 27. The event is at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park and LeRoy Collins, Jr. Veterans Museum, 3602 U.S. 301 N. in Tampa. The park, monuments and museum at Veterans Memorial Park are all free.
• Following Memorial Day, all Hillsborough County recreation centers will remain closed through Friday, June 1 for staff training in preparation for summer camp programs.

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