Frequently Asked Questions

Desoto County provides a list and a map of drop-off locations throughout Desoto County. Redirect to the Desoto County website for the Recycling locations.

Call the Engineering Department at 892-9352. If this problem is occurring as a result of an ongoing construction project, call Engineering to request that an inspector take a look at it. 

Please call Engineering 892-9352. We will take your name, phone number, address, and area of concern. An Engineering Inspector will be assigned and will come out to evaluate.

Call Public Works, 893-5249, ext. 202, or Engineering, 892-9352. We will take your name, address, and phone number and send someone to inspect it.

Call Engineering at 892-9352. We will take your name, address, and phone number and will coordinate with the contractor to get you on the repairs list.

Call Public Works at 662.892.5208. Please provide us with the street name and the area the pothole is located and a work order will be created  or we will contact the developer to repair it if the subdivision is still under development.

Call Engineering Department, 892-9352. We will take your name, phone number and address, and area of concern. If the subdivision is still under development we will send the request to the developer. If it is for stop signs or speed limit signs, all other sign requests will be handled as if not under development. If the subdivision is not under development, we will present the request to our City Engineer, Andy D. Swims, for his approval of the street signs.

Please call Public Works by 662.893.5208. We will take your name, phone number and address, and area of concern to have a sign repaired or re-installed as soon as possible. 

Call the Engineering Department at 892-9352. We will take your information: name, address, phone number, and the nature of your request-such as too much speeding-etc. We will present your request to the City Engineer for his approval.

Call the Engineering Department at 892-9352. We will first check to see if your area has a sewer service line. If so, we will forward you to the utility department to discuss putting in an application to begin sewer service and paying the connection fee. You will be required to hire your own plumbing contractor to connect a line from your home to our sewer line.

Call Public Works, 893-5249, ext. 202, or Engineering Department, 892-9352. We will take your name, address, and phone number and send someone to inspect it.

In 2024, it became City Policy that no new speed bumps are to be installed. 

Call the Engineering Clerk at 892-9352 to request. We will send you a petition to obtain 75% of the homeowner's signatures to receive approval to have the speed bumps removed.