Dearborn’s Public Service Days could soon become a lot less confusing for residents if City Council next week approves a request by the mayor to make the street cleaning, tree trimming and general neighborhood maintenance a weekly occurrence.

We think the move is a good way to eliminate the confusion caused by the current system, which has many residents guessing which weeks to remove their parked vehicles from the street. Yes, the Dearborn city calendar lists that Public Service Days occur twice a month but it isn’t always accurate.

Under the proposed plan by Mayor John B. O’Reilly Jr., public service days would become weekly and begin an hour later, starting at 8 a.m. rather than the current 7 a.m., which may more naturally remove cars from the streets as many residents depart for work around this time. Public Service Days would still occur on the same day as a neighborhood’s regular scheduled trash pickup.

Public Service Days would cease between the months of December and March.

Visionary Art 2009, a touring emerging artist exhibition traveling around Michigan, is at the Rotunda Gallery in Dearborn’s Henry Ford Centennial Library until Saturday, July 18.

The exhibit, featuring 41 works created by artists of all ages, is free to the public and can be viewed anytime during the library’s regular hours of operation. For Dearborn Public Library hours and services, visit www.dearbornlibrary.org