Public Services & Utilities
Contact information for local public services and some utilities are listed below. Please email mechanicsburgvillage@gmail.com with suggestions for additions to this list.
Public Safety
Buffalo-Mechanicsburg Police Department
Call 911 for emergencies or to reports concerns.
Information will be routed to the on-duty officer. If no officer is on duty, the Sangamon County Sheriff will respond.
The non-emergency BMPD phone line is not monitored.
Mechanicsburg Fire Department & Emergency Medical Service
Mechanicsburg Fire & EMS Facebook page
Phone: 217-364-4831
Emergency: Call 911
Waste Hauling & Recycling
Republic Services is the contracted waste hauler for the village. To start your service, please contact Becky Williams at Republic Services by phone at 217-391-0638.
View service alerts for our area by entering a zip code.
Pay bills, get service alerts, and access your account anytime, anywhere with our Republic Services Mobile App. The Republic Services app is available for Apple and Android devices.
Water and Sewer Commissions
The water and sewer commissions serve more than one municipality and have separate elected commissioners. View the elected Sangamon County Boards and Commissions members.
Buffalo-Dawson-Mechanicsburg Sewer Commission
Phone: 217-364-4895
Meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Buffalo Village Hall.
Mechanicsburg-Buffalo Water Commission
Phone: 217-588-8450
Mechanicsburg-Buffalo Water Commission Website
Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Buffalo Village Hall.
Electricity and Natural Gas Service
Menard Electric
Menard Electric Cooperative home page
24 Hour Phone: 800-872-1203
Ameren Illinois
Emergency Phone: 800-755-5000
Local Internet Service Providers
Rise Broadband
Phone: 844-411-RISE
Mediacom
Phone: 800-479-2082