Wellington Florida

Tax Collector

Phone: (561) 355-2264

The Tax Collector of Palm Beach County is responsible for collecting ad valorem (real estate and tangible personal property) and non-ad valorem assessments (such as drainage and solid waste). These taxes are due on November 1 each year. The Tax Collector's Office is also responsible for processing applications for titles and issuing registrations for motor vehicles and boats, issuing hunting and fishing licenses, occupational licenses and collecting tourist development taxes. Call for mobile office locations.

Locations of Tax Collector's Office:
West Palm Beach - 301 N Olive Ave, West Palm Beach 33401
Glades Branch - 2976 State Road #15, Belle Glade 33430
Lake Worth Branch - 3551 South Military Trail, West Palm Beach 33463
North County - 3188 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens 33410
Royal Palm Beach - 200 Civic Center Way, Royal Palm Beach 33411
South County - 501 South Congress Avenue, Delray Beach 33445

Telephone Service

Phone: (888) 757-6500

AT & T - www.att.com
Call for assistance with new service, current service or billing concerns:
Repairs - (877) 737-2478
Disability Service (TTY) - (800) 251-5325
Disability Service (Voice - (800) 982-2891
Annoyance Call Center - (888) 966-6222

Tennis Center

Phone: (561) 753-2549

Wellington Community Center, 12150 West Forest Hill Boulevard
16 Har-Tru Tennis Courts, Tennis Pro Shop, and 2 Bocce Courts

Tiger Shark Cove

Address: 13800 Greenbriar Boulevard
Phone: (561) 791-4005

- (4) Softball fields
- Leathers playground
- Concession/Restroom
- Large pavilion with restrooms

Traffic Signals

Phone: (561) 233-3900

Signal Repair (phone # is for nights and weekends)- (561) 683-6885
Palm Beach County is responsible for the maintenance of all traffic signals in Wellington.

Transportation

Airports
Boca Raton Airport - (561) 391-2202
Lantana Airport - (561) 965-6400
Palm Beach International Airport - (561) 471-7420

Buses/ Palm Tran - www.palmtran.org
Palm Tran Main Line - (561) 841-4200
North County - (561) 841-4287
South County - (877) 930-4287
Palm Tran Connection - (561) 649-9838
Downtown Shuttle - (561) 833-8873

Palm Tran provides fixed-route bus transportation. Buses operate on a 30 minute frequency during weekday peak rush hours and 60 minute frequency mid-day and weekends. Palm Tran CONNECTION provides specialized door-to-door service for the elderly and eligible disabled persons. Call for eligibility 877-870-9849

Ports
Port of Palm Beach - (561) 842-4201

Railroads
Amtrak - (800) 872-7245
Tri-Rail -(800) 874-7245

Trash Collection, Bulk Trash and Recycling

Phone: (561) 791-4000

All items for collection must be placed in the City wheeled garbage containers. The container must be placed curbside before 7:00am on your collection day, but not earlier than 6:00pm the day before collection. Do not place containers in front of a mailbox. Empty containers must be removed from curbside by 11:00pm on collection day as required by Wellington code. Trash is collected throughout the year with the exception of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

'Bulk Waste' - any items other than yard waste which cannot be containerized, bagged or bundled such as refrigerators, ranges, toilets, washers, dryers, water heaters, sinks, appliances, household furniture and other large items.

'Excess Trash' - additional small non-food containerized waste generated from small projects or celebrations which create excess waste resulting in unusually large amounts of trash. If residents place excess trash in bags, boxes or trash cans it will be collected once a week on the same day as vegetation is collected along with your bulk trash.

'Yellow Bins' - accept only newspapers without plastic bags, brown grocery bags, catalogs, magazines, telephone books and flattened and cut (not folded) cardboard boxes not to exceed 3'x3'. Wet paper is not recyclable; place blue bin on top of yellow bin when placed at street. Beverage cartons, tissue boxes, unwanted mails and school/office papers.

'Blue Bins' - accept only aluminum cans, plastic bottles (except Styrofoam), glass bottles and jars, milk and juice cartons only (steel cans to blue bins).