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The following rates shall be charged for garbage and trash collection services by the City: (Ord. 9-15-98-02, 9-15-1998)
A. The following monthly rates shall apply to include, but are not limited to, residences designed for and occupied by one family, churches, multiple residences on one master meter, etc. The residential service rate includes a two dollar ($2.00) administrative fee and a one dollar ($1.00) administrative fee on additional containers.
Residential service (once a week pick up service): Twelve dollars ninety eight cents ($12.98) per container.
Additional container: Two dollars ninety cents ($2.90). (Third and subsequent containers will be charged at full rate.)
B. The following monthly rates shall apply to commercial establishments, which include, but are not limited to, offices, stores, garages, lumberyards, taverns, service stations, etc. The commercial service rate includes a two dollar ($2.00) administrative fee and a one dollar ($1.00) administrative fee on additional containers.
Commercial service (once a week service): Twenty dollars seventy eight cents ($20.78) per container.
Additional container: Six dollars thirty cents ($6.30).
(Third and subsequent containers will be charged at full rate.)
C. Commercial and non-commercial (institutional, etc.) dumpsters rates and charges, inclusive of a two-hundred and fifty dollar ($250.00) deposit for each bin of any size, shall be levied as follows:
Bin Size | Frequency: Pick Up/Week | |||||
1x week | 2x week | 3x week | 4x week | 5x week | 6x week | |
2.0 yard | $ 69.74 | $118.60 | $166.07 | $205.78 | $240.66 | $281.81 |
3.0 yard | 76.73 | 130.44 | 180.34 | 226.36 | 264.73 | 319.49 |
4.0 yard | 83.71 | 142.32 | 196.73 | 246.95 | 288.12 | 330.65 |
6.0 yard | 123.45 | 209.89 | 290.17 | 364.26 | 425.97 | 488.33 |
8.0 yard | 139.52 | 239.96 | 326.46 | 422.75 | 520.41 | 618.10 |
(Ord. 26-09-13, 9-24-2013; amd. Ord. 157-01-25, 1-7-2025)
The following rates shall apply to brush collection fees, which include a one dollar ($1.00) administrative fee:
A. A monthly charge of four dollars fifty four cents ($4.54) will be applied to all active residential accounts and per unit on multi-apartment complexes within the City limits of Alamo.
B. A monthly brush charge of two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) will be applied to every two (2) spaces within a mobile home park and/or recreational vehicle park regardless if said spaces are occupied or not.
C. A monthly brush charge of four dollars fifty four cents ($4.54) will be applied to all active commercial accounts within the city limits of Alamo. For any institutional type uses, such as schools (public, private, etc.) or religious institutions or other similar public/semi-public uses, the ‘commercial’ brush rate of this provision shall be applied unless otherwise specified in the City of Alamo’s contractual agreement with its solid waste provider. (Ord. 26-09-13, 9-24-2013; amd. Ord. 157-01-25, 1-7-2025)
A. Payments; Receipt Required: All payments for the use of the sanitary landfill shall be made at the Alamo municipal building billing office for which a receipt will be issued upon such payment. Said receipt shall be presented to the attendant at the gate of the sanitary landfill. No person shall be allowed to dump at the sanitary landfill unless a valid receipt of payment is presented to the attendant at the gate. No monies will be accepted by the attendant at the gate of the sanitary landfill.
B. Eligibility For Receipts: Only those persons who receive water, sewer and/or garbage services will be allowed receipts to the sanitary landfill.
C. Residents Using City Water, Sewer And Garbage: Residents within the city limits receiving water, sewer and garbage services will be issued a receipt for the purpose of dumping at the sanitary landfill without charge upon their presenting a current water bill and a driver's license matching the name on the water account. All debris allowed by the state will be admitted into the sanitary landfill. Any resident wanting to dispose of construction debris from renovations done to personally owned homes will have to obtain a building permit prior to requesting sanitary landfill dumping receipts. These receipts will be at no charge.
D. Construction Debris: After having obtained a building permit, contractors disposing of construction debris from new homes or from remodeling done within the city limits will be charged as follows:
Tandem truck loads | $60.00 |
Trucks or trailers with side boards | 50.00 |
Pickups or trailers without side boards | 40.00 |
E. Outside City Residents Using City Water, Sewer And Garbage: Outside city limits residents receiving water, sewer and garbage services will be issued a receipt for the purpose of dumping at the sanitary landfill upon their presenting a current water bill and a driver's license matching the name on the water account. Charges will be as follows:
Tandem truck load | $30.00 |
Truck or trailer with side boards | 25.00 |
Pickup trucks or trailers without side boards | 15.00 |
4 bags of garbage or less | 10.00 |
F. Regular Use By Business: Inside city limit permanent businesses who use the sanitary landfill on a regular basis may make arrangements with the billing office to be billed on a monthly basis as per the rates listed below. Each business will be issued receipts on a onetime basis to be presented to the attendant at the gate for the sanitary landfill. Monthly billing will be based upon the number of receipts used per month. Fees for businesses will be as follows:
Tandem truck load | $100.00 |
Truck or trailer with side board | 80.00 |
Pickup truck or trailer without side boards | 70.00 |
Any business needing to have its debris buried for health reasons not dealing with chemicals and/or contaminated material will be charged at one hundred twenty five dollars ($125.00) per load.
G. Verification Of Source Of Debris: When deemed necessary, the sanitation department reserves the right to verify location from which the resident claims debris is being generated. Only after determining the validity of location will a receipt be issued.
H. Fill Materials: All fill materials such as concrete, brick and noncontaminated dirt may be dumped at the sanitary landfill or at a designated location at no charge.
I. Disposal Of Tires: Tires will only be allowed at the sanitary landfill if they are cut into four (4) pieces.
J. Contaminated Materials: Chemicals or any contaminated material will not be allowed at the sanitary landfill. (Ord. 7-7-92A, 7-7-1992)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also section 4-3-12 of this code. |
The tariff sheets attached to ordinance 4-21-92, on file in the office of the city secretary and made a part hereof, are approved for implementation within the city effective May 1, 1992. Such tariffs shall apply to all electric service rendered on or after May 1, 1992. The tariffs, including rate schedules, herein approved, shall continue in effect until changed, modified, amended or withdrawn in accordance with applicable laws. (Ord. 4-21-92, 4-21-1992)
A. Gas Service Rates Established: Rio Grande Valley Gas Company, a Delaware corporation, its successors or assigns, hereby is authorized to charge no more for natural gas sold at its general service rate and firm transportation rate, which shall be available to all of its customers in the city, than is provided in its general service rate schedule and firm gas transportation service rate schedule which is attached to ordinance dated January 28, 1992, as exhibit A on file in the office of the city secretary and made a part hereof.
B. Customer Call Rates: Rio Grande Valley Gas Company, its successors or assigns, hereby is authorized to charge no more for customer service calls than is provided for in the service rate schedule which is attached to an ordinance dated January 28, 1992, on file in the office of the city secretary and made a part hereof as if copied herein in full.
C. Effective Date: Such general service rate schedule and firm gas transportation rate schedule shall be placed in effect on all bills rendered beginning February 1, 1992. (Ord., 1-28-1992)
In the event a question should arise as to what sewer or garbage rate should apply to a particular establishment or in what category an establishment should be included, the city secretary shall decide the applicable rate and the proper category to which the entity or establishment belongs. Any persons dissatisfied with the determination by the city secretary shall have the right to appeal to the board of commissioners. (Ord. 86-21, 11-10-1986)
A. Use Of City Services: Any person who avails himself of any of the three (3) city services shall be required to use all three (3) and pay the rates set out in this chapter. (Ord. 86-21, 11-10-1986)
B. Payment Of Charges; Late Penalties: Any person or other entities who shall fail to pay the charges set forth above shall be subject to subsection 8-1-3F of this title. (Ord. 86-21, 11-10-1986; amd. Ord. 17-09-14, 9-2-2014)
A. Any resident receiving city of Alamo sanitation sewer may request assistance from the city to unplug their private sewer line. Such service will be provided only if and when the city maintenance crew has verified that the sewer plug up is not the city main sewer line.
B. Upon verification that the sewer plug up is on the customer's line and before any work order is dispatched, the property owner must sign a release of liability in the utility billing/collections department. This release of liability form releases the city of Alamo, its officers, administration, and employees from any and all liability for damages or claims during the course of the unplugging of private sewer lines on private property.
C. Such release of liability must be signed by the property owner, and having shown proper identification, will be notarized by a staff member in the utility billing/collections department.
D. The board of commissioners of the city of Alamo hereby sets a fee of eighty dollars ($80.00) to offset the costs of unplugging a private sewer line. In the event that the sewer unplug is unsuccessful and the city crew has been diligent in its efforts, the fee will not be refunded. (Ord. 26-09-13, 9-24-2013)