(A) Authorized. The City Council may let contracts or enter into agreements, including exclusive franchises, contracts or agreements, with any person, firm, or entity for the removal of trash, organics, recyclables/salvageable material, or other waste matter.
(B) Revocation. Any such agreement may be revoked at any time by the City Council for noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter, subject to the terms and conditions of such agreement, including any applicable notice and cure provisions.
(C) Bond. Each such contractor shall give a bond, payable to the city, in such sum of money as may be fixed in the discretion of the City Council, co-signed by a good and sufficient surety admitted and authorized to do business in California and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this chapter and the terms of the agreement entered into with the city. The city, in its discretion, may permit a letter of credit to be substituted in lieu of such bond.
(D) Workers’ Compensation insurance. Such agreement shall require that the contractor procure for the period covered by the contract full workers compensation insurance as required by state law.
(E) Liability insurance. Such agreement shall require that the contractor obtain and maintain liability insurance in amounts and coverage details acceptable to the City Attorney and City Council.
(F) Resource recovery requirements for haulers and facility operators.
(1) The franchised contractor providing residential, commercial, or industrial organic waste collection services to generators within the city’s boundaries shall meet the following requirements and standards as a condition of approval of a contract, agreement, or other authorization with the city to collect organic waste:
(a) Through written notice to the city annually on or before May 1, identify the facilities to which they will transport organic waste including facilities for source separated recyclable materials and source separated organic waste.
(b) Transport source separated recyclable materials, source separated organic waste to a facility, operation, activity, or property that recovers organic waste as defined in 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, Article 2.
(c) Obtain approval from the city to haul organic waste, unless it is transporting source separated organic waste to a community composting site or lawfully transporting C&D in a manner that complies with 14 CCR Section 18989.1 and Title 6, Chapter 3, Article II of this Code.
(2) Owners of facilities, operations, and activities that recover organic waste, including, but not limited to, compost facilities, in-vessel digestion facilities, and publicly-owned treatment works shall, upon the city’s request, provide information regarding available and potential new or expanded capacity at their facilities, operations, and activities, including information about throughput and permitted capacity necessary for planning purposes. Entities contacted by the city shall respond within 60 days.
(3) Community composting operators, upon the city’s request, shall provide information to the city to support organic waste capacity planning, including, but not limited to, an estimate of the amount of organic waste anticipated to be handled at the community composting operation. Entities contacted by the city shall respond within 60 days.
(‘66 Code, § 6-3.11) (Ord. 711-C-S, passed 6-9-88; Am. Ord. 1088-C-S, passed 3-13-07; Am. Ord. 2200-C-S, passed 1-11-22)
Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.