(a) Any expense or cost incurred by the City for collecting and disposing of garbage/refuse collection, recycling, and disposal shall be paid by the owner of the building or premises. This includes any unpaid fees for garbage/refuse collection, recycling, and disposal removal as outlined in Section 915.02. These expenses and costs incurred by the City may be recovered by an action at law or assessed against the lands of the owner, shall become a lien thereon, and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for assessments.
(b) The Finance Director shall establish by July 1st of each year, an estimate of the next year's solid waste collection costs and projected fees. The fees shall be determined as follows:
(1) Estimating the next years expected solid waste collection costs.
(2) Estimating the year-end balance in Fund #221 (Solid Waste Disposal).
(3) The estimated "Required Resources" shall be the sum of:
A. Next year's expected costs;
B. Plus the repayment of any expected advances during the current year;
C. Less the expected year fund balance;
D. The sum shall be increased by the delinquency percentage experienced in the current year's first half collection of the refuse assessments by the County Auditor;
E. Any indirect cost or allocations incurred by any department by providing services.
(4) As of July 1st, of the current year, the Finance Director shall determine and identify the number of parcels having a one-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling listed on the County Auditor's records and assessed as $18.00 for a single-family dwelling, $36.00 for a two-family dwelling and $54.00 for a three-family dwelling.
(Ord. 9270-15. Passed 7-20-15; Ord. 9985-22. Passed 7-5-22; Res. 2603-23. Passed 6-26-23.)