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(a) Effective January 1, 2023, the fee for residential waste and recycling collection service shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00) per month; however, there shall be an additional charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each special pick-up and/or chipper service. The fee for a second container shall be five dollars ($5.00) per month. If a customer discontinues the second container service, a fifty dollar ($50.00) reactivation and delivery fee shall be charged upon the customer’s subsequent request for a second container. The fee for residential waste and recycling collection may be adjusted periodically to reflect any fees charged by the County for waste disposal. The adjustment shall become effective upon approval by Council. The fee for residential waste collection service shall be paid by all residential customers, and the City may bill in advance for a quarter-annual period. The City may bill for special pick-ups and chipper service following completion of the work and shall be paid by the customer within the period provided in, and subject to the provisions of, subsection (c) hereof.
(b) Residential customers may pay in advance for four quarters of service and shall be entitled to a discount of five percent for prepayment.
(c) Fees shall be paid by all users of the service. Customers shall be billed on a regular basis. A second billing shall be made to customers whose bills are unpaid for a period of thirty days or more and a twenty percent penalty shall be added thereto and paid by the customer. If bills remain unpaid by the end of the quarterly service period, the City may proceed as set forth in division (d) of this section.
(d) If a householder fails to pay the second billing provided for in division (c) of this section by the end of the quarterly service period, the householder or any other person, firm or corporation receiving said service by failing to pay therefore may be duly prosecuted as provided in Section 1060.99; or have said charges along with the penalty become a lien as provided in Section 1060.09; or have said charges be collectible by a civil suit as other debts of like amount are recoverable together with any interest, penalty, collection costs and attorneys' reasonable fees incurred by the City with regards to the collection. The service period shall be the quarter to which the second billing, provided in division (c) of this section, applies.
(Ord. 24-85. Passed 1-20-86; Ord. 9-05. Passed 9-19-05; Ord. 7-06. Passed 4-17-06; Ord. 6-11. Passed 2-21-11; Ord. 8-11. Passed 3-21-11; Ord. 15-14. Passed 8-18-14; Ord. 15-22. Passed 7-11-22.)
The Department of Service shall supervise the collection and removal of all waste within the City and shall make all the necessary rules and regulations governing the same. A copy of the waste and recycling collection rules shall periodically be sent to the householders of all residential property in the City. Every householder or other resident of property in the City shall abide by the refuse collection rules.
(Ord. 24-85. Passed 1-20-86; Ord. 15-22. Passed 7-11-22.)
(a) Exemptions from the operation of this chapter may be granted by the Director of Finance upon proper application to him or her made by citizens of the City who, in said application, can demonstrate that the payment of the waste collection fees herein provided for causes a financial hardship, and, further, that the full services provided pursuant to this chapter are not needed by said applicant. In accordance with Section 1060.06, the Department of Service shall make the necessary rules and regulations regarding the applications for said exemptions.
(b) Each citizen who files an application for exemption must attach a copy of the page from his or her U.S. Income Tax Return that shows his or her adjusted gross income for the tax year most recent in time to the time of the application for exemption and/or proof of all income for each household member.
(c) Upon receipt of a completed application with all required attachments, the City Manager or his or her designee shall determine the percentage of exemption to be allowed in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) Poverty level income plus additional income up to an additional twenty percent - full exemption.
(2) Poverty level income plus additional income over twenty percent up to thirty-nine percent - fifty percent exemption.
(3) Poverty level income over an additional thirty-nine percent of income - no exemption.
(d) For the purposes of this section, “poverty level income” means that amount of annual income determined to be poverty level as determined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and as published annually in the Federal Register.
(e) Annually, each approved applicant who has received an exemption hereunder shall be required to supplement his or her original application with a copy of that page of his or her U.S. Income Tax Return that shows his or her adjusted gross income for the previous tax year and/or proof of all income for each household member. The City Manager or his or her designee shall give written notice of the supplement requirement at least thirty days before the same is due for filing. Any failure to make said supplemental filing may cause the applicant to lose his or her exemption at the sole discretion of the City Manager.
(Ord. 21-99. Passed 11-15-99; Ord. 15-22. Passed 7-11-22.)
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