(A) The town may award a contract for the collection, removal, and disposal of solid waste and recyclables and shall pay the contracting person out of general taxation, service rates and charges or through a combination of these methods.
(B) (1) It is hereby determined that a just and reasonable charge for the service shall be set from time to time by the Town Council, which charge shall be due and payable in advance, whether annually, quarterly or monthly. The Town Clerk-Treasurer shall collect the charges from the owner of each residence, or the occupant as may be provided in division (F).
(2) In order to provide coverage for costs and increases in rates and charges, Appendix A at the end of this chapter shall be updated with any change in the contract collection rates. Rates charged to town residents shall be equal to the rate established in division (B)(1) above, plus any calculated adjustment on Appendix A.
(C) If any rate, as established by the Town Council and to be paid by the user or owner, is not paid within 15 days after the payment is due, the amount thereof, together with a penalty of 10% and a reasonable attorney's fee may be recovered by the town in a civil action in the name of the town.
(D) The fee for violations of this chapter shall be $50 per violation. Each day a violation occurs shall be considered a separate violation.
(E) The service charge provided in division (B) shall be billed and collected as a separate item on the sanitary sewer coupon booklet for which the town sanitary sewer service is billed. The service charge is payable whether or not the service is used by the owner or occupant of the residence.
(F) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of each residence in the town to provide correct billing information to the town on forms available in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer. The owner of the property shall be liable for the payment of the service charge unless the person(s) occupying the residence has established an account with the town and has made a security deposit with the town of $50. This section shall not relieve any owner, user, occupant or person from liability for payment of any unpaid service charge which exists prior to the adoption of this amendment.
(Ord. 9, passed 3-28-36; Am. Ord. 143, passed 5-11-81; Am. Ord. 2009-03, passed 6-8-09; Am. Ord. 2011-08, passed 9-12-11; Am. Ord. 2013, passed 3-8-13; Am. Ord. 2014-01, passed 4-14-14; Am. Ord. 2016-09, passed 9-12-2016; Am. Ord. 2018-03, passed 10-8-18; Am. Ord. 2022-01, passed 1-24-22)