(A) Metered rates. The city's franchise collector/hauler will include metered service which provides market based incentives to reduce waste and increase waste diversion through curbside collection of recyclable waste materials. Metered service will require that residents and other users, particularly those who recycle and compost the vast majority of their waste, have the opportunity to pay lower rates for smaller garbage bins/carts, thus encouraging higher rates of waste diversion.
(B) Appropriate rates. The accumulation of solid waste in certain instances may be so far above the normal or average, that the rates approved by the City Council may not be sufficient to fairly compensate the collector for collecting the same, or the accumulation of solid waste in certain instances may be so far below the normal average that the rates fixed by the City Council may not be fair and just to the property owner obligated to pay for the removal of solid waste. If, after attempting to resolve the rate difference, either the collector or the property owner believes such to be the fact, a written application may be made to the City Manager for potential relief, and it will be the duty of the City Manager to make an investigation and, if possible, to fix a rate fair to both parties.
(C) Disputes over charges made by collectors, or as to the character of the service performed, will be decided by the City Manager or designee.
(Ord. 943-C.S., passed 2-21-23)