The Council of the City of Fairmont hereby finds that:
(a) In the judgment of the Council, the public health, safety, welfare and well-being of all users of the streets and roadways within the corporate limits of the City of Fairmont, which include non-resident employees, residents and business interests demand the continuation of the essential municipal service of street sweeping in an environmentally sound and proper manner, and the essential municipal service of street maintenance and improvement, namely the proper, curbing, draining, maintenance, repair, paving and re-paving thereof, and the continued ability of the City of Fairmont to provide police protection at current levels.
(b) Council finds that the general public revenues of the City of Fairmont are not sufficient for the purpose of providing for the environmentally sound and proper disposal of the waste material generated from the street sweeping operations of the City of Fairmont or to provide for the essential municipal service of street maintenance and improvement, namely the proper, curbing, draining, maintenance, repair, paving and re-paving thereof , and at the same time continue to provide for police protection at current levels and it appears necessary under the provisions of West Virginia Code §8-13-13, to impose upon the users of said services fees that are just, equitable and provide sufficient revenues therefor.
(c) In order to improve said essential services, to better meet the obligations of government, to provide for the preservation, continuation and creation of jobs, to provide for the safe travel of the users of said services, to preserve and enhance real property values, and to lessen incidents of personal property damage, among others, the City must provide for continued street sweeping in a proper and an environmentally sound manner and further provide for the curbing, draining, repair, maintenance, paving and repaving of the streets and roadways within the corporate limits in a significant manner and in a reasonable cycle; and further provide for police protection at current levels; and
(d) The imposition of the special charges established herein for the essential services described above are reasonable, fair, equitable and based upon a reasonable allocation of the use of said service among and between the users thereof and provides a reasonable system of distributing the cost to all of the users of the essential service described above that the City can reach through reasonable and prudent legislation and reasonable and prudent means.
(Ord. 1812. Passed 5-14-19.)