The City shall proceed with development and implementation of a trash collection and recycling program as provided in this Article for the collection, removal and/or disposal of solid waste such as but not limited to trash, heavy trash, hazardous or regulated or yard waste, and the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Greenwood is authorized to do all acts and execute all documents necessary to accomplish the aims of this Article, including, but not limited to the following:
(a) Solicit bids or quotes and let or execute one or more contracts to provide services under the trash collection and curbside recycling program to residential users as defined herein within the City of Greenwood.
(b) Determine the qualifications to be required of potential bidders which the Board of Public Works and Safety deems desirable, giving proper regard to experience and financial responsibility while not unduly limiting the ability of potential bidders to present creative and flexible solutions to the problems presented by the specifications.
(c) Develop bid specifications which require, at a minimum, the following:
(1) That the successful bidder(s) pick up recyclable materials and trash at least weekly from residential users within the City.
(2) That the successful bidder have the ability to use or seek markets for the recyclable materials collected.
(3) That City buildings be provided with adequate trash collection and recycling services.
(d) Develop and implement a program for eliminating yard waste (grass clippings and leaves) from the waste stream produced by citizens of the City of Greenwood pursuant to I.C., 13-7-29-1 et seq. as amended and supplemented and consider the feasibility of a program to dispose of tree limbs and brush, and develop and implement such a program, if feasible.
As a part of one of the contracts contemplated by this Ordinance or pursuant to a separate contract of the trash collection and curbside recycling program, the Board of Public Works and Safety may contract to provide collection and chipping of a limited amount of brush and limbs per household as often as determined by the Board of Public Works and Safety, at a price or fee to be set through quoting or public bidding, plus a reasonable administrative fee, as may be appropriate as a supplemental service of the trash collection and curbside recycling program.
A trash collection and curbside recycling program component or supplemental service may also establish a price or rate, determined by bidding or quoting, at which users may purchase additional amounts of these services, for which the contractor may bill the users directly as the Board of Public Works and Safety determines.
Any such contract entered into by the Board of Public Works and Safety for this part of the trash collection and curbside recycling program will not necessarily be exclusive; users may contract privately with any provider for such additional services.
(e) Make and enforce such by-laws and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the safe, economic and efficient management of the City's trash collection and recycling program and its components or supplemental services, and for the regulation, collection, rebating and refunding of any fees and charges as may be required to implement said program services.
(f) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit the Board of Public Works and Safety, with the approval of the Common Council, to enter into interlocal cooperation agreements to provide any services which further any of the aims of the trash collection and curbside recycling program. (Ord. 97-12, § 2, 4-21-97)