(A) (1) The city owns and operates the municipal landfill through the Maintenance Department. For the purpose of defraying the cost of the care, management and maintenance of the municipal landfill, the City Council may each year levy a tax, not to exceed the maximum limit prescribed by state law, on the actual valuation of all real estate and personal property within the corporate limits that is subject to taxation.
(2) The revenue from said tax shall be known as the Sanitation Fund and shall remain in the custody of the City Treasurer.
(B) (1) The Maintenance Department shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations for the sanitary and efficient management of the landfill, subject to the supervision and review of the City Council.
(2) The landfill caretaker shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations for the sanitary and efficient management of the landfill subject to the supervision and review of the City Council.
(C) The City Council has provided that, until changed by ordinance, the following rates shall be charged for use of the municipal landfill:
Residents: | |
Basic service charge, per quarter | $3 |
Nonresidents: | |
Basic service charge: | |
Car, per load | $5 |
Pick-up truck, per load | $25 |
Trucks larger than pick-ups, per load | $50 |
(D) It is hereby also noted that the landfill will take and dispose of garbage, used lumber, small pieces of iron or any other easy to dispose of items on a limited basis only from nonresidents.
(Prior Code, § 3-901) (Ord. 370, passed 3-10-1981; Ord. 480, passed 5-24-1988; Ord. 914, passed 6-14-2024)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 19-2101 through 19-2106