(A) Collection.
(1) The City Clerk shall promptly collect all charges for the services provided for in this subchapter.
(2) The City Clerk shall keep in the office proper records showing all collections made and received by the office, and shall prepare and deliver to Council upon Council’s request a detailed statement, in writing, setting out all moneys received for all services during the immediately preceding month, and show by names and in other details the persons paying for services, and the amounts paid for the several services, and the names of the persons who have not paid. The City Clerk shall also promptly report to the Mayor or other duly authorized officer all persons in default for such services, together with the respective amounts thereof.
(3) The City Clerk, with approval by Council, shall prescribe such form and records as shall be proper and necessary for the collection and accounting of all moneys for all services under this subchapter, with authority to require the City Clerk and Supervisor of City Services to duly observe and comply with the same. The system of accounting prescribed by the City Clerk, upon approval of Council, shall show the amount of revenue received and the application of the same, and the city shall, at least once a year, cause such accounts to be properly audited by a competent auditor, and the report of such auditor shall be open for inspection at all times to any taxpayer or resident of the city, or any person receiving service under the provisions of the subchapter, or to any other person.
(B) Revision and adjustment. Council shall have the right to revise the schedule of rates prescribed by this subchapter and so adjust them that costs will be distributed as equitably as possible among all residents of the city on the basis of benefits received. In the event revenue is not sufficient from the rates herein to meet all obligations and costs involved in rendering refuse service to the public, then rates shall be adjusted as necessary to keep the Sanitation Department, as herein defined and regulated, self-supporting.
(C) Rental occupancy reports.
(1) Any person, firm or corporation who lets or rents property to any person who possesses or occupies such property in the city, and does not pay the appropriate sanitation fee for garbage pick-ups, as required by the city, shall provide, in writing, to the City Clerk, a list of the names and addresses of any such persons and likewise for all changes of occupancy. This provision does not apply to persons, firms or corporations who rent a multi-unit building which has only one water meter. The owner of the property is responsible for such payment for services as set forth above.
(2) Any person, firm or corporation who violates the requirements or provisions hereof shall be liable for payment of all sanitation fees in the same manner and same amount as if such persons, firm or corporation were the possessor or occupier of such property.
(Ord. 32, passed 7-10-2018) Penalty, see § 50.99