(A) Fee authorized. An assessment know as a waste disposal fee is authorized and enacted in the sum of$24.50 per unit per month for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; $25.68 per unit per month for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; and $26.91 per unit per month for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 pursuant to the terms and conditions of the City of Ludlow’s Solid Waste Collection Agreement attached to Ordinance 2022-7, passed August 11, 2022, and incorporated therein by reference as Exhibit “A”.
(B) City Treasurer authorized to collect.
(1) The City Treasurer is authorized, empowered, and directed to effect the assessment and its collection by annual billing after the passage, approval, and publication of this section.
(2) The assessment will be collected annually. The payment of the assessment will be due and payable on or before October 31, unless the thirty-first day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday in which event, the entire amount is due and payable on the next regular business day.
(C) Delinquencies. The waste disposal fee bills shall become delinquent, upon non-payment, and that a penalty of 10% shall then be added to the waste disposal fee bills thereafter, and shall bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the delinquent date, until paid. Said assessment shall constitute a lien upon the property and be collectible in the same manner as tax levied against real estate.
(D) Credit of fees and penalties. All fees and penalties so collected as provided above, shall be credited to the General Fund of the City of Ludlow, without reservation or restriction as to their use.
(E) Annual billing. This is an annual assessment fee, which is being billed annually.
(Am. Ord. 6-1998, passed 7-9-1998; Am. Ord. 2005-15, passed 9-8-2005; Am. Ord. 2007-7, passed 8- 9-2007; Am. Ord. 2009-6, passed 7-9-2009; Am. Ord. 2011-11, passed 6-2-2011; Am. Ord. 2012-18, passed 9-13-2012; Am. Ord. 2013-4, passed 6-13-2013; Am. Ord. 2015-5, passed 6-25-2015; Am. Ord. 2022-7, passed 8-11-2022; Am. Ord. 2023-8, passed 6-22-2023)