(A) The following fees and charges shall be the initial fees and charges used by the city for sanitation services and such fees and charges may be altered, amended, or increased by resolution or ordinance duly adopted by the City Council.
(B) Initial schedule of fees and charges; monthly:
Residential | $33.36 per residential unit |
Commercial | $48.85 per commercial unit |
Dumpster | $273.96 per dumpster |
Additional pick-ups dumpster | $110.00 per pick up |
Excessive garbage fee | $10.00 per additional can or equivalent |
Special events collection rate | Fee TBD dumpster rate |
(C) Payments/late fees.
(1) A user fee is hereby established for the explicit purpose of funding city sanitation services. This fee is applicable to each individual household or commercial enterprise within the city. Priorities, categories, and charges will be on file in the City Hall and billing for said user fee will be annotated on the city monthly utility usage statements.
(2) The date of receipt at the Mexico Beach City Hall shall be considered as the date of payment. Sanitation Department personnel are not authorized to receive money for the payment of bills. If any sanitation bill for sanitation service shall be and remain unpaid after 4:30 p.m. on the 20th day of each month, a 10% penalty shall be imposed and added to said bill; if the 20th day of the month falls on a weekend, customer will be given until 4:30 p.m. the next regular work day for payment; delinquent after 4:30 p.m.; and if said bill is not paid by the 2nd Tuesday of the following month at close of business (4:30 p.m.). Sanitation services will be discontinued and will not be resumed until all current charges shall have been fully paid.
(3) Those accounts opened or closed during the billing cycle will be prorated and charges assessed based upon the number of days the account was open during that billing cycle.
(4) When a sanitation customer has failed to pay a sanitation bill and two additional billings for the past due amount, the method for collecting the sanitation charges will be identical to those of the water and sewer utility bills.
(5) It shall be the duty of Mexico Beach to collect said user fees and remit to the City Sanitation Fund on or before the 20th day of each month, or as soon as practicable, all such fees collected during the preceding calendar month.
(6) The collector of the user fee shall keep complete records showing all fees collected, price being charged monthly for said service being provided, and the date of payment thereof and the records shall, at all reasonable times, be open for inspection by duly authorized agents of the city during business hours on all business days, and said agents shall have authority to make such transcripts thereof as may be necessary.
(7) All other billings and emergencies will be approved and signed by the City Administrator on a case-by-case basis.
(Ord. 609, passed 10-8-2013; Ord. 623, passed 10-13-2015; Ord. 633, passed 3-8-2016; Ord. 643, passed 9-13-2016; Ord. 686, passed 11-14-2017; Ord. 800, passed 9-27-2022; Ord. 818, passed 9-26-2023; Ord. 836, passed 4-9-2024)