A. All collections of garbage and trash within Mineral County shall be done by Hawthorne Utilities. Hawthorne Utilities Director shall retain the right to allow contracted services by other authorized refuse collectors or its authorized agent, except as otherwise stated in this chapter.
B. Hawthorne Utilities or other authorized refuse collector or its agent, within Mineral County shall issue monthly bills for garbage and trash collection in accordance with the rate schedule set forth in section 8.24.080 of this chapter, and shall collect the same. When appropriate, charges for garbage and trash collection shall be added to water or sewer bills, or both, against the person liable therefor, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner.
C. If any person fails or neglects to pay by the fifteenth day of the month any proper charge against him for garbage and trash collection, within Mineral County such charge shall be deemed delinquent and shall be subject to a delinquency penalty in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the unpaid balance.
D. Any delinquent bill shall be a lien against the real property from which such charge arose. Hawthorne Utilities or other authorized refuse collector or its agent may collect delinquent bills by any remedy authorized by law. (Ord. 239A, 2017)