(A) Authority. This section is adopted pursuant to the authority granted under I.C. 36-1-3 et seq., I.C. 36-1-3-8(a)(6) and I.C. 36-9-30-5.
(B) Rate for weekly residential trash pick-up service. There shall be charged and collected monthly in advance, commencing 1-1-2010 (billed December, 2009) a fee of $5 per month from each residential sewer or water utility customer of the town, who resides within the town limits for weekly residential trash collection service.
(C) Billing and collection.
(1) The Clerk-Treasurer shall bill each residential customer of town municipal sewer utility, at the rate provided in division (B) above. If a particular residence receiving trash collection is not a customer of the sewer utility (e.g., customer has a septic tank), then the Clerk-Treasurer shall bill that customer separately or with that customer’s water utility bill.
(2) Delinquent accounts for residential trash collection service shall be subject to the collection policies and procedures of the towns’ municipal utilities for delinquent accounts.
(D) Payment and returned check charge.
(1) Payment of the fees prescribed in this chapter may be made in cash, by certified check or money order, or by single-party check.
(2) An additional charge of $20 shall be imposed for the return or non-payment of any check for any reason.
(E) Disposition of fees. All fees collected under the authority of this section, shall be accounted for in a non-reverting fund separate from all other revenues of the town and its municipal utilities. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be applied and paid in accordance with the budget for residential trash collection service, as adopted by the Town Council.
(F) Effective date. This section shall be effective upon its adoption, but the rates and charges set forth herein shall be effective 1-1-2010, to be billed in advance in December, 2009.
(Ord. 07-2009, passed 9-15-2009)
Cross-reference:
Garbage, see § 92.03