(A) No person, firm, corporation, or company shall engage in the business of collecting and/or hauling residential waste or recyclable material over and upon the streets of the city unless the person, firm, corporation, or company shall be licensed therefor by the City of Monticello.
(B) The licensee, by receiving a license and residential waste hauling contract from the city, shall be deemed to have entered into an indemnity agreement with the city whereby the licensee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the city harmless from all costs, expenses and liabilities, including attorneys’ fees and court costs, resulting from or arising out of any claim, demand, or cause of action for damage to persons or property caused, or allegedly caused, by licensee or licensee’s employees in the city.
(C) As a condition to each license, the licensed hauler must maintain current, effective, and binding certificates of insurance on file with the City Clerk throughout the term of the license, naming the city as an additional insured, for the following types of insurance, unless other insurance is agreed to between the parties in the residential waste hauling contract:
(1) Worker’s compensation. The licensed hauler must carry with a company authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois a policy to protect itself against liability under the Worker’s Compensation and Occupational Diseases statutes of the State of Illinois;
(2) Motor vehicle liability insurance. The licensed hauler shall carry in its own name a policy under a comprehensive form to insure the entire motor vehicle liability for its operations with limits not less than:
(a) One million dollars ($1,000,000) for each person and $1,000,000 for each accident for bodily injury and death liability; and
(b) One million dollars ($1,000,000) for each accident for property damage liability;
(3) General liability. The licensed hauler shall carry in its own name a commercial general liability insurance policy with the following limits of liability:
(a) One million dollars ($1,000,000) combined single limit per occurrence for bodily injury, and property damage;
(b) One million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence for personal injury; and
(c) A general aggregate limit of liability shall be twice the required occurrence limit, and no less than $3,000,000;
(4) Employer’s liability. The licensed hauler shall carry in its own name an employer’s liability policy with limits of $1,000,000 per accident.
(Am. Ord. 2015-02, passed 1-26-2015; Am. Ord. 2019-13, passed 2-25-2019; Am. Ord. 2022-50, passed 11-28-2022)