(A) The collection and disposal of garbage, trash, refuse and other solid waste is hereby declared to be a municipal function of the city as a protection of the public health. The police powers of the city shall be invoked when necessary for the enforcement of this chapter. In addition, the city, through the Public Works Authority, may collect and dispose of refuse, as it deems necessary; provided that, the disposal shall be an approved method of incineration, not open burning, or by landfill and daily cover.
(B) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the creation and operation of a joint, cooperative city- county sanitary service or landfill operation, nor shall anything herein prohibit the city from contracting with any person, firm or corporation for the collection or disposal of garbage or other refuse within the city limits and/or areas as may be then serviced by the Sanitation Department.
(C) Should any provisions of a contract creating and/or operating a joint city-county sanitary service or a contract for the collection or disposal of garbage by a person, firm or corporation other than the city, conflict with the provisions of this code, the terms of the contract shall supersede and take precedence over the terms of this code.
(D) (1) Any contract for the collection of garbage as set forth herein shall be on the terms as the City Council shall deem appropriate. The contract shall further provide that the city shall include the charges for the services on its utility billing and shall collect the following fee for billing purposes:
(a) Residential and agricultural pickups: $2 per month per customer; and
(b) Commercial pickup: $4 per month per customer.
(2) The contracts will be for the terms and periods as the City Council deems reasonable and proper subject to the permits required by § 51.06 of this chapter.
(2002 Code, § 51.01) (Ord. 274, passed 1-8-1990)