In order to make the service proposed in this article self-supporting and to pay for the cost of acquisition, maintenance and replacement of any and all equipment which may be required by the city and to pay for the cost of any and which may be acquired by the city for any proper method of disposition of refuse there is hereby established a schedule of fees, rates and charges for standard type or types of refuse service as follows.
(a) Minimum charges for standard weekly service for residential customers residing in the city.
(1) Prepared garbage and trash only. The minimum rates for weekly collection of two 20-gallon containers is as follows: $285 per year, payable monthly at a rate of $23.75 per month, or other such amounts set by Council from time to time. Residential customers shall be a household of one or more persons residing in a separate residence.
(2) Ashes. The minimum rate for a weekly collection of not more than one 20-gallon container of ashes shall be the sum of $285 per year, payable monthly at a rate of $23.75 per month, or other such amounts set by Council from time to time, and if there is more than one can of ashes in any one week, the charge shall be adjusted accordingly.
(b) Commercial rates for customers operating in the city.
(1) Container customers. Container costs (if applicable) plus current cost/cu. yd. x frequency of pick-up. Surcharge fees may be applied for bulky or unusual items that require extra handling.
(2) Non-containerized commercial customers. Non-containerized commercial customers will be billed on a time/volume basis using past pick-up history. But in no case will they be charged less than $23.75 per month, or another amount set by Council from time to time, for one time per week pick-up.
(c) Mileage fee. Customers not residing or operating a business within the corporate limits will pay the above rates plus 25% milage fee.
(d) Items city will not collect. Under the above schedule of rates, the city shall not collect, remove or dispose of the following types of refuse: offal; sewerage; animal excreta; the carcasses of animals; material resulting from demolition, repair, alterations or erections of buildings or structures; nor cuttings from trees and shrubs.
(e) Minimum charge. A minimum charge of $14.50, or another amount set by Council from time to time, shall be collected for each special service call made, and to the minimum charge shall be added such additional charge as will compensate the city for extra refuse volume or weight involved in the type of refuse specified under subsection (d) above as determined by the City Clerk or Council. No regular service shall be extended to any person who has not presently paid for same nor shall special service be extended to any person who has unpaid any one charge for special service. When the payment for regular service shall expire or payment for any special service shall not be made the city may discontinue any further service without notice.
(f) Right to deny service. The city shall have the right to deny standard refuse service to any person whose refuse requirements are sufficiently abnormal or different to justify special handling in the option of the County Health Officer or his or her authorized representative, in which case a special charge will be made. This shall include buildings or dwellings which are not readily accessible to collectors or where refuse is not readily accessible to collectors or where refuse is not found in standard containers.
(g) Right for revision. Council shall have the right to revise the foregoing schedule of rates, pro rata and on a scale and also adjust them so that the costs of the service rendered will be distributed as equitably as possible among all the residents of the city on the basis of benefits received and at the same time ensure sufficient operating income to pay all costs, expenses, salaries, wages and the purchase, maintenance, replacement of all necessary machinery and equipment. The public shall receive notice of any increases in rates by publication in a newspaper published in the city at least ten days prior to the date that new rates shall take effect.
(Ord. passed 1-21-1992; Ord. 95-08, passed 10-19-1995; Ord. passed 2-4-2014)