(A) A service charge and administrative fee shall be made monthly for the availability of the service in the collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish and recyclables per each active collection unit as follows:
(1) For 2024, a service charge of $16.25, plus a $0.50 administrative fee;
(2) For 2025, a service charge of $16.74, plus a $0.50 administrative fee;
(3) For 2026, a service charge of $17.24, plus a $0.50 administrative fee.
(B) Any collection unit, other than single family residential, desiring regular garbage and/or rubbish and/or recyclable disposal service in excess amounts or of differing material than hereinabove provided for a collection unit, may negotiate for an express written agreement with the town, or the town’s designated representative, to pay an additional charge for that service. An additional charge shall be established by the Town Council and bear a reasonable relationship to and defray the costs, including indirect costs, of the additional service.
(C) Any active collection unit having an unusual non-recurring need for garbage and/or rubbish and/or recyclable collection and disposal may negotiate and make a separate one time arrangement with the collection service, if any, under contract to the town to provide the services contemplated by this chapter.
(D) The charge for any collection unit as set forth in this chapter for garbage and rubbish and/or recyclable disposal shall be the obligation of the owner and any occupant of that collection unit.
(E) Any situation not fairly and adequately addressed by the above rate shall be equitably determined by the Town Council.
(F) All charges shall be due and payable by the fifteenth day of the month in which the collection service for which the charge is being made is rendered. For example, payment for January collections are due and payable on January 15. If not paid by the fifteenth day following the date due, a 10% penalty shall be added to the delinquent amount.
(G) Pursuant to applicable provisions of this code and/or state law, unpaid delinquent charges may:
(1) Upon not less than ten days’ written notice personally delivered or mailed to the last known billing address of the collection unit, result in the disconnection of water and/or sewer service provided to that collection unit by the town; and/or
(2) Be filed as a lien against the real estate of the collection unit.
(Prior Code, § 51.07) (Ord. 1994-7, passed - - 1994; Ord. 2004-3, passed 6-15-2004; Ord. 2007-8, passed 10-16-2007; Ord. 2021-01, passed 1-19-2021; Ord. 2023-12, passed 12-19-2023)