For purposes of administering the provisions of this chapter and to ensure that the charges imposed upon the citizens of the city for solid waste collection services are reasonably fair and equitable, there is hereby established a Solid Waste Collection Rate Review Board (hereinafter, the Board).
(A) Membership; Organization. The board shall consist of the City Manager, the City Finance officer and the City Public Works Director or their Designees. The City Manager or the Manager’s designee shall serve as chairman of the board. Members shall serve without additional compensation.
(B) Duties of the Board. It shall be the duty of the Board to accept, consider and rule on applications from citizens of the city for partial refunds of solid waste collection charges.
(C) Procedure.
(1) The Board is empowered to adopt rules, forms and regulations to aid in the performance of its duties, which rules and regulations shall be maintained in the office of the City Clerk, and which shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours.
(2) Any citizen of the city may make application to the Board for partial relief from solid waste collection charges, based on special circumstances or financial hardship.
(3) The Board is empowered to consider and rule on such application according to its rules and regulations and to grant the applicant partial relief in the form of a partial refund of solid waste collection charges paid.
(4) The rules and regulations of the Board notwithstanding, any applicant who desires an oral hearing shall be granted such a hearing before the board, upon prior written notice.
(5) In all cases, applications shall be decided within 45 days of submission.
(D) Secretary and records.
(1) The City Clerk shall be the secretary of the Board. The Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall attend Board meetings and keep minutes thereof and shall maintain records of the Board’s action.
(2) The Clerk shall make available to the public, upon request, statistical information as to the number of applications received and the amount of relief granted, but the names of applicants shall remain confidential.
(Prior Code, § 4-5-23) (Ord. 416, passed 6-1-1992; Ord. 428, passed 10-19-1992; Ord. 905, passed 1-16-2024; Ord. 905, passed 1-16-2024)