(A) The municipality owns and operates the municipal dumping grounds through the Utilities Superintendent. The governing body, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the care, management and maintenance of the municipal dumping grounds may each year levy a tax, not to exceed the maximum limit prescribed by state law, on the actual valuation of all real estate and personal property within the corporate limits that is subject to taxation. The revenue from said tax shall be known as the Dump Fund and shall remain in the custody of the Municipal Treasurer. The Utilities Superintendent shall have the direct management and control of the municipal dump and shall faithfully carry out the duties of his or her position. The Utilities Superintendent shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations for the sanitary and efficient management of the dumping grounds subject to the supervision and review of the governing body.
(B) The governing body shall provide by resolution for the management and operation of the dumping grounds and shall set the rates to be charged for services rendered by ordinance and file the same in the office of the Municipal Clerk for public inspection at any reasonable time.
(Prior Code, § 3-901)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 19-2101 through 19-2106