1. The collector contracted by the City for collection and disposal of solid waste shall be responsible for all billings and collection of fees for its services rendered for collection and disposal. Said collector shall bill City residents on a quarterly basis. The collector shall provide at least 90 days for payment of a delinquent account prior to termination of service and shall not discontinue collection service at any residential unit prior to a written notice sent to the unit. This notice shall state substantially as follows:
Dear Customer:
It has become necessary for us to discontinue your service because of nonpayment. Please contact our office immediately so we can make arrangements to reinstate your service. Thank you.
The collector shall employ reasonable procedures to collect delinquent accounts and shall not harass or exert undue pressure on residents with delinquent accounts.
2. Each delinquent account which is transmitted to the City by the licensed collector shall thereafter be processed for imposition of a lien upon the property benefited as provided by Section 384.84 of the Code of Iowa, in the amount of the delinquent account, plus a Polk County administrative fee for each lien certified as provided in Section 384.84 of the Code of Iowa, plus a City delinquency fee in the amount of $5.00 to recoup the City’s administrative processing costs and lost investment on the unpaid amount. The lien herein provided shall apply only to that property or those properties benefited for which the account is delinquent.
3. The City shall prepare an assessment schedule listing all delinquent solid waste collection accounts transmitted to the City. Such schedule shall show each delinquent account by name of the tenant and/or record title holder of the benefited property, shall identify each property for which the solid waste collection account is delinquent, and shall show the delinquent amount and delinquency fee to be assessed against each such benefited property. The assessment schedule shall be presented to the City Council and upon Council approval thereof the City Clerk shall certify and file same with the Polk County Treasurer for filing of liens against the properties shown thereon in the amounts shown thereon; provided, however, if the record title holder of a rental property subject to billing for solid waste collection requests notice as provided in Section 384.84 of the Code of Iowa, the City Clerk shall give notice of delinquency to said record title holder not less than ten (10) days prior to certifying delinquent charges for said property to the County Treasurer.
4. Such lien shall be enforced until payment in full of the delinquent amount and delinquency fees shown on the assessment schedule is satisfied by payment of said amounts at the office of the County Treasurer.